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    An Interview with Steve Fisher (part two)

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    The Trak 1600T Folding Kayak – a review

    By pat On May 10, 2013 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
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    Review by Rohan Klopfer With a Trak folding kayak your options are limited only by your imagination, and the biggest problem is finding the time to get to all the places you want to explore with it. Combining portability with performance, it is a fully foldable kayak that takes only 10 [...]
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    “It’s funny this kayaking – you either seem to be fine, or you die.” – Paddlemag’s interview with Steve Fisher (part three)

    By pat On May 3, 2013 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
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    “One of the interesting things about kayaking – especially on this trip – is that we never really consider the possibility of getting injured. It wasn’t something you thought about, like ‘wow, if I run this rapid I could really hurt myself’. It was either going to be fine, or you were going to die. [...]
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    THE RACE TO THE MIDNIGHT SUN – THE VIEW FROM SEAT FIVE….

    On May 3, 2013 By pat
    In June 2012, a team of paddlers from Tropical North Queensland invaded distinctly untropical far north Canada to stage a daring raid on the world’s longest paddling race – the Yukon River Quest. They came in search of glory, but first they had to avoid killing each other… story by Geoff Wright The Yukon River [...]
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    The Accidental Adventurer – the backstory behind the first ever crossing of Bass Strait by surf ski

    On May 3, 2013 By pat
    How does a novice paddler find herself among six blokes, kayaking across Bass Strait? Said paddler, Emma Francis, asks herself the very same question. “C’mon Mick, get the power down in your catch! Drive through your legs! Try to relax!” The wind is a howling 35-knot westerly, straight across the beam. The confused water is [...]
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    How to… compete in the first ever Surf Ski World Championships

    On May 1, 2013 By pat
    In July this year, the first ever Ocean Racing World Championships will take place in Portugal, and there’s still time for you to grab a spot on the Australia team. Just. Paddlers have until Monday 6 May to nominate for the Australian Canoeing-endorsed National Ocean Racing Team, and the final team will be selected at the [...]
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    Mick ‘the man’ Mangles Machine in Maggie Island Battle the Barge

    On March 13, 2013 By pat
    With Tropical Cyclone Sandy furiously forming somewhere off the east coast of North Queensland, a group of almost 50 hardy paddlers rocked up to Townsville last weekend to take their place on the frontline for the inaugural Battle the Barge event, which pitted man (and several women) against machine in a [...]
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    RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINES

    On March 8, 2013 By pat
    If we’ve learned one lesson between the dawn of the Industrial Age and the release of Terminator, it’s surely this: machines are bad, and they’re almost certainly plotting to kill us all, even if they’re outwardly pretending to do helpful stuff, like make coffee and reheat last night’s takeaway. This is [...]
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    SUPPORT STROKES

    On February 19, 2013 By pat
      This weekend the Rottnest Channel Swim takes place, and early next month an even longer openwater swim is happening in Victoria. Yes, we agree, there’s something wrong with those people who’d rather swim across great big open stretches of water like that instead of paddling them. But hey, each to [...]
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    GREAT OCEAN PADDLE – GET YOUR GOP ON!

    On January 25, 2013 By pat
    Ready to get your GOP on? Tough enough to take on Victoria’s only marathon-length downwind paddling race? It’s happening next weekend, so get off your aaarrrrse and put your paddle where your mouth is… On Saturday 2 February, the Great Ocean Paddle will see the cream of Australia’s paddling talent take [...]
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    End in Sight for SUPer Man

    On December 7, 2012 By pat
    If all has gone to plan since we last spoke to Ryan Fulton, he will be about to paddle into Port Phillip Bay as I write this, and should be hitting St Kilda Beach tomorrow, after Stand Up Paddleboarding from the Gold Coast to Melbourne in a never-before attempted expedition. Paddlemag [...]
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