The Plas y Brenin Paddlesport Expedition Symposium

Although the word ’symposium’ nowadays refers to an academic conference, apparently it was originally coined by the Greeks as to refer to a drinking party. Brilliantly, this weekend’s Paddlesport Expedition Symposium succeeded in occupying a very entertaining mid-ground between the two.
The event bought together paddlers of all types from all over the country to, in [...]

NSR 2010 – The boat is made!

The UK’s National Student Rodeo 2010 is only 2 weeks away, and each year Palm Equipment make a custom NSR Kayak as the prize for the winning uni’s Club.
This year’s boat is a beautiful and unique Dagger Axiom in one off lime green, with NSR decals to finish it off…

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Thinking about holidays…

Flicking through my pictures I came across some from Jen and I’s trip Slovenia late last summer which I’d fully intended on putting up here. It’s nearly six months down the line but it’s getting to that time of year where everyone’s looking forward to the weather warming up and being excited by booking summer [...]

New: Palm online spraydeck sizing system

Ever had trouble finding the right size spraydeck to fit your kayak? Short of taking your boat along to the store, it’s not always easy.
Enter our new online spraydeck sizing system. We’ve been trying our decks on all of the major boat models for a while now and we reckon we’ve got it cracked.
Get on the [...]

The ‘Pots Student Rodeo 2010!

Saturday 6th February 2010 saw the return of the mighty Flowerpots Rodeo, brought back to life by the hard working, soap dodging, student population of Exeter.

Situated on the River Exe, at the Mill on the Exe Pub, the competition drew large crowds to watch, with general public and kayak groupies alike enjoying a cheeky pint [...]

Fourty two thousand boats

The first slightly warped RPM emerged from the Dagger Europe oven on the 8th November 2000 at around 10.20 pm. Today, 9 years, 5 months, and 21 days later, we made our 42,000th boat!
If you haven’t seen it already, check out the short videos below and see how it works…

With building work on our new [...]