Has anyone else been following Feya Hoffmeister's race around Australia?

What an amazing trip - although amazing trips seem to be standard for Freya. She is also being covered by the magazine Sea Kayaker and supported by manty companies - most notably, Epic.

Obviously an amazingly gifted and driven woman I have nothing but respect for what she can accomplish. I'm not sure I'd pack up and leave the family (including young son) for 12 months though......

Has anyone paddled an Epic 18x or 18x Sport before? They look like a pretty nice ride on paper and the skis are clearly awesome machines. I've just never seen one of their touring boats on the water.

qajaqunderground.com/australia-2008/race...stralia-trip-report/

Have a great week!

Kind regards,

Justin

Can't help it. How AWESOME does this look??????

Basically, someone's gone and put the biggest sail they can find on a Prijon sea kayak and let 'er rip. The first one's in crappy weather and the second one's on flat.

video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-472...on+sailing&hl=en

video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=6541...5942500019&hl=en

Have fun!

Here's what I'll be "paddling" in the 24 hour:

vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vi...&videoid=5349970

Anyone up for a race?

Some awesome up close and personal encounters with nature.

www.flickr.com/photos/flkrakr/3319415304/



s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq67/stukaya...current=100_5010.flv

Just foudn this one - very corny commentator but some awesome video footage of Killer Whales - especially toward the end where they are literally metres, if that, from the kayaks, diving right under them and checking out the guys on top.



And this one is a little less spectacular in terms of video footage but the whales here are Blue Whales - biggest animal to ever live on the planet!!! Unreal!!!



Have fun!

PS. Has anyone else had the cahnce to apddle with anything interesting?

Anyone up for some snow kayaking?







Have a great week!

From the very fist second of play you knkow this is going to be FULL ON!!!!

Canoe Polo - CHECK IT OUT!!!

www.vimeo.com/6278576

www.vimeo.com/6272749

I know I've made a post about Freya Hoffmeister before but I think you'll agree this one was worth putting up here. I don't know much about rolling yet but this looks pretty impressive to me:



The dude in this next one is all over the Internet doing some pretty crazy stuff. He shows you some exercises for off the water which look pretty entertaining and then gets in his boat and let's just say he's good

Check it out:

And just in case that's not impressive enough, this dude goes end over end a few times and still catches the waves in!!!



Have fun!

There is something to be said for the beauty and elegence of a hand made wooden kayak finished to perfection.

From what I can gather, there are two primary ways for making wodden kayaks - "Strip Built" and "Stitch and Glue". For a great description of these and "Skin on Frame" kayaks, check out this link: www.fastq.com/~jrschroeder/whybuild.htm


Here are some great flicks showing a version of how to:
This one is stich and glue


And this series is strip built (takes a while)





And if I was loaded (these can cost tens of thousands) I would be getting a custom made one of these:
www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/album...andmade_wooden_boats

or these:
capeboatworks.com.au/Gallery1.htm

or these:
www.shearwater-boats.com/kayaklisting.htm

Have fun!

It's been a while but here's something I fell over this afternoon:

web.mac.com/barbrolindman/BarbroLindman/Past_travels.html

I'm not sure which of this bloke's past trips I the look of more but damn, I need his job

Have fun!