Freya Hoffmeister

getting divorced…

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You experienced that on your own. Or you know some couples amongst your friends who went through it. It’s hard to realize, but it’s normal in these days. Nothing lasts for ever, although we all hope it will, whatever we’re getting started.If the divorce is happening to your parents, or to one of your closest […]

08Feb

TITS III starts moving!

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Please check on a sneeky preview on Justine’s website!Well if you want to have it on time on MONDAY, the 12th of March in your post box, please check with me how to pre-order! This is the earliest time to get it delivered after the launching at Canoecopia!

03Feb

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TITS III launching party coming soon! Pre-orders for TITS III for Germany on my e-mail welcome! Avalable in March.

31Jan

RRDD

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What is an RRDD?Reed–Rockpool– Dinner-Dress.Where can you get that? Nowhere. It is special-order-limited edition-handmade…Where can you see it? At the TITS III launching party at Canoecopia – and then probably on the web somewhere… :-)))

31Jan

The Creation of the Underground Rolling Factory

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The “crème de la crème” of Dutch sea kayaking in one pool – teaching the teachers in the night session I was teaching in Holland last weekend – here are some links about it. http://kajakwoerden.blogspot.com/2007/01/virtual-greenland-rolling-classes.html http://kajakwoerden.blogspot.com/2007/01/very-satisfied.html [...]

30Jan

Digging in the Underground…

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Yeahhhhhh! Aled is probably one of the few Greenland kayak builders who is able to PADDLE, too, and damn good! And nobody can say my new Rockpool Underground isn’t tested well! Have a look at this little video, taken by Justine Cugenven for TITS III…

30Jan

Canoecopia coming soon!!!

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Well, for those who don’t know yet, the Canoecopia show 2007 is up soon! There is a list of great guest speakers , all of them will be part of the best Canoecopia ever! I’ll do a pool demo on Sunday, together with Greg Stamer, hopefully not having too much of a hangover after the […]

22Jan

Underground specs

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Folks!I’ve got Aled to measure our baby: 4,97 m or 16’4” long, 49 cm or 19,25” wide, 25 cm or 9,7” front deck height, 12,5 cm or 5” back deck height. No weight yet. So, if you consider this still a “high” front deck…whoever is that flexible to stick his head undeneath the front bungees […]

20Jan

The virgin “Underground”

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A virgin beauty in white…Prototypes look so innocent! 🙂 Well, you really won’t need a (wing) paddle to roll it… I like the lines! But mine will be BLACK 🙂 I’m still waiting for measurements from Aled, too, sorry. I just know that it hasn’t a *high* foredeck against all rumores. The foredeck measurement is […]

18Jan

Italy likes it loooooong…

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Stefano, Kai and Nicola presenting their Avatak paddles in my backyard Saturdays are good for guests from all over the world…Kai Raedish, originally a German, but married to Italy, and his friend Nicola de Florio from Italy with his son Stefano had announced their visit to show me their handcrafted Avatak Paddles – and to […]