Canoe & Kayak Blogging

This week sees the launch of two outstanding new coastal canoe trails in Northern Ireland; the Foyle Canoe Trail and the South East Coast Canoe Trail. Both of these trails allow paddlers to…

Hi all, just got into kayaking (as a complete beginner!), and thought you might be interested to hear my trials and tribulations. Watch this space and I'll give you some more detail on our gear,…

I am 35 and probably far to old to take up Kayaking again but what the heck! When i was younger I went on a number of camps and trips were i learned to canoe and kayak. Although i always wanted my…

We've all seen the blogs hosted by superhuman paddlers; making it look like their kayaks can fly.. Well this isn't one of those. I've never blogged before... I paddle rivers & I love to surf. I…

I love my canoeing and I find it very fun! I canoe in racing boats and I train at The Lincoln Canoe Club! My favourite boat is probably The Espada, I also like White Water Kayaking and I mainly do…

....but i do have a set of plans !!! well here i am well into my forties and i have decided i want to mess about on the water apart from an outing as a young boy on the local boating lake (and we…

A numpty with no idea in training for the DW. It could get interesting!

I am a male 52, and a beginner in the sport of kayaking. I would like to find a partner to go paddling at the weekends. I can't make it every weekend due to work and family commitments. I have bought…

Art and Sea is inspired by the world of paddling that we all know and love. Since we work and play on the sea and rivers ourselves, we love what we do and we understand the need for just being…

My then boss, it's all his fault, wanted me to go windsurfing. One sunny afternoon we went out to a nearby reservoir where he let me try his windsurfer - and I was useless. Truly awful, but there was…

Thought i would start a blog on this site, i dont blog anywhere else so it's as good a start as any. Well i'm 38 i used to paddle alot when i was in the Army, i was a kayak instructor, but the last…

Just wanted to say a big thanks to George and the boys who had us play at their event Saturday night. Thanks also to everyone that was there as we had a great night and the crowd was…

Pointless rantings about current things in my life

I was inspired to write this having read another blog, "A New Beginning" by Andy. I am following a very similar path except that I am now almost 65. Having owned a wood and canvas canoe in my youth…

Never blogged before, but I've just read Andy's post about buying a kayak on ebay, and though what the heck. Used to do a bit of paddling back in my youth when glass fibre was the in thing, and…

HELLO PEOPLE, am I alone when it comes to kayaking, struggling to "push the bounds" of my ability, and appearing to be loosing the battle? I ask this as for many years, I have suffered with fragile…

just me voicing some unheard thoughts and updates about canoeing.

I'm a 28yr old paddler who belongs to a group of Norfolk Paddlers called the 'Flipmonkies'. U might be thinking - Norfolk, what kinda paddling can you do in Norfolk!? Well tell u the truth, not much!…

I have just took up kayaking and am disabled with right arm missing at the elbow. Has anybody got or know anybody who has got some advice for paddles etc. If their are any disabled kayakers who…

Dear Ed....ever heard of boats made of concrete? Is this poss....I wonder... do they float? Does it depend on the type of concrete? If it had enough 'air entrainer' in it might just stay above the…

hi all im thinking of a trip to crete and thought what better way to go than kayak. i have an ocean kayak yak board not the best for long trips i know. i'm based in southampton and regularly paddle…

Epic Ventures is an Edinburgh outdoor activities company providing guidance, tuition and equipment hire for a wide variety of outdoor pursuits. These can be carried out, either in the Edinburgh area…

Hi, I am after some advice on cags and other equipment. My daughter is about to embark on a 6 month intensive outdoor pursuits instructor course in Ireland and needs to purchase some equipment. …

Hi, my name is Kev and at 37 decided to get into paddling to both improve my fitness but to aim and achieve something that I can give back later. So my goal is to go from complete Novice having…

Gimmer: Physical Age 42, personal percieved age 18-24. Until the day / morning after when I revert back to 42!!

Awesome Vessel when you get sore arms from having to bring back tired Custies. Helps my wife and her crew with those windy days when those custies can't paddle them selves home on the lake. She can…

Sorry we haven’t written in ages (in fact only once I believe!!) No that the rivers are getting bigger we’re spending less and less time in the office, which, to be honest, I am not complaining about…

Hello. I am a keen kayaker and cannoier. Done a lot of moving water but only a little white water. But I need help. I am a student at college in outdoor education in sport and I have a unit on…

HI, Any hobie kayak pedalers out there ?Thats right Idid mean pedalers, please get in touch and share your experiences with me.

Cpl Richard Seed, AFCO Southend is Covering 200 Nautical Miles in a kayak to raise money for RAFA Hunstanton, Norfolk - St Pauls Cathedral, London The Royal Air Forces Association is celebrating the…

hey, just writing this cus i want to get more involed into this whole thing. I'm 13 and my kayaking love is creek boating stuff and river rapids where you bounce down them and there's lot of edgeing…

name: ray greenway age: 20 where do you live: devon where do you paddle: river dart/exe mainly. also surf kayak in croyd your boat/s: i have a dagger g-force 6.2 and a pryana master light. …

Im a 15 year old kid who is obsessed with kayaking. i do freestyle and riverrunning and am now coming on to doing some more challenging creeks. really my life revolves around kayaking

My name is Joel, I’m in my 50s, and this is a log of my paddling experiences. It chronicles one aspect of my journey through this life, my kayak adventures, and how I learn and mature from them.

