A box of the new Nookie 'Latex free' zone shell cag's arrived on our doorstep this morning. With a color scheme inspired by Ugg's jungle adventures and the all new Nookie logo this cag is sure to be a big hit.
This whitewater cag is unique, it has no latex seals, instead the guys at Nookie have created a 1.7mm Ti-Glide seal, which is very soft on the skin, warm and dry.
Also this cag has a low carbon footprint as it is made in sunny Cornwall.
Safety & Palm are 2 word synonymous with each other. In 2007 Palm have redesigned there entire Throwline collection. (image courtesy of Palm) The new throwlines are packed with new features including a stainless O ring for easy rope removal for bank based rescues or replacement of damaged line. All the Throwline's now come with 11mm PP floating rope.
Back in April this year I poped out to Mundaka, below is a quick report! “Basque”ing in the Sun. Mundaka is a pleasant, quiet, seaside town in the province of Bizkaia, it also has the best left hand break in Europe! With this in mind me and Jez from Murky water surf kayaks headed off for 5th annual (I think) Mundaka European surf Kayak championships. Winter 06 – 07 has reputedly been the best ever surf season with waves over 10ft common! Before we arrived at Mundaka the wave had been working for the past 100 days. Then we arrived and it went flat, very very flat! The event organisers however would not be beaten and moved the event 9 miles along the cost to a small beach break called Bakio. Here consistent sets rolled in for Europe’s best to do battle with. The event had a very laid back atmosphere and was split into two classes. HP boat (High Performance) & IC boats (International Class). Due the relaxed nature of the competition I was never to sure where I ended up position wise, in my HP heat I found myself up against two of the event organisers and the Spanish national champion and oddly enough didn’t make it through my first heat! Never mind. In the IC class I did much better progressing through one heat and until I was disqualified for snaking on one of the Irish team! (Snaking: The surfer who is farthest inside at the initial take off point is entitled to that wave for the duration of his ride. However, if a surfer takes off on the white water behind the first surfer, he will be penalized if the surfer taking off at the peak is forced to pull out and loses the wave.) In conclusions Mundaka is a terrific spot; although we had no surf while we were there it is easy to see the potential for this epic spot. There are a few bars dotted along the harbor serving coffee and cake in the morning and fantastic tapes’ beer and vodka orange late into the night & early morn. The Basque organizers put on a great comp and an even better dinner and party that I will definitely be going back to next year hopefully with a little more surf. At the end of play after two days of extreme competition Edu Etxebarria won both the IC and HP class & Darren Bason & Dessie McGlinchey sharing a second and third each. In the Juniors Chris Hobson cleared up and Tamsin Green did so for the ladies, IC master was won by the very lovely Garry Alcote!
Pete is off for a few days now, so blog updates may not be too quick! Jon Boy Best however is back in town from Monday so call in a say “Hi”. He can update you all with his travels around Europe with a boat and explain how the Euro cup has gone for him and team GB.
Wednesday night saw the second round of the WWGA (Whitewater Golf Association) super match game, two new faces joined us this time round, Amanda “Sorensam” Kenn & Andy “Daly” Sephton joined the usual suspects for 13 holes at the Barn Sunbury’s top course! A close game followed eventually being won by George “Tiger” Woods with a round of 54.
(The Big man (Darr) tee's of at the 12th) Picture courtesy of Daly Sephton
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