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Downwind --
Video – Downwind Day
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Downwind Taran 16 – Menai Strait
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Downwind Taran 16 Teaser
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Easy Downwind
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Named Storm – Downwind in the Menai Strait
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Not Convinced – Strong winds in the Straits
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Owned – Menai Strait Wind Over Tide
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Speedy Straits – Time Lapse Downwind
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind -Over-Tide Remaster
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind Over Tide
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind Over Tide (short)
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind Over Tide Bach
-- PSK
GB Circumnav --
‘A Little German Girl’ — Fridel Meyer’s attempt to circumnavigate the UK
-- P. Eichenmuller
GB Circumnav --
GB Circ – Round Britain Trip Summary
-- P. Caffyn
GB Circumnav --
GB Circ – The GB Sea Kayak Circumnavigation
-- J. Willacy
GB Circumnav --
GB Circumnav – Chocolate and Tolerance…
-- K. Ellis
GB Circumnav --
GB Circumnav – Solo Round Britain May-Sept 2002
-- R. Atkinson
GB Circumnav --
GB Circumnavigation 1 – Presentation
-- J. Willacy
GB Circumnav --
GB Circumnavigation 2 – Presentation
-- J. Willacy
GPS --
100K Day – GPS Settings
-- J. Willacy
GPS --
A Love – Hate – Love Relationship: My Garmin GPS
-- R. Peevor
GPS --
Covid-19 Lockdown – Things To Do
-- J. Willacy
GPS --
Get A Grip With The GPS
-- J. Willacy
GPS --
GPS choice for Performance Paddling
-- J. Willacy
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – A Little Swelly Sunshine
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Boily Wave Surf
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Cardinal 360
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Climbs – Swellies Training Session
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Dicking About – Swelly Rock Wave
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Double Trouble – The Swellies
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Early Doors – Surfing The Swellies
-- J. Willacy
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Ebbing Around
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Fish Trap Wave
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – High-Water Nosey
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Hypnotic
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Little Wave
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Midnight Climbs and Menai Illuminations
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – On The Ebb – Playtime in the Swellies
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – On The Ebb 360 – Training in The Swellies
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Sandwich Surf – Lunch on the wave
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Snowdonia Surf
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Swelly Rock Wave – Cardinal Changes
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Swelly Selfie
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Swelly Sunrise
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Trilogy
-- PSK
Paddling Guides --
Irish Sea Crossing 2007 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Paddling Guides --
Island-hopping the Channel Isles – the Channel Isles Grand Tour!
-- M. Rainsley
Paddling Guides --
Muckle Flugga or Bust! – paddling to the top of Britain
-- M. Rainsley
Paddling Guides --
Paddling around Cornwall – the Kernow Grand Tour!
-- M. Rainsley
Paddling Guides --
Penrhyn Mawr Tiderace – A Guide
-- A. Williams
Paddling Guides --
Rudder Effectiveness During A Bongo Slide
-- John Willacy
Paddling Guides --
Swellies Surf Guide Part 1 – The Ebb
-- J. Willacy
Paddling Guides --
Swellies Surf Guide Part 2- The Flood
-- J. Willacy
Paddling Guides --
The Dee Bore Guide
-- J. Willacy
Penrhyn Mawr --
Video – Penrhyn Mawr – Runni9ng Through
-- J. Willacy
Penrhyn Mawr --
Video – Penrhyn Mawr – Sunny Side Up
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
A Look at Warm-Ups – Canoe Slalom
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Anglesey Circumnavigation 2005 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Anglesey Circumnavigation 2006 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Don’t Hang Up Your Paddles Over The Winter Months
-- B. Turnbull
Performance Paddling --
Holy Island Circumnav 2021 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Holyhead to Dublin 2011 — Wet Knees at 5:30? – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Isle of Man Circumnav 2010 – More Manx Miles – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Isle of Wight Circumnavigation 2020 – Team Record Attempt
-- G. Hudson
Performance Paddling --
Juggling the Paps – The Anatomy of a Jura Circumnav Record
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Morecambe Bay Crossing – The AA Route Planner Race
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Race Preparations
-- A. Raspin
Performance Paddling --
Record Frustration
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Rest and Recovery
-- J. Willacy
Paddling Guides --
Rudder Effectiveness During A Bongo Slide
-- John Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Self Confidence and the Psychological Fundamentals
-- J. Males
Performance Paddling --
Skye Circumnav 2021 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Storm Eunice – To paddle or not?
