Monthly Archives: May 2010

A final look at Grumm's BD Labrador. Fast lines!

Grumm and The Famous Tim Kennings Return for Coffee

This weekend’s paddle marked the welcome return of two misssing (feared lost) Team Fat Paddler characters. The inimitable Grumm (aka The Whinging Pom) and the Unknown Greenland Paddler, recently renamed…

Orbitz CEO and President Barney Harford with North & Middle Heads in background

On the Water with Orbitz and HotelClub

This week our business has been visited by senior execs from our parent company Orbitz, including our VP Global Media Kit Simon and CEO & President, Barney Harford. In an…

Two very different paddle craft sharing the water - Valley Aquanaut and SUP

The Odd Couple – A SUP and a Sea Kayak

One of the great aspects of paddling is all the different flavours that are available. White water, flat water, ocean paddling, ski paddling, Greenland paddling, kayak polo, canoeing and of…

Dawn's first rays of sunlight

Paddling Therapy – North Head Dawn

Sometimes life’s pressures build up and force us to seek therapy. For some, that might involve relying on a friendly shoulder to cry on. For others, it may be a…

The orange glow of the Trangia at night.

Night Adventure on Middle Harbour

There is something magical about paddling at night. The lights of civilisation reflecting off inky water,  the incredible array of stars overhead, and the tension of not being able to…

The rising sun and a lone kayak fisherman

Dawn Paddles, Grotto Point to North Head

Autumn is such a great time of the year. The morning air is cold but the water is still warm, so you get all kinds of wonderful weather effects. Low…

The cliffs of Grotto Point cop the full force of ocean swell

Dumb Paddlers without PFDs

Today after returning from a dawn paddle to the ocean-battered cliffs of North Head, I saw something that really annoyed me. Three kayakers had paddled around Grotto Point (see photo…