Solent Sea Kayaking

Fancy winning a 6 issue subscription to the Digital Edition of Ocean Paddler Magazine? Well, I have one up for grabs. Details can be found at www.solentseakayaking.co.uk/competition/. If you’d like to try out a the new Digital Edition, Ocean Paddler Magazine have a sample available. (You’ll need Flash Player 8 or later installed).

Ocean Paddler magazine Issue 22 has just been published. Another great issue with a range of articles from some excellent contributers including Jeff Allen, Doug Wilcox, Simon Willis, Aled Williams and Helen Foster. The new digital version also includes embedded video and audio from Simon Willis. Highlights include: Round the Mull of Kintyre, with a [...]

Derrick Mayoleth had an interesting post a while back on his blog Kayak Quixotica entitled ‘Paddling From the Beginning -Why Paddle‘ in which he invited people to comment explaining how they got into paddling. It’s interesting reading through the comments and seeing the myriad of different routes people took to become involved in paddling. I [...]

Paul Caffyn is a New Zealand based Sea Kayaker, famous for undertaking some epic circumnavigations. Perhaps his best known trip was the first circumnavigation of Australia in 1982. Over a 360-day period, the New Zealander logged 9,420 miles including some huge paddling days of 50+ miles within a 24 hour period. On occasion he even [...]

Pete Astles (the man behind Peak UK) has recently completed his own take on the 3 Peaks challenge. Inspired by the annual sailing/fell race Pete set himself the challenge of using a Sea Kayak and a Mountain Bike the 900kms between Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis. Completing the trip in just under 3 weeks [...]

Trailer for an up-coming documentary on the British Columbia based ‘Hurricane Riders‘. Whilst it might not be everyones cup of tea, there is no denying the amazing technical skill of these paddlers in some very big water. I look forward to seeing the final documentary!

I’ve been lucky enough to try out a large assortment of the ‘top’ Sea Kayaking buoyancy aids currently on the market. I’ve yet to review a badly designed one but have yet to find my ideal buoyancy aid, instead finding various features on each that I would like to combine to create the my perfect [...]

Quick review here of a couple of essentials items for transporting and storing your Sea Kayak. I’ve already reviewed a couple of Lomo items (Kayak Gloves & Aqua Boots) and the over-riding impression you are left with is superb quality for astonishingly low prices. These two smaller items are no different. Lomo Cockpit Cover The [...]

The RNLI Calshot Lifeboat Open Day takes place tomorrow (Sunday 11th July) from 12-4pm. There are a wide range of activities and demonstrations taking place and the event serves as a vital fundraising and educational opportunity for the RNLI. Further details can be found on the RNLI Calshot website.

Simon Willis is set to make a welcome return to our MP3 player of choice with the relaunch of Sea Kayak Podcasts. The first episode features the makers of the excellent Paddle To Seattle DVD (reviewed on Solent Sea Kayaking back in February) and goes live on June 1st. The Sea Kayak Podcasts website has [...]