Video: Ocean Whitewater Thrills and Surfing Spills
I don’t often paddle solo but with all my team-mates otherwise unavailable, I took to my local rocks knowing that today’s conditions would be lumpy. A direct easterly 1.5m swell…
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Kayaking as a Corporate Team Building Exercise
Kayaking is great personal activity, but it can also be a fun way to get your work colleagues out together for some non-work related fun. I work in Marketing for…
Paddling Instructor Reviews The Fat Paddler
When I first started paddling I spent a fair bit of time trawling the net looking for advice. One of the sites I enjoyed the most was PaddlingInstructor.com which was…
The Riddler Gets An Introduction to Rock Gardening
The Riddler, the newest member of Team Fat Paddler, is somewhat new to paddling. Like me however he shares a background in rugby and a somewhat pragmatic view to getting…
Neon Night Surfing at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Before cars took it upon themselves to smash my body up a few times, my preferred water activity was surfing. I grew up in South Australia where the frigid waters…
International Adventures – Night Paddling Chicago
One of the greatest aspects to being a paddler is how fun it can be to explore foreign places by kayak. Visit almost any city in the world and somewhere…
The Ups And Downs of a Paddling Blogger
I’m often reminded of how paddling defines, and is defined by, the nature of the individual paddler. People take on kayaking or other past times with a goal in mind…
Video Post: King of the Coast 2011
Some paddling crew from up north brought this event to my attention some months back. Whilst my ski racing skills are probably not quite there yet (ok, probably never!), you…
The Folly of Strange and Bizarrely Evangelical Fundamentalist Paddle Choices
I picked up the title of today’s post from the commercial blog of a local kayak retailer who was referencing “some people out there in (the) blog world”. I couldn’t…
White Ribbon Day – A Global Initiative to Take A Stand Against Violence Towards Women
Completely off topic today, but I was compelled to write a little something about White Ribbon Day, a movement to stop violence by men towards women. This is a serious…
Introducing Beginners to Messing About In Boats
Do you remember the feeling when you first felt rapturous joy out on the water? That’s the feeling I want to get across to beginners when they start, a taste…
Summer 2011 Kayella – Kayak Races for Women
If you spend any time around the Manly area first thing in the morning you may come across a group of people paddling up to harbour beaches, stretching and running….
Video Post: Fun Times, Fat Sausages and Falling Overboard with Team Fat Paddler
The best days are always the ones shared with good friends. On this particular day Team Fat Paddler met up at new member Seaman Riddler’s place on Middle Harbour for…
Imagine if Red Bull Sponsored Kayaking
The other day I was thinking about the awesome range of sports that Red Bull sponsors: Air Races, Formula 1, Motorcross, Sky Diving and practically every other extreme sport you…
