Funny Old Life – 2 years on
I was once again reminded by Facebook that it was on this day in 2012 that I finished a career which I had been in for nearly 10 years, it was the kicking off point for roller-coaster period in my life which I talked about here: https://wetandmucky.com/its-a-funny-old-life So, what has the last 2 years been…
10 things I reflected on in 2018
10 things I reflected on in 2018 It’s that traditional time of year when you review the past 12 months and look forward to the next 12 with a set of plans and aspirations. In the modern world of social media this often takes the format of a drunkenly thrown together, overly emotional facebook post,…
Is the best paddler the best Coach?
Why the best paddler on the river may not be the best Coach… Maybe they are a “Nike” Paddler… You know when you rock up to your favourite river and see someone styling every drop and hitting unimaginable eddies or throwing some super-cool moves and you think “That’s what I’d like to do, I could…
Are you Aroused?
Are you Aroused? No, not in the sense you’re thinking you dirty minded lot, I mean in the kayaking sense… Allow me to explain. I am currently in the French Alps with my partner and a bunch of friends for 2 weeks of kayaking amongst other activities. During the first week, 4 of us went…
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 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 […]…
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 […]…
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…