Just some pics from two weeks ago with Becka on a trip to Spain (by train) for lessons at https://www.surfskicenter.com/tarifa It’s a totally different paddling technique, which makes it interesting. We don’t have room, money or capacity to buy these surfskis on top of everything else, but if anyone can let us out to play for a day on theirs on a session we could pass on everything that we learnt (which was included in 2hrs of classroom lessons a day in Tarifa).

20 + paddlers made the trip today including Gareth’s Improvers group.   A good turn out after the poor weather recently luckily the weather was better than most of us expected today. Light to moderate breeze, dry ,sunny intervals.  All coped well. No Tide race or overfalls to play in this time and only one seal bothered to greet us on the end of Hilbre Island. Unfortunately, due to an injury Mark Pawley had to sit out the paddle.   Fortunately for the rest of us, Mark kindly made Lots of tea and coffee in his paddle bus for anyone who wanted it on our return. Thanks Mark and all for a good paddle.

Just the 3 of us on the Severn today. a well deserve brew.  Meeting at the Montford bridge cafe Opposite Wingfield Arms, On the A5, Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury SY4 1EB between 0900hrs – 0930 hrs.   Shuttle cars to Frankwell car park where we will get off and hopefully be on the water by 1030hrs The weather forecast will be cloudy, (I have ordered some sunshine).  Yyou need appropriate items of clothing  Hot, cold drink and snack        

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Following the satnav past Blue Sping state park we arrived at a strip of beach in the middle of nowhere. This is where we met Geoff a marine biologist sea kayaker from Maine and Greg the owner of Adventures in Florida with a load of kayaks. Ciaran smiled while the rest of the clan were ready to drown me. Once everyone got over the shock and received a brief from Goeff the boats were sorted into a mixture of sized Prijon and Perceptions. Goeff managed to calm us all down and convince my family that I was not going to drown them all, as we were going to paddle the St Johns river the Slowest moving river in the US. We all Set off up stream in search of Manatees, even Paula and Rebecca were paddling a sit on top Due Peception. As we passed the Blue Spring, the water was 21 degrees and rising up all year round (a bit warmer than the dock). The Manatees had overwintered before spreading through the 800miles of streams and rivers before heading out to sea in the summer. Despite not finding any Manatees we spotted so much wildlife, numerous fish including a Mullet that jumped over the front of my boat and birds including Vulchers, Herons and a Bald Eagle swooping down catching a fish just in front of us carrying it away in its tallons. A Yellow Chested Turtle and yellow tree snake passed, as Ciaran and myself lagged at the back near the bank he screamed “something is under my boat” as he paddled back he faced off an 8ft Alligator. After it all we returned to the beech having not been eaten with no swims Adventures in Florida | Orlando Kayaking Tours Guided kayak tours near Orlando. Famous for their Bioluminescence, Wekiva River, […]

Make sure you’re locking you’re boats up! Our straps we’re cut last night in West Darby! Lucky we had a heavy duty wire around the seats and bars!!         Post from Aaron Kendall‎ to our facebook page

Aniol and Gerd Serrasolses have been kayaking together for almost their entire lives. Follow them on their adventure through the highs and lows of a life on the river.

The premiere began with a journey to the Ecuadorian Amazon, it raced down the Grand Canyon, adventured across Greenland, SUP surfed in Tofino, descended a gorge in Northern Pakistan, island hopped across a deadly strait to Tasmania and then played below the surface on the Cheat River Narrows before embarking on a canoe journey of reconciliation. MacGregor believes the festival’s ongoing success is based on three things: “The World Tour bring communities of people together; it inspires audiences to go and explore; and most often the screenings are used as fundraisers to support local non-profits doing good things.” Last night’s host, The Complete Paddler raised $2500 for Project Canoe, a non-profit focused on improving the lives of youth through outdoor adventure. Since Rapid Media launched the festival back in 2006, the World Tour has screened 959 times to more than 282,864 audience members. Rapid Media has awarded $71,000 to paddling filmmakers and helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for charitable causes. The Paddling Film Festival World Tour has grown to become one of the largest paddling events in the world.

I recently decided to build a paddle ergometer after having priced out new ones. You can see video of it at diypaddleergometers.wixsite.com/instructions, where you will also have the option to purchase detailed plans for $9 CAN. It is a great way to own a very functional and affordable piece of equipment.

It was a fantastic paddle with eight of us enjoying a marvellous day with an exceptionally well behaved Mersey. This estuary needs to be paddled more :-). It was a long (47.5 km) trip but thanks to good tides we were still able to lift a pint in The Ferry Pub afterwards :-). Thanks for joining, guys!  Kristiaan D’Août

Just wanted to let you know that our loyalty cards are now up and ready for you and your members to collect. The loyalty cards offer you 10% cashback on all items which can be used with your card for future purchases. We will need the members who would like one to simply go to the office and have their picture taken to be printed on the back between the hours of 9-5 Monday – Thursday

  RYA VHF Marine Radio (SRC) Short Range Certificate Course – ideal for all sea kayakers.  Sunday, 11 Mar 2018 9am – 6pm 6 Person maximum on this course only. Book online now with a £10 deposit. Cost as before £75 per person for the course and £60 for the RYA SRC exam per person, the exam fee is made payable to the RYA. Click for more information and to book…….

Karl’s REAL surf session.

Thanks for those who showed on Saturday obviously we chose the wrong day weather wise. However the level was good, Neil well done you learned a load in 3 hrs.

This is an easy flat water stretch of the River Dee ideal for Gp kayak, open boat, sea kayak Distance 12 ~ 13 miles We met up at Fardon Bridge Ll13 9JH between 09.00hrs and 09.30hrs to shuttle some cars to Sandy Lane. Nice Sunny day with good paddling buddies.