Stand Up Paddlers at Manly Festival of Surf
Manly Beach is one of Sydney’s premier beaches, and yesterday hosted the Manly Festival of Surf. It’s great to see the sport of Stand Up Paddling now accepted amongst the…
Blog Archives
Video – Test Paddle Valley Aquanaut HV RM with Greenland Paddle
A little bit of video of my recent test paddle of the Valley Aquanaut We started out heading off to the heads until I promptly fell in after edging too…
More Paddling Bear Glacier Alaska
I received an email out of the blue from Ron, the kayak guide from Backcountry Safaris who showed me around Bear Glacier on my recent travels to Alaska. He’d just…
Puffin Paddle – For the Love of a Brother
I was recently introduced to the story of brothers Martin & James Gribble by a stranger I met at the pub one night. It’s an incredible story of tragedy and…
Kayak Uses #43: Drinks Eski
Is there no end to the wonderful things we can do with kayaks? At a recent beach party with Sydney Harbour Kayaks yet another ingenius use for kayaks came up…
Aussie-made Nadgee Kayaks
Today I had the pleasure of meeting Lawrence, the owner-operator of Nadgee Kayaks, arguably Australia’s best locally-made sea kayaks. He’d driven up from his home near Bega on the south…
Hawkesbury Classic Tweeterview with @ireckon
I just did an interview on Twitter with @ireckon (who just happened to be in Team Fat Paddler) via Tweeterview where I shared my experience during the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic….
Google prefers kayakers
Credit to Pat Wellner for bringing this to my attention! On a recent search for directions from his home in South Dakota USA to Sydney, an interesting instruction came up…
Hawkesbury Classic Colour and Fun
As much as the HCC turned into a gruelling night of sleep deprivation and pain, for many it’s a paddling festival of colour and fun. My land crew (Team Fat…
Random thoughts whilst paddling 111km down the Hawkesbury River
When you kayak a long distance on your own, you inevitably have meandering thoughts about many things ranging from current muscular pain to family to why your bow wake is…
Team Fat Paddler Limited Edition tshirts
** Team Fat Paddler tshirts available for limited time HERE. ** At the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic just gone, we had a lot of comments on the Team Fat Paddler tshirts,…
Video Montage – Hawkesbury Canoe Classic 2009
A four minute compressed version of an 18 hour overnight kayak endurance event held on the Hawkesbury River in NSW (Australia) to raise money for Leukaemia research. Featuring the Fat…
Team Fat Paddler #fat111
The day of the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic is upon us and Team Fat Paddler is ready to set off on the big adventure. With three responsible (!!) fellas in the…
Thank You HCC09 Supporters #fat111
The final tally for my fundraising efforts ended at $3,640.55 after a late rally, a spectacular amount far beyond my initial target. This is due to the fantastic support of…
