Old thread resurretion alert, but I can confirm that the Gumotex Safari surfs (ocean waves) beautifully! Pump it up nice and hard (it'll take it), put the aluminium skeg on (that's a must - I find a slightly cut-down version works best in the surf), use the thigh straps and go for it. There's a bit ...

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There's currently a short red kayak - river runner? Playboat? Can't see the make/model - half submerged up against the Sail Bridge boom in the Tawe Estuary (SA1 Marina area).

I dare say the harbour/marina authorities will retrieve it along with the other detritus in due course...

Dom

At lunch time today (Thurs Jan 15th) I could see what appears to be a small green/yellow kayak - maybe a playboat of some sort - in amongst the miscellaneous debris and flotsam washed up against the first line of moored boats in the marina section of the mouth of the Tawe (just south of the Sail Bri...

Jake Deakin wrote:he started shouting at the top of his voice just to piss off

Mikers wrote:He's certainly learnt some manners since Jake dealt with him in April, there was no shouting or swearing.

Hmm, shouts and swears at a couple of 15 year olds, moderates his tone when dealing with adults. Typical bully...

morsey wrote:Anyone replied to the paper pointing out the errors?

What, you mean using bronze maggot? For Grayling? In February?? Tch, lucky to have caught anything...

Slightly more middish Wales than south (only just over an hour north of Swansea though), the Teifi should be OK for a paddle around the Llandyssul area. Always seems to be a bit of water in it, and some of the fun sections are actually more fun at lower flows as they're narrower and not washed out. ...

Try a bit of heat on it (hairdryer). Hard but a bit tacky could be OK - if it has no surfacing agent in it then it would be quite tacky 0n the surface for a while anyway. If it's basically hard underneath then you ocould do another proper mix and apply it over the top. Resin/glass which is basically...

I don't think you'll save any money, but it might be an enjoyable project. This guy built himself a carbon bike frame: http://dirt.mpora.com/news/hcomeragh-n56-carbon-hardtail.html It came out really well and he obviously enjoyed doing it, but the £2k he spent would have bought hime a pretty nice of...

Ieuan Belshaw wrote:Llandysul paddlers has ample gear, not sure if they hire out but I think they will.

Yep, they have loads of kit and always seem happy to lend/hire it out. Very friendly bunch too - I'm sure they'll be able to sort you out with a cracking weekend away.

will be frowned upon (possibly by some paddlers as well if the level is low??)

I frown on any paddler who is too cowardly to paddle in anything other than spate conditions

advice with regards to the official position with paddling on Dartmoor during the closed season. Unfortunately from your perspective, in the absence of a recent 'black and white' Act of Parliament, decisive case law ruling or something similar covering river access, what is probably more relevant t...

Usk might still be OK down from Talybont. We did the Tywi from the Burial Chamber - LLandovery last weekend on 0.43 at Dolhaurion, its not on 0.36 and might just go. We didn't scrape at all really (open canoes). Your photos of this section elsewhere on the forum look lovely. Not paddled this yet bu...

A bit off the subject of packrafts (which certainly appear to be pretty awesome!), but here are some vids I found recently of some quality inflatable kayaks and canoes in action: http://vimeo.com/gumotexkayak/videos/sort:date/format:thumbnail I have no link to the vids or the paddlers in them beyond...

Try Snowcard. They cover WW kayaking, and I've been pretty impressed with them in the past. Not the cheapest out there, but decent level of cover.

That's one tough ducky if you're happy to drag it along the ground for any distance!

I like your blog

Upper upper upper Plym Upper upper upper Erme Upper upper upper Avon ...in quick succession. Not paddled though, but forded the head waters of each while walking over Dartmoor north to south last Sunday/Monday. Beautiful up there on the high moor in the sunshine, and fortunately Sunday's high water ...

Strad wrote: I have asked permission to reproduce the exact quote

Unless they specifically said it was off the record I don't think you need permission.

StoneWeasel wrote:

surfkayaks.com wrote:Paddlers,

Spot on, so that is the Whozzit sorted just leaving the Wezzit and the Wozzit.

Wezzit = Porthcurno? If not Porthcurno then somewhere nearby?

Surely the real question raised by several of these pics concerns the suitability - or otherwise - of kayak helmets for snowsports?

Now if only there had been an exhaustively-debated thread about this sort of thing on UKRGB recently... ;-)

Yep, Gumotex boats are superb, they're not cheap but they're extremely good value for what they are. However, the Gumotex Twist is not great. When they brought it out it looked superb on paper, so I got one for my wife. It was OK but frankly I was disappointed with it - the litepack fabric is nowher...

Last time (couple of summers ago) I went to Helston boating lake (Coronation Park?) with the kids I noticed that they had open canoes for hire along with the traditional rowing boats. Now an epic paddle it isn't, but on a sunny day it might be a pleasant and safe way for you and your kids to get to ...

(for what purpose I don't know, unless they are a kayaker). or have an ebay seller account... Not all Royal Mail seasonal workers are crims of course, but I do remember speaking to a couple of guys some years ago who used to do xmas sorting work and admitted (actually boasted) that they blatantly h...

Hey GumGum Where did you get that jump inflateable creek boat? I got it from these guys: http://www.kajak.nl/index.php Just happened to see a random link to it heavily reduced on their website, and couldn't resist it. They were really helpful, but couldn't ship it to me from Holland at anything lik...

Try sending a PM to GumGum I have paddled with him before and he can get his inflatable boat down grade 3-4.... it real impresrive to see... :-) It packs down int a back pack and he has quite a bit of experiance with inflatable boats Gary A You flatter me somewhat ;-), but it's certainly true I am ...

Leaving aside waterproofness - ie assuming this will live in a dry bag and not be used underwater(!) - I love my Petzl Myo XP (I have the current Myo RXP incarnation). As much light as you'll probably ever need, nicely made, good features. May not be fully waterproof, but they've never let me down i...

Tom_Laws wrote:Santa is a kayaker!

...when he's not riding the new Afan dirt park!

I have seen these signs and was struck at the time by how unattractive they were, definitely detracting from the landscape. Furthermore they do not give useful information to anyone, they merely state someone's opinion on a highly contested and by no means settled matter of civil law.

SimonMW wrote:I think that's enough trumpeting of pun skills.

Yup. I'm sure you'll drum up plenty of support for this viewpoint.

I had a quick look online to see if I could find any instrument-based puns, but drew a blank. I'll have to castanet wider...

R3V wrote:Or Why does it even matter. Discuss.

Where would we all be without a bit of tribal affinity and a them-and-us sense of superiority?