First things first: Happy 2012!
Freya Hoffmeister has reached Cape Horn after 128 days and 3925KM. That is an average of 31KM a day!
The season is coming and now you have to think about buying something for that mad-paddler. Does he/she need gear; don’t know? So what else is around to buy?
Book: The Fat Paddler
This book is a good read for anyone (so not limited to paddlers) however kayaking plays a big role in the [...]
On the 5th of November it was time for the annual Snertjourney to celebrate the end of the season. Now you are probably wondering what ‘snert’ is. Snert is a Dutch version of Pea Soup (read wiki). Snert normally is associated with bad weather and winter. But on this day it was beautiful [...]
Continue Reading →The people at Klepper came up with something new called the backyak. A kayak for two (or three when you bring a child) kayak that you can carry on your back. Well two backs. For as little (grin) as 3790 euro (about 3300 pounds, $5200 or 5000 Aus$) it’s yours. Yes, you think it’s cheap [...]
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When strolling on the internet I came along these movies for you to watch:
We’ve seen paddling with sharks, dolphins, whales, but what about alligators?:
Making a kayak tour commercial, how it should be:
this one is nice as well:
What if you combine windsurfing and kayaking?
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Continue Reading →Freya Hoffmeister paddled almost 1500KM in 46 days and arrived in Punta Durazno Chico. Untill now there where some small set-backs like; a defect on the rudder, days that she could not paddle because of bad weatherand a sore lip. Her rudder fin broke when she got hit by a big wave that [...]
Continue Reading →After 1172KM of paddling the first stage of the One Man Epic journey is completed. He now will enter the dessert, somewhere a kayak has no use. If the stories from Tom Smitheringale will stay as amusing as they where during his kayak stage it will be worth the [...]
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There are three small problems with my Wilderness System Tempest Pro 170.
First problem is the hatch problem, a well known problem for WS kayaks, and soon after I got mine I noticed some water coming in the smallest hatch. I thought I did not close it well enough or it getting moist by [...]
For everyone who loves to see pictures regarding kayak history: http://www.arktiskebilleder.dk/
This site has about 100.000 photos with the oldest from 1860most pictures are from the period 1890-1940. The pictures give great insight in the lives of people living in the arctic in that time. A search on kayak results in 1516 pictures. Have a [...]
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