It is never easy as you are upside down, and it takes a while for it to feel right. Took me ages to learn. Here is one of me getting it wrong (paddle dived, I just pulled) then geting it more or less right (sweeps across the water, although it still dived a bit). [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Wow, that was tense! Anyone counting?

Yep, just how I see myself paddling. The cat had the right expression about the reality of it though...

Could always get yourself a sublte little divers watch.



A shade under half a million dollars, how much bling do you want?

Nice vid & good skills - not what I would call old school though - I expected Magicbats as a minimum, but hoping for Snipes!

I tested both and found the B2 felt much tippeier when bracing, rode over features better, and a bit less effort in a straight line. The B2 felt, to me, very familiar as I had a Z One before hand, but much more confidence inspiring that the Zone, but that is my paddling more than the boat. I ended u...

Wow, good skills! Scared me watching it, and you lot were PLAYING on the waves!

You were taking photo's in the loo? Steady, or you will be Rolf Harrisis new girlfriend before you know it..

Frank Mcowski wrote:This reminds of a very similar incident that happened to me on the Barle.

Tarr steps caught you out again, eh?

Time flies though, doesnt it! I am 51 (a mere lad) and I reckon it is my kayaking that keeps me fit and trim, and thinking young. Not that I am very good at it, but I enjoy myself and that is what counts!

That is good advice, join a club and use them & thier equipment to see what you enjoy doing the most, and get some good safety advice and experience from them too. I would not like to use an inflatable on the sea though, I had to call the coastguard a few years ago when I witnessed a double inflatab...

Fascinating stuff, but who the hell would be a lighthouse keeper! The building of these things was afeat in itself.

Ok, more like Rollerball, for those old enough..

Never heard of either. Sounds like Quidich in kayaks.

Some flexible paddlers there! I can't do any of that. The slow motion bit made me realise those flips are like flying back deck rolls. Can't do them either.

Nice video, thanks for posting.

Thanks for doing that film, really enjoyed it. The portage over that precarious peak, were where the boats? How did you drag them up that grass covered mountain? And where where they at the end in the truck?

Hats off though, great stuff!

Fairy Glen? Was whoever named it that being ironic? Can't see many fairies paddling that, to be honest. Great vid though.

Enjoyed that, looked like a tricky river though!

Hi Tim, I see you are the accounts manager, does that mean that posts on here are taken back to the design team/management and acted upon, or is it frustrating that you see all this feedback but can do nothing about it? Not meant as a rude comment if it as seen as that, but more out of curiosity. My...

kayakwalker wrote:well here is my attempt at it, I am second in the red boat.

Love that comment after watching the two sacrifices go through "YEAAAHY! - Nah, I ain't doing that"

Nice vid. However, I noticed two red boats, one green, one yellow and one blue. If that is all you, how many boats do you have!

It cost $500, and the plastic weighs 26.5kg, plus the weight of the hundreds of nuts & bolts!

Looks good though, give it another 10 years and we will be printing our own boats depending on the river we will be paddling.

I go to work.

Scares the hell outta me.

One day someone will figure out that I dont really know what I am doing!

What repair?

My hair has vanished too. Thinking of writing to British Gas to complain.

I felt dizzy watching that Upper Dart paddle, there just seemed no respite! Terrified me!

So that took up 15 minutes, what did you do the rest of the day?

Mile for mile, it is the most expensive ferry crossing the the world.

Couldn't you have paddled over?

I felt cold just reading that. Shan't complain about the Dart ever again!

With that gold helmet he looks like an extra from Dr Who or Space 1999. Or am I showing my age there?

Not going to paddle the Medway until it drops, those bridges look mighty close to the water in many places, the trees & debris in the river is astonishing, and the volume & speed of the water recently has been pretty impressive.