Another great deal

A massive 30% off the Peak UK Adventure Single Cag, while stocks last....

Sale Now On!

Our January Sale has started and we've got some great savings on a number of products:

Selected Jetboil stoves at 20% off.

Selected headtorches with up to 30% off

Selected Bicycle Lights, with substantial saving including the Lezyne Megadrive Loaded package at 25% off.

Savings on selected PFD's

Playboat bargains, including £351 off the Wavesport Project X

Savings on Cags, Drysuits and a whole lot more at www.summittosea.co.uk

Happy New Year!!

Pete

"They're here..."

If you've never seen Poltergeist (early 80's Horror Movie), then you won't get the quote above.

However, with the new GoPro Hero3 having landed in store this morning, you'll be able to make your own movies and with the outstanding quality of these cameras, you should be able to out-Blair the Blair Witch Project if you're that way inclined. Alternatively, you could try falling from Space like Felix Baumgartner, who used the GoPro on his record breaking freefall descent, or you could just film your adventures on a bike, in a boat, on the rocks, wherever you go.

Valley & North Shore Demo Weekend with some "specials"!

As it says above, there will be an exclusive offer on any new kayak ordered within 14 days of the event, but you'll have to be there to qualify for it.

Then with the "Pie & Chips Lecture Tour" from the Clockwise Kayaker in the evening (doors open 18:30), why wouldn't you come to Anglesey this weekend?

Valley Demo Weekend and the Next stage of the Pie & Chips Tour

Saturday 29th September sees us hosting a Valley & North Shore demo day, they'll  bringing all kinds of fibreglass and plastic treats from Nottingham's finest artisan laminators. We'll post details of which beach you'll be able to find us on on the Friday Evening, as with all these things, the weather is always a factor.

We're also hosting the inaugural presentation of the "Pie & Chips Lecture Tour". John Willacy will be giving an audio-visual presentation on his record breaking solo circumnavigation of Great Britain earlier this summer, the aforementioned "Pie & Chips Tour"

If it's anything like the blog, it should be good.

Pete

Too much work makes Pete a dull boy...

...so it's time to start training.

As I'm approaching my 45th year, I believe it's traditional to have a "mid-life crisis". I don't have the money or the inclination for the usual sports car and 21 year old nubile cliche, I have three wonderful ladies in my life already and there isn't room for a fourth (I mean the sports car, the drive is already full and all cars are ladies, I really couldn't be bothered with a 21 year old nubile at all, far too much like hard work IMHO).

So I've decided that after 17 months of intensive retail mismanagement, it's time to get out and start doing things again. I'm going to enter The Fabian 4 Dyffryn Conwy Mountain Triathlon
Why have I chosen this one I hear you ask? Well, I spend more than enough time in my kayak trying not to swim and here's a triathlon which is apparently THE new must have mid-life crisis toy for middle aged men and this one doesn't involve swimming, which is good, because I'm even more rubbish at that than I am at running. So I get to paddle, then run, then bike. Sounds like a good day out to me.

So my training regime started on Monday evening with tea at KFC with the kids and then a brisk walk in bracing conditions along the beach. Tomorrow I might even ride my bike through the drive-thru to collect my McBreakfast, I'm taking this seriously you know!!

I'm going to be bothering my friends and family for sponsorship to raise money to be split evenly between the Alaw Ward at Ysbyty Gwynedd / Bangor Hospital, where my father-in-law received excellent care to treat his leukaemia and also with Cancer Research UK as I lost a close relative to Cancer last year and have over the past few years lost too many friends and acquaintances to this disease.

So if you feel like sponsoring me, I'll be setting up a justgiving page nearer the date.

Thanks,
Pete

Sorry it's been a while since we blogged....

We've been busy running demo weekends, delivering boats the length & breadth of Britain, having meetings regarding the new Bike Hire Scheme we're involved with Beics Cybi Bikes.

Then we've been spending our  time watching the clockwisekayak blog, wondering will he won't he, even though I've rarely been out of the shop this year, I've been getting my paddling fix vicariously through the exploits of Mr Willacy. It was inspirational and I really should start pulling my finger out and getting some time on the water before the nights start drawing in.

As well as bike hire, we're now selling bikes, clothing and accessories as we realised that there's a distinct shortage of bike shops on the Island (none as far as we could tell).

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.

Get ready for the holidays.

With easter less than a week away, we've got an awesome deal in our webstore as the "deal of the day" 

You get the Easton Kilo 2P 3 Season Tent and a pair of Exped Synmat UL (Ultralite) Sleeping mats worth £90 each thrown in free of charge, best of all we don't even charge for delivery.

If you like travelling light, can you really afford to pass this offer up?

I've seen less boats on the beach at a Symposium.

31 boats on the beach for 3 people on one of our demo weekends , the next is on the 21/22nd April.

We had sea kayaks from P&H, SKUK, Tiderace, Valley, North Shore & Rockpool on the beach, a HUGE range to choose from. Scorpio, Cetus, Capella, Pilgrims, Xplore, Xcape, Delphin, Avocet, Etain, Aquanaut, Taran, Alaw, Isel, Atlantic, Polar, Anas Acuta & Nordkapp

Places are filling up for the next demo weekend, day one is a huge try them all day, day two is a journey allowing you to put your first (or possibly second) choice through it's paces for a longer period so you can see if it is the right boat for you.

Uber Deal of the Day - Pyranha Burn with 20% off & FREE Grumpy Deck & Creek Airbags

The title says it all really, until 21:00 tomorrow 12/03/12, we're offering the Pyranha Burn at 20% off AND giving you a Pyranha Grumpy Deck AND a pair of Pyranha Creek Airbags.

Does it get any better than this? We don't think so.

Here's the link to our "Deal of the Day", it changes again in 24 hours, miss it, miss out!

Happy Paddling.

Pete

Spring has Sprung?

Well it certainly felt like it on Friday, brilliant sunshine, blue skies and barely a breath of wind.

Glen & Linda popped over, Linda had her Tiderace Xplore S with her and Glen was going to give the new Tiderace Xtra a trial, so he could see how it compared to the Xtreme.

They went out and had a lovely day at the races, Glen enjoyed the Xtra.

 He came back grinning from ear to ear.