Hi Guys, My name is Josh Wedgwood and I am 16 years old. I mainly compete in freestyle but I have been known to run the steep stuff as well as slalom. I have been around canoes and kayaks for…

I started the blog when I first started last year at the age of 47 after having a break from canoeing for nearly 30 years. Really just to give an insight into the racing from scratch at an older…

Two new canoeing enthusiasts were absolutely freezing so to keep warm they set a small fire in the middle of the kayak and as you might expect the kayak sprung a leak and…

It's been at least 15 since I've been in a Kayak, 3 years ago I received a pancreas and Kidney, the pancreas failed but the Kidney is working good!!. The reason for Kidney failure was because I've…

i am 12 and can do nearly all playboater tricks, i have been kayaking for 6 years. i am looking to be a slalom kayaker and hopefully go to the olympics, i have been offered a job in france for river…

I have just returned to kayaking and would like to combine it with an interest in photography. My first attempts are in my gallery, which has images from the BCU Slalom event in Llangollen Oct 2008.…

Hiya I am new to kayaking (well for about 8 months as of may 2008 lol) I love it love it love it, completey addicted and getting better :) love all there is to love even being underwater and the…

hello paddlers, my name is arron, im 24 and from the west midlands area. birmingham. im pretty new to kayaking! been doing it now for 3years now when ever i get the chance. i started with a sevoy…

Liquid Logic Chico Kayak – nearly as new only used about 6 times great creek boat white Dagger Nomad 8.5 Kayak – again nearly new hardly used due to work commitments all need a good home…

Well, I just wanna keep dry; but I love watersports, so this is my quest to find the best ways to do it!

hi I have only just managed to roll a kayak it only took 7 days apart from each other but with the great help of the person that was helping me I managed.I was so proud of my self and only at the age…

hay dudes im a 17 year old yaker and wants to learn more about kayak surfing any info will be gladly recived. awsome.. see u later dudes

Hi My name is matthew, i'm 37 and have recently bought a sit on top Kayak. the kayak is a big game prowler, and at 12 ft 9" is quite a beast to try and lift on top of my land rover, so i had to…

Hi, Im Maria and i love to paddle anywhere theres water :) Ive paddled a fair few rivers such as; Tryweryn - Upper and Lower Dart - Loop and Lower Symonds Yat Frome And probably some more…

Hi I am Adom Paul from Miami ! I like fishing and I am An Author !

We are a group of paddlers with a variaty of sit on top kayaks you can find us in the bay most weekends there are good tides. We are all pritty new to this so dont travel far but we do have some good…

Morpheus & Crisis are two kayakers & graffiti artists who have started up a funky T-shirt design business, with a lean towards Adrenalin Sports (such as whitewater kayaking, surf kayaking, canoeing,…

Hi I hav enrolled on this site to hopefully meet a few fellow paddlers and share a few experiences as a relative newcomer to this sport/ hobby. I began an interest in kayaking in 2009 after…

A diary of my kayaking days for 2011. I hope to blog photos and thoughts..

The National Student Rodeo is an anual kayaking competition for students. The emphasis is on fun, good prizes and first class banter. With a piratical theme, 670 competitors and nearly 800 party…

Hi, My names Rob, Ive subscribed to the mag before and even got letter of the month (although i didint get my whisky :-( ) and im now looking at getting out onto the water! I live in manchester so…

Started sea kayaking last year aged 59, not having done it since I was 30! Been a biker (not Harley Ds, just Bmws!) but now going for the quiet life. Wow, its great. going up the river Deben next…

Hi i am new to kayaking in fact i have just bought one only been in one once and enjoyed it that much i wanted to make it a hobby can anyone out there give me any tips or advice thanks Wayne

Hi we are a group of guys and gals paddling the wonderful coast line of west wales, and further when we can, this online blog is the ramblings of the club members stupid enough to continue paddling…

Have been in Oz for five years now, came out from UK just after starting to paddle on a regular basis. Really liking the ocean and whatever whitewater we get. Heavily involved with…

We are just putting together our program of events at Whoosh Explore for 2012. We are a canoe club based near the White Water Centre and the Lea valley and wondered if A you were lucky enough to…

A few friends an I are one month away from our biggest trip to date. Seven of us in total are heading to Bouquete in north western Panama in Central America. Three guys from the north west of…

My name is Mark and i am the owner and founder of http://www.pembrokeshire-Kayking.co.uk

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I'm a biker before a paddler it has to be said (little beard little beer gut ha ha) If I'd come back to Biking after a long lay off I'd be classed as a "Born-Again-Biker" so coming back to kayaking…

The first EVER C&K UK sponsored Pyranha Fest is drawing nearer and nearer and we're all getting excited about it! Being held at the Canolfan Tryweryn, National Whitewater Centre based near Bala,…

Hi river people¡¡¡ finally after 13 years guiding people in rivers class IV and V, all over the world, somebody trusth in me and support me ARTISTIC WATERSPORT COMPANY. I m very proud is the best.…

So, im a university kayaker. I started kayaking in janurary 2010, and got pretty addicted. So this blog is intended to be an account of the kayaking adventures of swansea canoe club =D

I have just left college and i would love to go kayaking all the time, I've got my 2 star in kayak/canoe also i have my FSRT... I think kayaking has done me good haha I love it.........

