Freya Hoffmeister

Double Fun at the Isle of Man

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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 […]

28Aug

Kokatat Ronin pfd

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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 […]

11Aug

BLACK BELT sea kayaking

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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 :-)) […]

11Aug

Youth inspiration

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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 […]

28Jul

Just a tease from the Blue Lagoon in Iceland…

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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 […]

19Jul

A Sixpack in a row…

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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 […]

19Jul

Avatak Paddles from Italy, by Niko de Florio

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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 […]

12Jul

Done! Around Iceland 2007

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We are done! 33 days, 25 paddling days, 8 weather days, 1620 km, 65 km average… Those are the numbers which just don’t say much about the experience and impression we’ve got…but I’ll take my time soon to update the rest of the trip and edit and upload some pictures! A slide show will […]

02Jul

3rd Internet acces in Iceland

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Hi, there! We are weatherbound again… :-(( If someone asks me later what was the hardest part of this trip…for me it were those days off due to stormy weather…I felt like a bondaged racing horse…not that we are not paddling over force 5, but when it comes to 7 or more, better stay […]

27Jun

2nd internet access in Iceland

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Hi! This is Freya again… Sure, we are not looking for internet every night, as usually lighthouses on headlands don*t provide much of that luxury, but on Monday night we needed to turn into the small village of Bakkagerdi to spend obviously two or three days weather bound. It is really stormy here! Force […]