Bracing, it’s the new Rolling – A response to kayakjournals “Why you can’t Roll”
As Simon often puts as a caveat to his posts – “If you don’t like what I say – Get your own blog!” – Well I have one, so I’ll use it to air my thoughts in response, however I actually do agree with what he says… To read Kayakjournal’s article, please click on the…
How on earth do you decide on a boat?
Great article on boat choice by Kayakjournal. I would argue that creek boats are great for people who lack confidence in the early stages of their kayak journey, for the very reason that they do look after you. If you don’t mind the idea of falling over every 2 minutes then a playboat or slicey…
How to Improve the Roll – The Kayaking Journal
Rolling rolling rolling, keep ’em wagons rolling… Right, rolling. It’s hard. How can we make it better? How to improve the roll is possibly one of the most asked questions in white water kayaking. When I went through a long period of my roll being flat out hopeless it was the most frustrating thing I […]…
GMBN – Pro bike checks with the Giant Factory off road team
Giant Bicycles invited us to check out their full range of bikes that make up the range run by the various areas of the Giant Factory off road team! So, thick and fast, here are the pro bikes of Carl Decker, Adam Craig, Josh Carlson and Eliot Jackson!In association with Giant BicyclesSubscribe to GMBN: http://gmbn.eu/subscribeGet… via…
Review – Jackson Levator GoPro Pole Mount —
I must come clean, I am not much of a handyman. Often people refer to the fact they could ‘knock one of those up’ given the right materials but I am more likely to knock things down when I approach a task with tool in hand. Therefore making a pole mount for my GoPro wasn’t […]…
After work Hills…
On Monday I found myself finishing my work day in Malvern, and by happy coincidence I had travelled past home to get there and called in to grab my bike. Despite living in Worcestershire for all of my *cough* years I have only been on the Malvern Hills once, so I thought I’d take the…
Report on British 4x Round 2 – Harthill, Cheshire (Britishcycling.com)
A delighted David Roberts profited from a crash on the first corner of the elite final to take victory in the second round of the HSBC UK | National 4X Series at Harthill. Although confident before racing, Roberts had only managed to reach the finals through a run off after some poor gates in the…
A general guide to the Soča River area
A great write up on the Soča River Area by Simon Wyndham over at Kayakjournal, Click on the link at the bottom to go to the full article. I will preface this article by saying that this is not the Kayaking Gods guide to the Bovec Soča area in Slovenia. But I hope that…
Nice to know it works
Had a nice surprise this week when I received an email from one of our affiliate partners, we had hit our earning threshold and were eligible for a payout. Thats’s right, these things really work and can actually make a little money, we received a payment of £19.97 from Sportscover Direct, this is a small…