Awesome river and brilliant day. A little clue, not the normal type of paddling that you would expect in the area......

This boat is now on offer at £470. I am the only owner and have proof of purchase. This is a very good deal for a 10 month old boat. Selling because I have a new boat on the way.

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Tom

bump, an excellent deal!

Green and Black Medium Shiva for sale, less than one year old with your usual scratches. Available for £530. PM for pictures.

Tom

Currently selling a pyranha shiva M with connect thirty outfitting, one year old with the usual scratches but nothing signficant. Looking for £500 and collection from the Kent area. Please pm for further details and photos.

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Tom

Two companies that have really helped me out and delivered fine service recently are Kayaks North West where more than happy to change on size cag for another free of charge despite being posted to Kent! Secondly, Pelicase who are going to replace my 1200 after four years use due to broken buckles, ...

Heading out to Austria next week, quite like the look of this run but I was wondering what water levels you need? Is it strictly an early season run or will it be extremely high early July?

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Tom

I have used a Seals deck on my Shiva for the past year and it has been excellent, highly recomended. Always a bit of water but then again, just as likely to be from my shoe than the anything else!

Tom

https://vimeo.com/45362422 Not sure if this has been posted but just spotted it on the Pyranha website. Very well filmed and some terryifying rapids, I wish I was as calm as these paddlers under pressure! Having paddled in Georgia, this vid makes you realise how much there is too explore.........and...

I went for a two week trip to Georgia three years ago, one of the best paddling locations I have been to; great rivers and fantastic people. Chris Eastabrook runs a trip and has quite a few river notes, he also has contacts to a great guide who is based in Tablisi. Quite jealous of your access to so...

I suppose the obvious challenge is to name the each type of fruit on the tree......

Hi Folks

Hoping for a trip to India at Easter and I am currently looking for flights to delhi, has anyone had any experience of AirItalia or Emirates with kayaks? I know virgin is the best option but also the most expensive.

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Tom

Because its snowing outside and foreign trips are a long way off, I was wondering what would be the ideal river for many paddlers. You need to choose your perfect put in, four of your favourite rapids followed by your ideal get out. You also need to select your ideal post paddle drinking/cake establ...

I had an excellent week at the end of April last year. Landed in Toulouse and then followed a circuit of rivers: Gavarnie, Gave de Cauteret, Brossuet (right on the border), two sections of the Ara and two sections of the Cinquenta. Wild camping was very easy in France, not so easy near the Ara altho...

Is it the river heading into Milford Sound in New Zealand, the Cleddau?

Best bet is to contact Chris, he knows a lot of the guides out there and has river notes etc......
http://www.chriseastabrookcoaching.com/

Loads to still explore out there and a Georgian feast remains one of the top culinary experiences of my life!

Tom

I was just wondering if anyone is heading to Georgia this year? Just came across this video and it reminded me of what a brilliant paddling destination it is. There arent many better places in August and the kindness of people has always driven me to promote it! If you havent thought about it then d...

Surely that would make you a stunt coordinator?

I am also going to big up the BMC, especially in foreign locations. When booking insurance for the Tzarap/Zanskar I specifically gave them a call to explain where I would be and ascertain whether they would be able to help me. Within three days I had a written reply explaining that they would be abl...

Really atmospheric video and I dont think that anyone can begrudge the fact that you didnt not get out for bank based SLR footage! Choice of music really fitted the reality of the situation and I am glad that you all made it to the car park in one piece!

Tom

We headed to the Pyreneese at the same time last year and had an excellent trip, lots of brilliant wild camping spots and a variety of rivers. Gavarnie and Cauteret were running well and the Brossuet is a really good low water option!

Tom

Cool video about two blokes jumping off cliffs, I always thought that base jumping was much more complicated than that!



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Looks like an incredible adventure and I cant wait to see pictures and the footage!

Tom

http://www.chriseastabrookcoaching.com/ Some good info here, a lot that still needs to be explored. I personally cant rate the country enough. Brilliant food, lots nad lots of Booze and some excellent rivers! Perfect place for an excellent adventure. If you ask Chris I am sure he can help you with s...

Completly agree, sent my dry suit in for repairs and the service has been excellent! I hope your expereince of Georgia is not tainted by a few idiots. Lovely place, great paddling and some extremely kind people! Also, bloody good cognac.

Tom

I just thought that I would put a good word in for performance kayaks who replaced my seals deck with a brand new one when the rand had failed in places, excellent customer service. I have also been impressed by Alpkit and their rapid delivery of a new sleeping bag and bivvy bag, their gamma torch h...

Heading off to India for three weeks in August and currently debating what to wear for paddling. Would people who have gone recommend a dry suit, or would you go for a dry cag/neoprene shorts combo? Sadly cant afford the option of dry trouser/dry cag combo.

Thanks for any tips

Tom

Just got back from the Pyreneese, great levels on the Spanish side and some good runs to be had in France, excellent destination!

Having spent two weeks exploring Georgia last year I firmly beleive that it has potential to become an excellent destination for white water kayaking. Thanks to the fact that Georgia would like to join Nato it is very friendly towards European companies and we had no problems with Visas or flights t...

There appears to be a lot of chat about this particular mountain range at the minute but there is a group of us heading out for the last week of April. We are flying out to Toulouse and then heading off from there. We only have seven paddling days so I wanted to know what people thought that the mus...