An Incredible Year for Paddling: 2011 in Review
As we embrace the start of 2012, I thought it time to look back on what has been a truly incredible year for Fat Paddling. January 2011 The year started…
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Paddling Ku-Ring-Gai by Canoe, Kayak & Surfski
A visitor from the UK gave us the perfect excuse to head out to Sydney’s beautiful Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park for an early morning paddle. With Grumm and his Father-in-Law…
Merry Christmas from the Fat Paddler
2011 has been an amazing year. From the two visits to Canada this year, to paddling the cliffs of Los Angeles, my final days paddle with Gelo, the incredible Hawkesbury…
Boxing Day Kayak and Picnic at North Head
As the Holiday Season approaches many of us will be thinking about all the paddling time we’ll get to have… and will NEED after several servings of roast turkey and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Seaman Riddler demonstrates his Seal Launch
Over the last year I’ve come to know a rugby-loving fella via Twitter who also has a penchant for paddling. We’ve met a few times and always share a good…
Get Your Race On with the 2011 Summer Series
Summer is upon us and those folks at Blast Paddlers are about to launch their new multi-discipline race schedule, the 2011 Summer Series. This great race series is comprised of…
