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Find us on Facebook badgeWelcome to canoekayak.co.uk the on-line branch of Canoe & Kayak UK Magazine, the UK's best selling canoeing magazine.
Canoe & Kayak UK is dedicated to providing the most topical and detailed coverage of the whole paddling scene. Written by paddlers, for paddlers.  Issue 108 is out right now, and it's packed with great features, advice, coaching, news and gear.

Here on the site work continues on our places to Paddle section; and we've been busy adding more and more guides, Check out the latest guides to the Rivers Coe, Falloch, Garry and Middle Etive in Scotland. The Dart (Loop), Crake, Duddon and East Lyn in England. And the Afon Gamlan, Mawdach, Conwy (Fairy Glen), Ogwen and Llugwy in Wales.

We;ve been getting busy on the gear test front to so check out the latest - A head-to-head creek kayak test, a 'First Look' test on Pyranha's new 2010 Burn whitewater kayak and Palm's new Amp EV Buoyancy aid and Palm's Newfoundland sea kayaking/touring cag

The video camera has been out a lot recently too so check out our latest clips: Snow Kayaking  Canoe & kayak's Guide to Buying a Tarp  How to Swim in Whitewater  Favourite Time of Day on the River

And don't forget to get blogging and keep us up to date on all your paddling adventures too.

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The Daily News Feed is proving very popular, and we'll keep banging up the latest hot news from the world of canoeing  and kayaking... And don't forget that, if you have a club event, competition, expedition etc, that you can upload your own news too! Check out the top headlines below...
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Big O Productions UK Film Tour
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Pyranha Molan Playboat Video
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In the mag this month

Canoe & kayak UK Magazine March Issue (108)

Issue 108 is a bit of a cracker even if we do say so ourselves. As we wait patiently for spring to poke its head out there’s a distinct ‘camping’ flavour with our great canoe & kayak camping tips and a guide to essential gear to help you plan that perfect camping trip in the months to come.

We have some great coaching tips from Emily Wall, Ross Montandon and the Team at Plas Y Brenin too, and award winning filmmaker Justine Curgenven kicks of the features with ten reasons why open canoeists should make Canada’s Mountain River top of their paddle trip wish list. Guidebook author Mark Rainsley is up next with a beautiful article on the Isles of Scilly. We promise that it’ll make you want to drop everything, get your hands on the nearest sea kayak and go island hopping.

CK’s globe-trotting surf-kayaker Nathan Eades enjoys a spot of island style too with a surf safari to Tonga and the British Universities Kayak Expedition team prove that not all students sit around drinking cider and watching countdown with an impressive whitewater expedition to the jungles of Vietnam.

Level 5 Sea Kayak Coach Olly Sanders dodges polar bears in his sea kayak in an amazing trip to Greenland and a father and son prove that you don’t have to be Ray Mears to get back to the wild on a canoe trip down Scotland’s River Spey. On the gear test front we put a selection of river shoes through the CK test team wringer.

And if all that isn’t enough already we have all your favourite Canoe & Kayak regulars squeezed in there too!


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Check out what our Editor, Jason, has been up to lately by clicking here or on the button  Editor's Blog Button

Here are a few of the latest gallery additions…


The Muss warms up his frozen digits between rides

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Steve Butler throwing the Molan around on the 'Site B' play wave. At this level it's a…

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Steve 'Black Dog' Butler getting the feel for the Pyranha Molan Freestyle Kayak on our…

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Articles

Every month Canoe & Kayak UK magazine features a range of great articles covering both UK and overseas destinations, the best gear to buy and top instructional tips.  Get a feel for the magazine by reading a selection of articles here online, below are the latest additions . . .



Riot Thunder White Water Kayak Test
The Riot Thunder whitewater kayak in actionCanoe & Kayak UK Test Team put Riots 'All-River' boat to the test



How To Roll a Open Canoe
James WeirLearn how to Roll Your Canadian Canoe with OC1 expert James Weir



Pyranha 2010 Burn Whitewater Kayak - First Look Test
The new 2010 Burn whitewater kayak from PyranhaThe Canoe & Kayak Test Team take a hot-from-the-mold first look at Pyranha's latest incarnation of their very popular whitewater kayak The Burn



Competition

Here at Canoe & Kayak UK magazine we love to give our readers the chance to win great prizes, here are the latest great prizes up for grabs in our free to enter online competition . . .

Craghoppers Bear Grylls survival gear

Bear GryllsClosing Date: 03 Mar 2010

We're offering one lucky reader a chance to win a full Craghoppers Bear Grylls outfit worth £500!


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A-Z Bushcraft DVDs

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Testing The New Pyranha Molan Freestyle Kayak - The Ed

We had a bit of a mix up with the Molan, with the carriers taking it to Bristol for some reason, rather than Canoe & Kayak HQ, so it missed the date

Dawdle, fartlek, dawdle,sprint, capsize, gun it, capsize, shiver ,dawdle - Alex's Blog

In a nutshell, that sums up our paddle this morning. The plan was to go on past Shepperton and head up to the next lock before turning back, which

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Can't help you with the K2 but if you were in the Waterside Race A yesterday then you would have seen us in the wobble factor 60 standard C4. All the very best for your endeavours...we are doing

Stable DW K2 WANTED or SWAP for fast Kirton K2

I need a decent K2 that is more stable than my lovely Kirton... she is fast but far too unstable for us in the race! I have £650-ish available to spend but would rather do a straight swap for a



 


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