For sea and touring kayakers the search for the best sea / touring Buoyancy Aid (aka Personal Floatation Device/PFD/Life Jacket but we will be saying Buoyancy Aid to stay consistent) can be a real challenge. Ai??We’ve narrowed it down to our three favourites for our own ‘Best of...

Did you watch the Rio Olympics? It was a great spectacle for the sport of slalom kayaking and for the Team GB paddlers. As good paddling geeks we watched none stop and noticed that Team GB were wearing something a bit different, their top decks and PFD’s din’t look quite right, Or...

The dry Autum has left us with a ...

  The delivery of Pyranha’s new Machno (Medium now Large to follow soon) Ai??has arrived along with the first big storms of the season.   The Machno is positioned between the Burn and 9R Ai??with loads of bow rocker, plenty of volume and a wider but predictable hull with soft...

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So last week we received our first order of gear from NRS and its safe to say we’re pretty excited about what we got! First up we have the two new buoyancy aids, the Zen and the Ninja. The Zen is NRS’ class 5 rescue BA, equipped with everything you’d need to beater your way...

We’ve taken delivery of a Silverbirch Broadland 15 and Broadland 16 this week to add to our demo fleet. Pete jumped into the Cherry Red 15 and took her for a quick paddle earlier today and had this to say ” the Broadland is a fantastic Ai??nimble little fellow thats work really...

Another updated deck from Palm has arrived, the Enduro. Ai??This is a great midrange neoprene deck which will be suitable for a little bit of everything from Whitewater, Playboating and even a little bit of Sea Touring. Ai??Available in either R4 (Keyhole) or R5 (Bigdeck) with four different...

Everyone seems a little more excited about canoeing at the moment, with British makers SilverbirchAi??Venture and Hou all coming out with new materials and designs the most recent being the Hou Canoes Prospector which arrived on Saturday. Ai?? The boat is based on the Chesnut Prospector...

Tell us why you kayak to be in with chance to win a brand new Kokatat Centurion PFD. Ai??Like our Facebook page and simply leave a comment on the competion image starting your comment with “I Kayak Because….” euro drugs uk pharmacy The comments with the most likes will go...

Venture Kayaks have been working on a new seat and backrest system for their range of touring boats this winter and the first Flex with the ‘Fit 4′ outfitting arrived today. The headline changes see the introduction of a longer more ergonomic seat pan with a height adjustable front...

We picked up our first Wavesport Diesels in the newly available BlackOutAi??spec this week, we’ll try and get a video done soon but here are a few pictures showing the outfitting.   The Diesel range of boats are a well designed river runner available in ...

The 2016 Palm Impact arrived today so here are a few of our first impressions…. For the last couple of years the Impact was the premium whitewater option in the Palm range and remains the toughest driest shockcord option from Palm, with the Orbit Deck also being introduced into the range...

We’ve added the Dagger Mamba in all sizes to our fleet of Whitewater Demo boats so you can now try them at the shop or arrange to take them away to demo. Ai??A weekend away is normally A?50. To check out the full range and see what else is coming have a lookAi??here     ...

So you live close by the Thames (or any river / lake) and you want to ...

The new womens Atom Suit from Palm has arrived with us, taking over from the Palm Element in the line up. Ai??Palm are one of the leading brands when in comes to women specific paddling kit, and the Atom is complemented by a range of other kit notably thermals and PFD’s that make getting...

Palm’s latest new product arrived with us this week, the Palm Zenith Dry Trouser or Pant which replaces the Neon pant in the line up. Ai??The Atom PantsAi?? are due hopefully in January. The Zenith’s are a ‘semi dry’trouser made from Palms XP 2.5 ...

The Silverbirch Covert is now available to demo at Whitewater the Canoe Centre on the water in the Marina or give us a call on 01932 247978 to have a chat about demoing it further afield. Ai??We have the Silverbirch Broadland 16 demos on order for Easter 2016 as well as a number of other...

Come and join us on the 28th viagra or similar products November for a chance to demo the new range of Venture Canoes made from ‘Corelite X’. Promising a weight reduction of between 4-6 kilos and improved performance and ridgity Corelite X is an exciting advancement in a post...

Given we weren’t expecting it until January we got a nice surprise today when the new Palm Atom Drysuit safe generic pills viagra brand php arrived! Ai??So new in fact Palm don’t, as I write this, even have it on their website so here is our little overview and a few...

As thoughts turn to the UK whitewater season we’ve been asked by a number of people looking at the Kokatat range of Goretex suits whether they should be getting a Meridian or Idol suit for the winter? Ai??The well established and trusted Meridian or the new fancy Idol with its unique...

With the weather less than pleasant this week, when your trying to work out what to wear to go paddling a cag can seem like a good idea but really its still too warm for full winter gear and as much as I dont want to be cold I dont want to be too warm either. The solution to staying...

I recently decided that my old palm semi dry cag (palm fuse) was moribund and sad as this was, it had served me well over the years. As well as the pretty coulours it also kept me warm and dry, even in the colder months and i got a lot of use out of it. The neoprene seal on the fuse does let...

We’ve got another “Pete” here this week! Pete only seems to employ people called “Pete” now, very confusingai??i??. Any way the latest “Pete”, P3 as he’s now called is a big fan of the new range of whitewater paddles from AT (Adventure...

  First impressions of the 2015 Zen So after excitedly waiting to get my hands on a New 2015 Zen I finally have one. First thoughts I like it a lot. It is fast and easy to move around the river especially in big volume due to its full length rails and planning hull. I went for the Large...