Hi! Ive been kayaking for about 4 months now and thinking of getting my own kayak. The only problem is theres to much chose!!! I mainly want a kayak for Rivers, Touring and gentle white water…

River Touring the Mawddach Estuary (Snowdonia)

Hello and welcome to my Blog.I have never had a blog before now so I thought I would give it a go.

I used to paddle in the days of Mirages and Dancers, paddle twirls and rodeo moves. Times have changed, but at the age of 35, I'm back in the saddle.

I'm quite new to kayaking and i have joined a great local club. i fancy going a bit further afield now and everyone i have spoken to has said do NOT go off on your own. so im hoping i might tag along…

i am new to kayaking and am on the hunt for local flowing streams / whitewater so that i can practice my kayaking and ultimately get better. i live in the reading area, the only flowing stream i know…

lokking for sit on top buddies around the greenock area to go on jaunts and surf

enjoying the summer-like weather in north berwick. getting out on sea to do some fishing on bic fishing green sot. very stable ride. no fish yet.

This blog is to keep readers updated on our developments as our newly formed club goes from strength to strength.

Well I've done it. got my first yak a second hand Tek Sport 360 excite. I'm sure everyone will tell me there are hundreds of better sit on yaks? (Please don't) Got my wet suit and bouyancy aid and…

A diary of our family starting out with adventures on the water! All 5 of us having a different opinion has made for an interesting experience so far.

I am hoping to use this blog as a way to keep people up to speed with what is happening in the world of kayak surfing as well as an output for any random raging and ranting that I might do. I expect…

My name is Stuart Malcolmson and, although I don't paddle at the top of my field, I have a wide range of paddle sport knowledge and skills. This is my view on everything paddle sport related, from…

surfkayaking (south / west) is the best by far, I live in southampton so i dont get to go west too much, i mainly stick with christchirch and kimmeridge in dorset it is superb!!! I dont own a proper…

A latecomer to paddle sports addicted to getting in a kayak whenever I see water wherever I go.

im 15 but i dont look it iam very small

The title says 'Introduction' so here goes... Once Upon A Time there was a young, fit paratrooper who joined the battalion canoeing team for something to do on 'sports afternoon'. He learned to…

The Beaver fibreglass canoe Hi There I am trying to track down any info or a example for sale of a square stern canoe called "The Beaver" (nothing to do with the american company to…

Hi There I am trying to track down any info or a example for sale of a square stern canoe called "The Beaver" (nothing to do with the american company to my knowledge) The boat is fibreglass…

Jason has been our illustrious Ed since the very beginning. A river running whitewater paddler at heart, he's paddled all over he world and represented GB at the Freestyle Worlds. Jay has tried his…

My self and a team of five experienced paddles/coaches are heading up to Scotland to paddle The River Dee from source to sea, next week. The team will be taking helmet cams, photographic equipment…

As a recreational whitewater kayaker and church of Scotland minister who's church sits on the bank of the Tay (the largest river in the UK - by volume), I can hardly go a day without reflecting on…

Hey up all... Now paddling a pink Fluid and loving it! This will be all about my experiences on the water wherever I go... Say hi on the water some time! Peace out

well. this is my first time doing this 'blog' stuff... not quite sure what its about... this friday, im getting away from family and devon... paddling the tryweryn. for the first time. ive been…

Do what you like, like what you do

Summer is near, and having just moved house, I find myself living 100 meters from the beach. I have decided it's time to get myself back on the water, and combine two of my favourite sports in one,…

new to kayaking, just need help. me and a friend haveme and a friend have got into whitewater kayaking in the last year and have only ever been down the river usk fron just above senny bridge in…

The world of the Whitewater boyz! We have been based in the Thames Valley longer than most, and anyone that knows the Thames Valley knows that it has some of the best playboating the world has to…

I can't find my canoe... someone hid it, or ran away with it. How unfair! If you took it, can you give it back please? Here you will find ramblings on the search for my canoe.....

HI MY NAME IS REECE I AM 16 AND I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY ONE OUT THERE WHO IS SELLING A DAGGER KAYAK.........???? WRITE BAK

yo dudes im harley i like any watersports even fishing, i always go out kayaking with ma kayak buddy tristan. we just kayak all day long around overcombe and redcliffe located in dorset. we also…