Todays story comes from our good friend Stephen who runs Scottish Rock & Water based in Newtonmore. Stephen and his buddy Ben headed over to the Scottish Islands of Lewis and Harris for a canoe adventure which very few people have probably ever done. Lewis and Harris, one of the islands that I had always…
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As an adventure sports coach you meet hundreds of groups of people that you get to take on epic adventures, sometimes those groups are super memorable and sometimes it’s the journey. In this case it was both. It’s early August 2013 and Moose and I are about to meet our group, the team of 12…
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1,365 miles.  27 hours.  1 ferry.  2 of the worst full English breakfasts DFDS could muster.  6 driver swaps.  Spain was a bloody long way away from Aviemore.  We had booked the trip months before, organised an entire training course around the fact that we wanted to go to the Noguera Pallaresa and paddle in…
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We have all been there, had that “Oh F**k” moment. Mine was leading on a river in Norway. We had decided to run the river in teams, three leaders that each had a group to get down the river safely, they were there to help pick up swimmers and kit and as someone to oversee…
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We think there’s no shortage of inspirational, incredible people in paddlesports. We’ve got so many to choose from, but to celebrate international women’s day, we wanted to bring you someone who has been pushing the sport in all sorts of directions. She’s on of our absolute faves and we managed to pin her down between…
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“Chuck us another can” I say to Moose from my sofa.  He reaches down and opens the small fridge we’ve adopted as a beer fridge takes out a can of Tennent’s for me, as well as one for himself and chucks it over to me before opening his. He never leaves his own sofa.  This…
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We are absolutely stoked that this week’s spotlight paddler is British white water afficionado and infectionusly enthusiastic Bren Orton. Bren has been all around the world doing what he loves and spends his days kayaking with some of the best paddlers in the sport. Recently, Bren toured the UK, getting on the water with loads…
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In this digital age, in an age where influencers haunt the corridors of social media. In a place where you can never be sure if adventure is fact or staged. Outside all this, outside the social media bubble, a few kayakers and adventure seekers live a life of adventure. They do not shout about it,…
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Moose met Anup Gurung back in 2018 in Nepal where the two found themselves elbow to elbow racing downriver in the Modi Express series. Anup heads up the Nepal Kayak Club who organise the race series, now heading into its fourth year, as a way of bringing together international kayakers, and drawing attention to the…
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I vividly remember my first Kayaking experience. I was around 10 – 11 years old and had recently joined a Sea Cadet Unit. The main activities were sailing & rowing, however there was a couple of old (even back then) fibreglass kayaks that you could use while waiting your turn for the other boats. There…
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