Sea Kayak Demo Weekends are back

We've finally set some dates for 2012, the first two demo weekends that we're running this year are 23rd / 24th March & 26th/27th April.

You can now book them direct through our website. Just use this link

See you on the water.

Pete

This is the Sea 5 - UK Premiere to be held on Anglesey

We've got them in stock and available to order for delivery on 8th March. This is the Sea 5



Award winning film-maker (and local paddler), Justine Curgenven has agreed to hold the UK premiere of her newest release at our shop on Anglesey at 7pm on the evening of Saturday 30th March. She won't be showing the whole film, but some sections and talking about the hows, whys and wheres of making the new DVD. She has assured us that she won't go on for as long as John Willacy entertained us for telling us about his UK Circumnavigation.

Obviously, Justine will have the new DVD available to buy there on the night (as well as her extensive back catalogue).



Here's a sneak preview of the new release:

Not just "another demo weekend"

We've been down at Rhoscolyn today on one of our coach-led demo weekends. It's a bit different from a regular demo weekend, we have a huge number of boats available from many manufacturers. Today we had 36 boats in total, from P&H, Tiderace, SKUK, Valley, North Shore & Rockpool.

The coach leading the day gets you to consider why the boat handles the way it does, asking you questions and guiding you through the decision making process and getting you to think about what it is exactly that you like or dislike about a particular boat.

Demo Weekend -THIS weekend

We've got three spaces left on the demo weekend we're holding this weekend.

There are opportunities to try boats from: P & H, SKUK , Tiderace & Venture Kayaks

Paddles from Mitchell Blades & Lendal

Cags, decks & PFD's from Peak UK

VHF Radios from Standard Horizon

and of course you get the opportunity to call in and see ALL of the other products we stock.

Lighting from Petzl, Stoves from Jetboil, Compasses from Silva, GPS from Memory Map complete with Marine Charts, Typhoon Drysuits, Kelly Kettles, tents from Vango, Sleeping bags & clothing from Rab , Greenland paddles from Anglesey Stickand so much more!!

Alternative Ulster - Alternative Energy

On Wednesday, I had the good fortune to be delivering a Scorpio to one of our customers in Lisburn. She'd arranged with a few other members of one of the kayaking clubs that she paddles with for me to bring some demo boats across. We had a mixed bag, including the Rockpool Taran, P&H Cetus MV & Tiderace Xplore. One of the guys paddled across from the other side of the lough at Portaferry in his Nordkapp Jubilee which he 'kindly' allowed me to paddle while he tried some of the demo boats. They also had a chance to try some wing paddles from Schwarzer the Zasteras and our best sellers from Mitchell Blades.



We paddled out from the ferry terminal at Strangford, past the Turbine. There were a number of whirlpools forming behind this, but it strikes me as a very reliable form of renewable energy, after all the tide has been running in and out twice a day for as long as I can remember...


A quick run down the lough to Angus Rocks where we stopped for a brew and then it was back up to Strangford so I could reload the boats and get back to Dublin to cross the Irish Sea the easy way.

I really enjoyed paddling this stretch of water, it was reminiscent of the southern end of the Menai Straits, but the abundance of wildlife didn't seem to have been disturbed by the new energy generation scheme in place here. Thanks to the members of Belfast Kayak club for their company and Navarat for making it possible for me to discover this gem for myself.