When I was 15 I ran the top drop on the Gamlan (at very low levels). 10 years later, I was lucky enough to find good water levels and sunshine on the same day; so donned my shiny kit to run the river with nostalgic memories of Topos and Schlegels.
The gear has changed, but the [...]

Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Gear 4 Women
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Hello all!

I’ve just returned from a trip to Iceland, which as the name might have suggested to a more observant traveller, can, at times, be quite cold.
Having spent the large part of my summer working in Norway, there was a large part of me that was questioning why I don’t go to warm places. Within [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2009 by Nick Horwood
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It was a good day for kayaking in the media yesterday. After Radio 1 had finished telling the kids to go paddle the Wye this weekend, we switched on the TV to see this:

Nice one all,
Tim

Posted on August 5th, 2009 by Palm HQ
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After our first successful mission in the North west, we decided to focus on the Central Highlands and on the possibility of some bigger drops and bigger volume. So, it was back onto the train ready for a 28 hour journey to the city of Nah Trang, followed by an invigorating 5 hours in a [...]

Posted on July 28th, 2009 by British Universities Kayaking Expedition
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I have just arrived back in NZ for two weeks downtime before jumping back on the plane and heading to North America for more adventures. My return coincided with one of NZ’s frequent winter storms so not one to miss the chance to huck some drops I loaded up the truck and headed for the [...]

Posted on July 21st, 2009 by Ben Brown
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The British Universities Kayak Expedition 2009 is well underway. A long, and somewhat convoluted journey across China (which turns out to be quite big), into Vietnam and ended with the team plus boats in Hanoi.
After a few days of arranging logistics and acquiring information, the team headed north towards Ba Be Lake in search of [...]

Posted on July 18th, 2009 by British Universities Kayaking Expedition
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I have just returned from an awesome expedition in Iceland where we were filming for Rush Sturges and Tyler Bradts upcoming feature ‘Dream Result’. Along with Rush, Tyler and Patrick Camblin we headed to the Land of Fire and Ice in search of big waterfall adventures!

We spent three weeks circumnavigating the entire Island and [...]

Posted on July 15th, 2009 by Ben Brown
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The West Coast of New Zealands South Island is world renown for its steep creeks. During the Southern Hemispheres summer months the West Coast ranks amongst the worlds premier paddling destinations. What is lesser known is that the North Island also has some world-class creeking hidden amongst her rolling hills….
During the Autumn in New Zealand, [...]

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Ben Brown
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Hi there folks
Since i decided to stay this winter in Switzerland and getting geared up for the coming spring and summer, I had for sure to come up with some excitement. Paddling in 2008 has been long and good and I was honestly happy to exchange my boat for a few months with some powdersticks. [...]

Posted on March 15th, 2009 by Simon Hirter
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I’ve arrived back in North Carolina after a good six weeks south of the border, only to be greeted with freezing temperatures and a couple inches of snow!  Ah well, you can’t have sunny weather, cold beer, and good Mexican food all the time.  This years trip to Mexico was a great one.  A nice [...]

Posted on March 5th, 2009 by Andy Holcombe
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