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- Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:42 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Grade 7, what are your views
- Replies: 81
- Views: 4651
Re: Grade 7, what are your views
I dont see the point of extending the existing grading further. In short if you are good enough and experienced enough to be running 5 5+ then I think it doesnt matter what it is graded you are going to assess the risks and run it or not depending on the day, your mood and any other factors. To me t...
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:54 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Handirack hints, tips and experiences
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5631
Re: Handirack hints, tips and experiences
Ive used them a number of time with upto 4 plastic surf boats on the roof. Had no problems apart from the well documented rain intrusion. Scratches to the roof have occurred but we put that down to spending so much time at the beach. We have dented the roof over tightening everything but were able t...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:04 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: How much junk can you fit in a Palm RT Whitewater PFD?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 650
Re: How much junk can you fit in a Palm RT Whitewater PFD?
i tend to go for the minimum amount of stuff in my BA, knife, short line and bar of chocolate and that it. I work on the theory that if Im swimming the less stuff in the BA there is the higher Im going to float.
ChrisMAC
ChrisMAC
- Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:08 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: HPP: Ditch pix
- Replies: 73
- Views: 5247
Re: HPP: Ditch pix
Im betting end of march rather than the beginning from my completely untrained eye.
ChrisMAC
ChrisMAC
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:08 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Pro-sumer vs SLR cameras
- Replies: 11
- Views: 413
Re: Pro-sumer vs SLR cameras
Personally I would go for the DSLR and have done. The only advantage of the prosumer camera as far as Im concerned is that it is physically smaller so easier to take in the kayak. A DSLR and a couple of lenses takes some fitting into a kayak safely
ChrisMAC
ChrisMAC
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:03 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Zero Feather Paddles Campaign
- Replies: 152
- Views: 9939
Re: Zero Feather Paddles Campaign
Having had zero feather for a couple of years now I an going to go back to about 30 degrees for the following reasons. Bow rudders on the non control hand side do require you to twist your wrist round much further. I find that when playing in a hole I trip over the no working blade if it catches the...
- Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:18 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: HPP meeting 22nd Oct - WHAT HAPPENED?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1037
I only have one question now: Can I get money back from my season ticket for the period in which HPP is closed?! If so, how? At the last meeting I think they said that refunds wouldn't be given, but extra time would be added to the expirary date of your season ticket. For example if the work takes ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:20 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Cleaning Earplugs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 439
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:13 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Ear plugs through the NHS
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9864
I have custom fitted silicon ear plugs supplied by the NHS. This style of ear plug I have been using for 10 years or so. At the beginning I got an emergency referral from my GP to an ENT appointment. The resulting 2 appointments, both led to an operation by the ENT dept and swimmers ear plugs suppl...
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:57 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Can we afford to lose Nottingham's HPP whitewater course?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 17873
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:31 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Can we afford to lose Nottingham's HPP whitewater course?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 17873
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:50 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Canoe England please take the hint from the WCA.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2345
Whilst it would be nice if the course at HPP was free I think it is unlikely. For starters it is owned by the Council now that sport england have decided that london and 2012 is all that matters. It is managed, not very well mind, by a private company who set the charges and are only interested in p...
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:50 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Say no to 0845 - BCU's "real" number
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4811
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:13 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: JJs had me arrested tonight,
- Replies: 360
- Views: 75259
What a disgrace as plenty of others have stated. All I would add is that if the case does go to court as the defendant I would exercise your right to have the trial moved to a location well away from Langollen to somewhere like Manchester or Birmingham where the local magistrate or jury are not like...
- Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:26 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Afon Llugwy North Wales - Pont Cyffin Siphon Images
- Replies: 101
- Views: 11341
Ketlle, Pot, Black Life is about choices, too dangerous or the risks are too high, don't do it! Typical developed world attitude, blow it up, dam it, destroy it, burn it etc etc. We are guests of mother nature, we enjoy our outdoor activities because of her. We should be ambassodors to her and show...
- Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:59 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Do you open your eyes underwater?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3743
- Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:26 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: How "Loud" is White Water?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2474
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:14 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Seafrance vs P&O
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1875
Re: Seafrance vs P&O
Heading out to the alps soon and have found that Seafrance is a lot cheaper to travel with than P&O this is with roof rack etc. Is there any particular reason why? Has anyone travelled with Seafrance? what are they like? Dale Because Sea France are not part of rip off britain. I have used Sea Franc...
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:44 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: S.C.U.D. vs Nomad vs Critical Mass
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3096
A bit tongue in cheek here. The proof, at point .44 and 2.39 on the video. Pure dead hole bait, man. Even better this one . Pure dead flat water, breaking an eddy line bait, at point .32 and 1.16. 'nough said? Nice videos but I dont see how they demonstrate your point. In the 1st video the chap dro...
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:29 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: VOZ Sports - Crazy Kit!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2229
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:59 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: HPP
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3650
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:15 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Cheap place to stay Llangollen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 766
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:34 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Virgin Atlantic
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1741
They were with me and our group of 4 flying to New York about 4 years ago. I booked them onto the plane as surf equipment but not a surfboard through customer service when booking the tickets. This worked fine but we would not have got them on the flight back if we hadn't arranged it in advance. Chr...
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: One boat ..... Then which boat
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3869
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:06 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Kober Paddles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1000
Ive been using Kober Carvings for a couple of years and they are great. They are really light but powerful and have very little flutter in the water which is ideal for playing or in the surf. The only downside is that they are not designed for being bounced off rocks in the creeks. If you want ones ...
- Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:56 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Changing feather of Werners
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2604
- Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:57 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Virgin Atlantic
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2417
4 of us flew with them to New York with no problems. We did however book them on as surf equipment but not a surfboard. It was a good job we did or we wouldn't have got them back. The lady at JFK was about to give us the over my dead body speech until she saw that they were booked on the computer, t...
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:55 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Does a creek boat fit in a 5-door hatchback Golf?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3088
Re: Does a creek boat fit in a 5-door hatchback Golf?
Just take the boat with you and try it before you buy. I know of a few people who have turned up at dealers and said if this kayak doesn't fit in it Im not buying and, whilst looking a little bemused, have let them try.Peter Brown wrote:Just wondering before I go spending my money.
ChrisMac
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:10 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Typhoon multi sport drysuit
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3698
- Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:43 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: British Canoe Union (BCU) and BA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1464