ICF Judges Seminar – Grade A Judge by Claire OHara | Sep 22, 2017 | Events, Instructional, Internationalisation, Playboating, UK, Whitewater, WW Disciplines45, 60, 90, 110. Clean , Super Clean, Huge, Aerial, Linked??? My brains is fried and its awesome. After many years in the sport and many many hours spent judging I have finally got myself on an ICF Judges Training seminar in Plattling with Sneaky Pete and Terry Best...
Mullet Madness by Mark Radcliffe | Sep 17, 2017 | Fishing, Internationalisation, UKI’ve been meaning to make a mullet fishing video for a while now, but this most elusive of fish has never played ball. That all changed at the weekend when I got everything right and had 13 mullet in three hours, helping me win the Christchurch Grand Slam...
Redcar UK fantastic day out by Mark Dowse | Sep 16, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKAfter a recent good day out on my local patch I was exited to get out again and try a bit of a larger species hunt after knowing there were some smaller species about I decided to utilise my new lowrance hds unit and find some spots where I would expect to find a few...
Pitsford Slamming by Mark Radcliffe | Sep 14, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKThe Pitsford Grand Slam is my favourite of the U.K. Freshwater tournaments. Organised by the Ocean Kayak Team, it takes place over a weekend, with wild camping and barbacues. The aim is to catch a pike, perch and trout from the magnificent venue with results being...
Trigger Happy by Mark Radcliffe | Sep 9, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKOne of my favourite things when kayak fishing is targeting new and unusual species. The opportunity doesn’t arise too often, but a few weeks ago on a kayak fishing meet in Cornwall there were reports of the odd trigger fish having been caught from Portreath....
The Ultimate Packing List by Claire OHara | Jul 31, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Internationalisation, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, UK, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAs I left for my trip today Jez asked me if he could have my packing list to help him make sure he didn’t forgot anything for his trip to the USA this weekend and it got me thinking. Traveling all over the world as much as I do the number of times I write and...
Runswick Kayak Comp 2017 by Sam Baxter | Jul 21, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKLast weekend saw the return of the annual Runswick Bay kayak comp on the UK’s Yorkshire coast. This comp has been running for quite a few years now and is a firm favourite amongst UK’s kayak community. The main target for the biggest fish comp is Cod...
Sweden 2017 Video by Sam Baxter | Jul 18, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKLast month I enjoyed two weeks Pike fishing at Karlskrona, Sweden with...
Esthwaite Kayak Grand Slam 2017 (sleeping on the job… again!) by Sam Baxter | Jul 16, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKA couple of weeks ago I fished my first kayak competition of the year, this time it was a return to Esthwaite in UK’s Lake District for the annual kayak grand slam. As always the main target of the comp is to catch one each of the lake’s predators, Pike,...
Sweden 2017 by Sam Baxter | Jul 12, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKMid June saw us return to Sweden to visit Gunnar of Pikestrike and enjoy some of the fishing on offer. The main target during our stay would be Pike on lures. We had a short 1.5hr flight over from Edinburgh UK to Gothenburg then it was a matter of picking up the hire...
Two from Two by Mark Radcliffe | Jun 27, 2017 | Internationalisation, UKLast weekend saw the second of the saltwater species hunting tournaments in the U.K., the Ocean Kayak Classic in Plymouth. The format is always the same for these popular tournaments. They are catch and release events where you have to catch as many different species...
An Australian White Water Classic – The Snowy River by Claire OHara | Jun 26, 2017 | Creeking, Family Zone, Internationalisation, Karma, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, UK, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOne of the classic white water runs in Australia is the Snowy river and this summer I had the opportunity to lead a group of kids down it on a multi day paddling expedition. Having never paddled the run before I joined Josh and Rick to do a quick recci run before the...
