If you have been paddling in Nepal in the last 10 years you will have at least herd of Babu, and if your lucky you may have had the pleasure to paddle with him! In recent years he has taken to the skies in quite a big way. Last year Babu became the first person to paraglide from the summit of...

Namaste from Pokhara, After Pete got me in a head lock and forced me to take 5 weeks off from the shop, I headed out here on my tod to try get as bigger fix of Nepali adventure as I could….the world-wide-kayak-community and Kingdom of Nepal didn’t let me down! The Humla Karnali...

Wearing a helmet that doesn’t fit properly is as good as a one legged man in an arse kicking contest Make sure your helmet fits today – don’t wait till it’s too late! All helmets and heads are different and just because you fitted it out many moons ago doesn’t...

We have this lot to get rid of! All of the following are £8.99 plus £2 p&p We have: 1 Gul blue white Junior small rashy 1 Gul blue white Junior medium rashy 2 Gul pink white girls sun suit. Size age 4-5 1 light blue Gul rashy Junior medium 2 Gul light blue Gul rashy junior large 1...

We are very excited to finally have our hands on a Lettmann Granate which is the first creek boat made by the German company. You may have come across the Lettman Ergonom paddles, which are often regarded as the dog-do-dars for slalom and extreme races. This is hardly surprising when you...

We have just got our hands on a demo Titan Genesis V: II (the small one!). It’s the first playboat made by legendary kayaker Anthony Yap. They are not yet available yet in the UK as they are still gathering as much feedback as possible so please do come down and try it out! Our lake...

As you may have heard we will be stocking Kokatat kayak gear soon! Ant from System-X brought Jeff Turner along to Whitewater to introduce him to a premium and professional UK retailer! Not sure if we fully pulled it off but we gave it a good shot. Very interesting to learn first hand about...

We have founds some end of line/’less popular sizes’ wetsuits that we want to shift. Please just call us on 01932 247978 if your are interested so we can check they are still available. You can pay over the phone (postage will be about £5) or come down to the shop and try them on....

The JED (eye) is the new playboat from Pyranha. It replaces the Molan as their top end play boat with Connect 30 outfitting and the Molan is only now only available in Rapid Spec.  Molan V JED Rail’s… At long last and very much for the better Pyranha have finally dropped there...

For far too long now have we been waiting for it to rain and warm up so we decided to  take some new toys down to Lee Valley white water course for a bit of a test drive! With the snow still on the ground conditions were hardly ideal but its OK we run a  canoe shop so we didn’t...

How does a 3 hour river trip turn into a 3-day epic? Is Colombia safe to travel in? What’s the paddling like? What on earth is it like for a chap going on a trip with 3 ladies? Well come and let Lowri Davies tell you. She will be doing an inspiring slide show / talk and Q and A...

We have just received a huge order of brand new Palm shoes.  Here is a quick video overview for your enjoyment.  We have most sizes so pop in and check them out.     Have a look at the shoes on-line below. Palm Shoot boots Palm Rock river shoes & Palm Descender river...

If you have seen the recent kayak movie Frontier by Rush Sturges, you may well have seen some kayaking in Mexico but their trip was by no means an exploratory trip.  In fact kayakers have been exploring Mexico since the late 1980′s drawn in by the promise of sunshine, big waterfalls...

All you need to know is in this video So head to our Facebook page to enter. To enter the raffle you need to fill out you detail of the Facebook link above and make a donation to the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team – its your donation that ‘buys’ you raffle ticket! Good...

Got New Year resolution to go off on a paddling adventure in 2012? May be your looking for a little bit of inspiration, maybe your are full of enthusiasm but don’t quite know where to go or how to get there? Well we are putting on an evening at the shop to help you out. Between us a...

At the moment if you take a trip down to the London excel centre you will find that the Tullett Prebon boat show. All manner of craft are on show from kayaks and canoes to wake boards to multi million pound sun seeker luxury motor yachts… Demo’s talks and displays are all on show from now...

It’s fair to say the last couple of weeks have been quite busy for us here at Whitewater, and come Christmas Day it looks like there will be some very happy paddlers out there with shiny new kit to get on the water with. But just because it’s nearly Christmas doesn’t mean...

To get us in the festive spirt and have a bit of fun on Facebook we have dreamt up a new competition! When we have found or blagged a suitable item will post said item (hopefully with a stylish photo) onto our Facebook page. Each photo will have specific details on but the basic theme will be...

Whilst at the Gene 17 APWE last weekend I laid eyes on what looked to be the new 2012 Ladies Palm Element drysuit. It was being modelled by none other than Flow Free founder Lowri Davies. After some smooth talking I managed to get her to give us a bit of a run thorough of some of it’s...

It’s been a funny old winter so far, and a bit too dry for my liking.  Finally last weekend I checked the BBC’s lovely new weather page and decided there was enough rain forecast to head north for a day of fun and games on the Swale. Now even for me Yorkshire is a little excessive for a...

With the rain falling and the wind blowing sit-on-tops weren’t really at the top of our list of boats to paddle today, but then Tom from Perception turned up with their new sit on the Triumph 13, seamed rude not to give it a go! The Triumph has evolved from Perceptions excellent touring line...

We did this a few years back for passing industry types, and this time it’s open to everyone who wants to dash around the Thames course.  Starting from our jetty at the front of the shop, the challenge course takes you out around Desborough Island and back to the jetty, a distance of 4.3...

After some smooth talking at Pyranha Fest we have managed to get our hands on a final pre-production Pyranha Shiva! Check out this video we have just made. We hope to give this a good old thrashing on some Welsh creeks as soon as the rain comes!! We should have these in stock next week or so...

What better time than Pyranha Fest for our very own young Leon to give whitewater a go for the firt time!! Here is what he has to say… “After a long day working in the shop we loaded the van up and headed off on our way to Wales. I was pretty excited as despite working at...

Adidas SickLine, the unofficial extreme kayaking world championships…. What a week! After 7 months of solid work at the shop it was finally time to take a few days off, and Sickline gave me the perfect excuse, so with Rich and Adam holding the line at the shop I loaded the WWTCC...