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…
Category Archives: Gear
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…
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,…
Paddle Review: Aussie-made Elver Greenland Paddle
This will be short and sweet, as I don’t intend doing a full review of Greenland paddling itself. But I did receive my new Elver Greenland Paddle yesterday (having recently…
Kayak Review: Epsilon P300
My good friends at Sydney Harbour Kayaks let me know that the latest container-load of kayaks had arrived from Boréal Design, and that I should try out the newly-designed Epsilon…
Kayak Review: Shrike B450
My friends at Sydney Harbour Kayaks have introduced a new brand of kayaks, Shrike, to their already impressive quiver of paddle-craft. After being talked up as incredibly high-quality hand-made boats…
Paddle Review: Aussie-made CohoKayak Greenland Paddle
Let me start this review by saying I had no previous attachment to Greenland Paddles, other than the fact I thought they were curious objects d’art. I’d previously reviewed a…
Fenn XT Racing Ocean Ski – a lesson in how to swim
Trialling a racing ski has been in the back of my mind for some time, and whilst at the Balmoral Blast race event this morning, paddling mate Olli offered to…
Help get my Alaska photos exhibited
I received a random note via Twitter that perhaps I should submit some of my paddling photos to the Panasonic Lumix Life photography competition (I use a Panasonic Lumix FT1…
Paddle Review: Boréal Design Orca, Archipel, Aloonaq
During my preparation for the Hawkesbury Classic I’ve been experimenting with different paddles to try to find one I like. Thanks to Sydney Harbour Kayaks I’ve been able to try…
Fat Paddler Stubby Coolers
No matter what your choice of poison, a rainbow-coloured stubby cooler is just perfect to keep that beer icy-cold. Hmmm, beer………………….. must go have one………… *glug glug glug* 😉
The first FatPaddler Tshirts – Coming Soon!
My new Fatpaddler tshirts arrived today from @CustomTees. Very happy with how they turned out, and am now in discussions on how to make them available for sale on this…
Kayak rebrand – from ex-rental to Fat Paddler
Upon receipt of my new kayak (actually a second hand ex-rental from Sydney Harbour Kayaks), one thing became clear. I needed to clean it up and make it NOT look…
