Indeed the news reports quoted survivors who stated they became disoriented in the foam. I’ve been kayak surfing there a few times. The break is a narrow area against the harbour wall. Its proximity to Den Haag, Delft and Rotterdam makes it popular and busy. It can be horrible paddling out into the ...

Yep as Damo says. Several layers of fibre glass cloth over the whole spine of the blade (both sides if the crack goes through) and some epoxy resin. A good tip is to put the blade in one of those clear plastic folder sheets, then put a plastic bag of sand on top. It’ll give a relatively smooth finis...

Its an interesting map and shows the challenge of getting rid of all the CSOs. It also shows that the EA needs to be lobbied to add more inland water bodies to the bathing waters monitoring. For reference this is the English Bathing Waters: https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/ Compare it to...

A group of us went to Chile for 2 weeks last year. Last week Nov and first week Dec. A road trip from Santiago to Puerto Montt with a main stop at Pucon. Going to Rio Claro (the other one), Rio Teno, Rio Claro (famous one), Rio Nuble, Rio Bio Bio, Rio Trancura, Rio Palguin (couple of times), Rio Fuy...

The dam starts to release before 9 in the summer if i remember correctly. It reaches Llavorsi at 9-ish and reaches the campground just upstream of the slalom course in Sort around 11. But... in May the river levels are probably not dam release dependent but have loads of snow melt runoff. Sort is a ...

Sorry no photos but i screwed two sets of Eckla wall brackets on the side of the shed. http://www.eckla.de/en/eckla-wall-supports-for-boats.html I toyed with the idea of a scaffolding frame but the cost was a bit much compared to these simple brackets. Note that if you use scaffolding and have PE bo...

Yes.
Mine is a made up from various bits and pieces out of the 1st aid kit that came with my car. It is in a small dry bag (although a Nalgene bottle is also perfect for storing a 1st aid kit).

Most important thing is to attend a 1st aid course.

as in the recent case of an Arizona man convicted of shooting at kayakers boating down a river that runs through his land I remember reading about this when it happened and bizarrely the week after met one of the (quite well known) kayakers involved. He was rather subdued and did not seem in the be...

My Peak WW Big Deck fits the new Tuna.

In reference to my original post, can I ask who are the owners of the whitewater courses in the UK and how was the construction financed?

There are probably not many members who are directly affected by this but I thought I would post this as it presents some interesting points for discussion. After more than 10 years since it opened the Netherlands Whitewater centre, DutchWaterDreams is to be demolished as the new owners have found i...

Eckla produce both products you describe but I think the Eckla extendable roofbars are not designed for carrying the boats for very long, just for loading the boats.

Click and scroll down.
http://www.eckla.de/en/roofracks.html

Well i'm not a pro-instructor but i know a few. The ones i know only have NGBs but some have non-relevant degrees and teaching backgrounds. I'm not sure what uni outdoor courses are like but surely vocational education is the way forward but then again three years away from home at uni is a maturing...

Everyone makes mistakes. He could well have researched kayaking, improvised with the kit and thought he was well equipped. I'm sure many of us have probably done the same with other sports in the past, where if we'd had an accident, we'd have been bashed by those more experienced for being ill equi...

The paddlers were unaware that someone else, 64-year-old Daniel Hartung of Indian, followed several minutes behind. Hartung was in a recreational kayak designed for calm water such as lakes. Although he wore a personal flotation device, Hartung also donned a bicycle helmet and chest waders, neither...

I have the 2-person tunnel version of that lightwave tent. Had it around 6/7 years. Nice tent. Very durable. I like that you can also buy the lightweight outer without the porch. Its not free standing though.

I also own a one person terra nova tent which fell apart and leaks. Best avoided.

I've paddled both. What is best is very subjective. Try both and see? I own a Diesel 70 and love it for 2/3 river running, in big waves and holes it needs to be driven hard or you'll suffer. I don't like the Burn II. I find the outfitting cheap and nasty. The handles on it are a joke. Paddling it is...

We went on a long multiday recently (with many swims and leaky boats) with lots of different drybags. Results were interesting. Those ortlieb bags (without values) were hopeless. Difficult to roll tight and mine got three holes in it. The most airtight rolltop was the Sea to Summit UltraSil Drybags....

Watershed Ocoee with a padded camera bag insert. They are great bags. Well worth the money.

I got one of these to go with my snakesling. http://palmequipmenteurope.com/product/autolock
It gets jammed with sand while on the river and is useless if you need to open it in a hurry.

Facebook, Email, Whatsapp. If you are not on Whatsapp then forget joining our club:-)
We also have a web-app so members can sign into events with all their personal and emergency details.

Sweet's local distributor changed the lining in my Rocker (a warranty issue). I think the replacement charge was 19 euros.

I just contacted Sweet directly and they put me in touch with the distributor.

Just got back from the US. I used a ski bag. With 'skis' inside it. I don't think KLM/Delta would have cared what was in it but I was not taking any chances. Note you have to collect your luggage at the first airport in the US you land at. Then clear customs before your connecting flight. Stupid sys...

Andy

Try Campsite Noguera Pallaresa next to Sort. Its okay, walking distance to town, nice bar and right on the river.
http://noguera-pallaresa.com/?lang=en

I'd agree. Take your boat but ask to borrow as many as you can. See what you like. Most course providers are happy to accommodate. I guess you are going with europagaai? But in all seriousness ;-) you'll probably want a surfy/playboat and a river runner (serious addiction this sport)! IF you look to...

It is a nice article. For us our attitudes to risk taking changed after becoming parents. It is also hard not to feel trapped by the cycle of feeding and endless laundry, especially for breastfeeding mothers. The advice about post-pregnancy physio is good. My wife did a special fitness bootcamp thro...

I never realised that, I had to get mine in a hurry in the states because I needed a USCG approved one, CE approval is no good there. The law that says BAs for sale in Europe have to be CE marked is presumably an EU law, I wonder if we will drop that when we leave and start allowing sale of USCG ap...

Just double check that buoyancy rating for the Rakau. It says 70N on webshops and 55N on the sizing guide!

We have Yak Rakau PFDs at our club and they are popular and look good (but then they are being compared to smelly polo pfds). The only negative thing I have seen is the Yak touring pfds have stacks of cheap foam behind the good quality foam to bulk out the buoyancy. Some people say the foam will not...

How would you say the kayak handles in terms of Fun, rolling and stability ? Well everything is relative and subjective - try before you buy. It has quite a bit of volume so handles waves and stoppers ok but is not as 'fun' as something like an Axiom or RPM (read - unstable) but also not as idiot p...