Irish Kayak Angling Donegal Competition

by Andrew McIlhone | Dec 30, 2019 | Internationalisation, Ireland

Well as the title suggests it was time for my favourite competition of the year literally as far North as one can travel in Ireland, North Donegal. I would also head up this direction a few times a year to fish with the well know big game kayak angler Graham Smith....

Buying Tips! Bite FD or Coosa FD or Big Rig HDFD?

by Dennis Kieselhorst | Dec 27, 2019 | Big Rig HD/FD, Bite, Coosa FD, FD, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Germany, Internationalisation, Rigging

Buying Tips! Bite FD or Coosa FD or Big Rig HDFD? If a European customer is interested in a pedal kayak, I am often asked which model is the right one for this guy. Below I compare the Bite FD, the Coosa FD and the Big Rig HDFD (from the perspective of a European;...

Ode to the Whitewater Community

by janekoopman | Dec 18, 2019 | Canada, Internationalisation, Nirvana, River Running, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines

Ode to the Whitewater Community I recently moved. Not very far, just across the border with the great north. Transitioning from a nomadic lifestyle mostly in the American west for the past 5 years to having a house in the city, it feels big. Its been a little hard, I...

Chasing Beasts!!!

by Andrew McIlhone | Dec 18, 2019 | Fishing Feature, Internationalisation, Ireland, Kraken, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing

Chasing Beasts Something I have been planning on catching from the kayak for quite a while now is a Common skate, a huge flat fish that can grow well over 200lb in weight, also while targeting them in this location there is a very slight chance of catching a Shark....

Irish Kayak Angling Cahore Competition

by Andrew McIlhone | Dec 16, 2019 | Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, Ireland

The first competition of the year for me was the Irish Kayak Angling Cahore competition in Wexford on the south east coast of Ireland. This is a comp that I look forward too every year, the fishing and weather is generally always pretty good, tho the tidal currents...

It’s Never Over Until It’s Over

by Mark Radcliffe | Dec 14, 2019 | Fishing Reports, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, UK

I love my tournament fishing in the U.K and we are very lucky to have a full calendar of events covering the whole country and pretty much every angling style. The final event of the year takes place in Poole Harbour and is the Flounder Hunt – competing for the...

Packing Tips for Globetrotters

by Dennis Kieselhorst | Dec 12, 2019 | FD, Germany, Internationalisation, Outdoor Adventures, Saltwater Fishing

Packing Tips for Globetrotters. You can pack everything in your car while traveling in Europe, but as a kayak angler who wants to fly to another continent you are usually standing pretty helpless in front of your empty suitcase. What do I have to take with me and do I...

The 5th anniversary of the Bodden Bash is coming!

by Dennis Kieselhorst | Dec 6, 2019 | Germany, Internationalisation, Sweden

The 5th anniversary of the Bodden Bash is coming It’s amazing how time flies. The 5th anniversary of the Bodden Bash is coming. The Bodden Bash Kayak Fishing Festival will start for the fifth time next year on the island of Rügen in Germany, and many...

Saut du Doubs

by thomasneime | Dec 5, 2019 | France, Internationalisation, Nirvana

This one was on our list since a long time! It’s the first thing I thought after I accomplished my first descent of this waterfall. The last 22nd of October we went to the Jura area with the goal of paddling and doing the first descent of the tallest drop ever done in...

World Cup in Freestyle Kayaking 2020 goes to Cracow !

by Bartoz Czauderna | Dec 4, 2019 | Internationalisation, Poland

I’m proud to officially announce that after so many years of work and developing freestyle scene in Poland, we managed to bring home one of the most prestigious events in Freestyle Kayaking to my hometown – Cracow on 18-20 June 2020. There are a lot of...

¿QUE ROPA ME PONGO?

by Antonio Jesus Moreno Diego | Dec 3, 2019 | Internationalisation, Spain

Llegan las borrascas, el frío, el viento… en esas mañanas de invierno a veces no sabemos que ponernos a la hora de salir con nuestros kayaks. Lo primero es mirar siempre muy bien la previsión del tiempo y así de esa forma poder anticiparnos y preparar que tipo...

Giving back to grow the sport of Paddling

by Vincent Family | Dec 2, 2019 | Canada, Whitewater Feature

The only way that sports, and generally most activities, flourish is through the generosity of people volunteering their time, expertise and knowledge. We began volunteering in kayaking when Hunter was 7 and learning to kayak. We enrolled him in the youth program at...