Rainbow Helicopter
… Anglesey Sea Kayak symposium 2007…a helicopter was in the air to demonstrate sea rescue…a rainbow colored helicopter was playing on the water, too… pictures by Nico Middelkoop
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08Sep
Teaching at Sipoon Kanoottiklubi Finland
Clas Hagelstam from Sipoon Kanoottiklub/ Finland/ near Helsinki invited me to teach a weekend at their club. They provided a nicely heated little pool at a service house, which just took two kayaks afloat. A perfect teaching site! My room was just in the same building, actually the office of the club. Clas […]
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08Sep
Stockentreffen Sweden 2007
The Stockentreffen this year proved to be again the "TO BE" event in Sweden! Plenty of participants came to Stocken to share experience and "kayak talk". I had the pleasure to pick up Wendy Killoran and René Seindal from Kopenhagen, who are going to paddle around Sicily and Sardinia this winter. Good luck to both! […]
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08Sep
Double Fun at the Isle of Man
This year’s Isle of Man adventure week, organized by Keirron Tastagh, proved to be an adventure with the weather – it blew nicely all weekend, and even Monday after the main weekend, which was scheduled to be the day of the first attempt of breaking my circumnavigation record was blown into the […]
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28Aug
Kokatat Ronin pfd
My new Kokatat Ronin pfd arrived!!! Just sorry it missed my Iceland circumnavigation…but it will be a very useful item on future trips! I really like it for it’s nice and comfi fit, nothing is bothering or rubbing. I customized it with a strap holder for my knife, strobe light, VHF radio and Epirb […]
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11Aug
BLACK BELT sea kayaking
Morgan Goldie from North Water donated me the first "BLACK BELT" in sea kayaking – a custom made tow belt from his company. Thanks, Morgan! It usually comes in black and red, is very detail-orientated made and a pretty useful item! Now I think I need to prove I deserve that honor :-)) […]
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11Aug
Youth inspiration
I am happy to present two new female young talents to the sea kayaking community! They both wrote to me they’ve got the idea by my TITS III video, so I am honored to be kind of an inspiration model to the youngsters… Well, we are all looking forward to see more soon! 14-year […]
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28Jul
Just a tease from the Blue Lagoon in Iceland…
Wish I would be there now…but I am busy working … Good rememberings of the last day of our Iceland trip! The Blue Lagoon is a pure relaxing oasis. Great for sore kayaking bodies! Actually, after being back to Germany I had to jump directly deep into my buisiness again, barely editing some pics from […]
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19Jul
A Sixpack in a row…
Rocket power… (Btw., that single white "rocket" on the rack – my prototype Rockpool Underground rolling kayak will be black glitter soon…) Last symposium in Anglesey, my van got a decent upgrade: A nice crown of a sixpack of Kari-Tek cradles on a solid Kari-Tek custom made roof rack base! The second […]
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19Jul
Avatak Paddles from Italy, by Niko de Florio
Back from Iceland, there was a surprise waitig for us: A short, but thick cardboard tube, filled with two beautiful wooden Greenland Avatak paddles…a laminated two colored wooden one for Greg, and a black one for me, both two pieces for easy travelling and flying… Thanks to Niko de Florio from Italy for donating […]
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