Team Fat Paddler: final K4K training run
The boys came together for one last paddle before the next weeks Kayak for Kids event. Meeting at 7am, we got to witness a stunning dawn over Middle Harbour before…
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Paddling Tahiti, OC styles
A mate of mine Doug, the surf photographer from WozThatYou.com, recently returned from a week’s holiday in sunny Tahiti. One thing that caught his eye were the crazy outrigger canoeists…
Paddling the Hawkesbury At Midnight
A busy weekend schedule meant no paddling unless I could get one in late at night, so I contacted paddler mate Ned, the engine room of the Team Fat Paddler…
Bridge to Beach 2010
Timbo and I met up at Blues Point a little after 5.30am to start the logistics for competing in the Bridge to Beach event on Sydney Harbour. We had to…
SHK Epsilon deal to support Team Fat Paddler
A big thanks to Shannon and the crew at Sydney Harbour Kayaks who are getting behind the Team Fat Paddler efforts for Kayak for Kids with their own promotion. For…
HotelClub Marketing Team Paddle Day
What do you do as a team builder for 30 marketing staff in a glorious city like Sydney? There’s a whole range of fun things to do, but this time…
Kayak Camping on Myall Lakes
I recently invited members of the Fat Paddler Facebook Page to upload photos of their favourite paddle spots. As you may know, I have recently had urges to get out…
Visiting Pommy Paddlers and Tsunami Warnings
I love the fact that as a paddler, all it takes to get a decent paddle in anywhere in the world is to simply jump online and ask someone. Which…
Dragon Boat Racing with the SBS Paddlers
Chinese New Year festivities include the incredible spectacle of Dragon Boat racing, a colourful race where crews of 20 sprint for about 90 seconds in a blur of colour, beating…
Searching for kayak camping destinations
Over the past month I’ve been thinking alot about kayak camping. Not the type where you drive with a house-load of crap to a caravan park with a kayak on…
Plane Spotting on Botany Bay
Having spent Saturday night rocking-out at an AC/DC concert with good friends, a sunday paddle was always going to be a little hard. But somehow I managed to get the…
Team Fat Paddler conquers Middle Head
When Team Fat Paddler take on the Kayak for Kids event in March, the 18km route has one section that could prove tough, and that section is a rocky outcrop…
Video: Can’t get to the water for a paddle?
Big thanks to the Twitter paddling community (and @ncoutlander in particular) for bringing this cute little video to my attention! Now the million dollar question is… should the Fat Paddler…
Kayak Trailers Stolen from SHK
I can’t say I’ve ever met a paddler I didn’t like, it’s such a great community of people sharing a passion for the outdoors. So it is really saddening to…
