Now I'm not sure if this Borras fella or the fishermen are actors in this film! Surly real land owners and fisherman can't be that naive, single minded, blinkered in there opinions regarding paddling and river access? Hopefully with the Rev Caffyn & God on our side we must win in the end! Well done Pete, Great little film.
After a bit of delay the new Palm B/A's have today arrived!
The Extrem Vest evolution continues, setting new standards in safety and useability. Our flagship front-opening PFD with masses of storage.
Features include:
• Flex Formed Foam panel wraps around torso • Quad-buckle front entry • Large, zipped padded front cargo pocket with internal divider • Chest mounted zipped knife pockets • Internal rear padded pocket for documents, safety gear or hydration bladder • Tough grip panels at shoulder for boat carrying • 3D anti ride-up waist belt • Easyglide strap adjustment throughout • Continuous loop failsafe shoulder straps tested to 500kg with strap keeper pockets • Removable chest harness with quick release cam buckle and load spreader • Welded O-ring with Velcro retainer • Dual cowtail parks • Solas reflective detail on shoulders, front and rear panels Get one HERE.
The next step in River PFDs, a pullover vest offering full floatation with maximum articulation and safety features.
Features include:
• Flex Formed Foam panel wraps around torso • Quad-buckle front entry • Large, zipped padded front cargo pocket with internal divider • Chest mounted zipped knife pockets • Tough grip panels at shoulder for boat carrying • 3D anti ride-up waist belt • Easyglide strap adjustment throughout • Continuous loop failsafe shoulder straps tested to 500kg with strap keeper pockets • Removable and reversible chest harness with quick release cam buckle and load spreader • Welded O-ring with Velcro retainer • Dual cowtail parks • Solas reflective detail on shoulders, front and rear panels Get one HERE.
Both B/A's look and fit great! Just in time for the winter season & Christmas. Ho Ho Ho...
It is that time of year again, the rain is finally falling from the sky and rivers are staring to rise. This means two things here Jon will soon arrive to outfit his boat and Mike will have to start repairing fixing / welding lots of broken old boat’s, Oh and at last we can go for a good paddle. Outfitting sorted! Off to Hurley.
So on Sunday Hurley was on a great 3 gates, a strange layout as it was on the 3 next to the wall which made the middle wave gate slightly more piley but still with some nice green shoulders. Popping back down today I expected the same sort of level, only to find the water had dropped substantially and Hurley was back down to 2 gates. No grumbles as we slid down the steps and made the best of a good level, with a big green right shoulder, pan am's, donkey flips and clean blunts we all making an appearance. With the 3rd selection event looming on the horizon I did feel quite guilty just using the wave gate and not even having one ride in the hole, but with way water levels are looking I have heard it said that the weekends event may not run. Updates on the event and wether it will run will be posted on tvfreestylers
Jon
In the mean time it's back to repairing broken boats, drinking tea & spending many hours looking at BBC Weather & Met Check. Where to paddle next?
With the immanent release of the new 2010 Burn, Pyranha have cut the price of the Old boat. In stock we have two medium Burns left, 1 Blue/white, 1 Lime/yellow, (full Connect 30 outfitting) these boats now have a special price of £670.00! When they have gone they have gone for good. If you want a proper winter deal get in quick.
No further discounts apply on these two boats….
We also have a Prototype M Burn here at the shop, if you would like to come in and give it a paddle on the lake please do, we are taking pre orders for the new 2010 Burn NOW. The M Burn will be available in two / three week’s time. The Large version a week or so after that, and the small a week or so after again.
So the rain gods were kind to us last week, depending how you look at it! And the river levels stayed low.
HPP was once again the location for the selection event but in a different feature this time. The Tardis was in good condition and showcased some huge air by many of the paddlers. As soon as the results are published we will put them up, but in a nut shell Pringel won and Jon came a good close second! At the AGM on Saturday night they discussed what will happen with the results if Hurley isn't high enough to use as the 3rd event. But the rain is starting to fall hard……. We will have to wait and see with that one? Well done to all the paddlers at the weekend.
The Jnr. men doing there thing.
Judging can be a thankless task sometimes. Well done all.
Just a little e-mail sent around today from Liquid logic, interesting?
We are constantly looking at ways to make our kayaks better and safer. We were the first to install metal grab bars on the decks of our kayaks (now an industry standard) that make attaching a carabineer quick and easy. We use the largest molded inserts in the industry (this is what grab handles are bolted to) to increase the pull strength during a rescue situation. Now, we are the first kayak manufacture to introduce “Rotanium XL” (that is what we are calling it in-house and for a really great reason – it hasn’t broken yet!) the best and toughest plastic money can buy. Rotanium XL is high density polyethylene on steroids. We tested “Rotanium XL” for 6 months, using a hand picked group of creekers known for their abusive paddling, before introducing it this past January. Yes you read that correctly, “Rotanium XL” was introduced in January 2009 in all Liquidlogic kayaks so it is in what you currently have in stock. We have been keeping stats on “Rotanium XL” for the last 16 months, starting with our R&D test group, and have had only had three warranty claims with this resin. One was a Jefe Grande that ran Green River’s infamous Gorilla unmanned, backwards, upside down and full of water - it only bent, no breaks. The other two were Biscuits that had bent slightly from doing loops in a shallow hole, which did not truly constitute a warranty but we wanted to check them out. We thought it best to do a soft introduction with you, our dealers, to keep from dating any existing boats that you may have had in stock and to further evaluate Rotanium XL before spewing it to the market.
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