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Tapering and Peaking
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
The Isle of Bute Circumnav 2021 – Team Record Attempt
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Performance Paddling --
Training Dirty
-- J. Leach
Rockpool Taran --
A Little Taran History
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Lightweight Boat Constructions
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Padding the Cockpit – Rockpool Taran
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Paddle Park Mini – Rockpool Taran
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Rockpool Taran – 10 years – Part 1: Plug to Production
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Rockpool Taran – 10 years – Part 2: From Niche to Everyday
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Rockpool Taran 16 Plug Shaping – Gallery
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Rockpool Taran 16 versus Taran 18
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Rockpool Taran Bow / Stern Guards
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Rockpool Taran Keel Strips – the ups and downs
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
The Taran – Touching a Nerve and Spilling the Beans
-- J. Willacy
GPS --
Covid-19 Lockdown – Things To Do
-- J. Willacy
Tech/Kit --
Crank Shafts – Ins and Outs
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Lightweight Boat Constructions
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Padding the Cockpit – Rockpool Taran
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Paddle Park Mini – Rockpool Taran
-- J. Willacy
Rockpool Taran --
Rockpool Taran Bow / Stern Guards
-- J. Willacy
Tech/Kit --
Rudder Release – Long Boat Surfing
-- J. Willacy
Tech/Kit --
Spraydeck Repair
-- J. Willacy
Tech/Kit --
Wing Paddles
-- P. Eichenmuller
Tech/Kit --
Wings – Can They Make You Fly?
-- J. Willacy
GPS --
Covid-19 Lockdown – Things To Do
-- J. Willacy
Thoughts --
Expedition Risk Assessment – (Link to)
-- S. Morley
Thoughts --
Paddling Out of Depression
-- D. McGonigle
Thoughts --
Protected: Snippets
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Performance Paddling --
Storm Eunice – To paddle or not?
-- J. Willacy
Thoughts --
Time to Ponder
-- J. Willacy
Tidal Bores --
Video – All-Round Bore (360) – Ribble Bore
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Diddy Bore
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Monday Morning Bongo – Dee Bore
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Ribble Bore 2020 Snippet
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Riding White Horses – The Ribble Bore
-- J. Willacy
Tidal Bores --
Video – Scruffy Bore – Ribble Bore
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Arnside Tidal Bore – Close up!
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore – Full Length
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore – Shorter Edit
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore – The Day of Saves
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore 10.1 – Part 1
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore 10.1 – Part 2
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore Rocks!
-- J. Willacy
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Last Of The Ribble Bore
-- PSK
Training --
8 min on 2 min off
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
A Look at Warm-Ups – Canoe Slalom
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Aspects of the Puffin TT
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Bridge Farts.
-- Willacy
Training --
Brittania Bridge Loops
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Brittania Bridge Time-Trial
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Climbing Snowdonia
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Core Boat Sessions
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Effective Training
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Frustration Loop
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Killer 8s
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Rest and Recovery
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Session Spotlight
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Skerries Ferries
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Straits Sess Reminder
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Surf Squares – Making the most of it
-- j. willacy
Training --
The Beacon Sess – Tweaking the team
-- J. Willacy
Training --
The Puffin Time Trial
-- J. Willacy
Training --
The Reluctant Time-Trialer
-- F. Harradence
Training --
Time Trials — Pull Hard or Go Home
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Training Dirty
-- J. Leach
Training --
Training Week 8 – Nobody Said It Would Be Easy
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Windy Squares
-- J. Willacy
Training --
Winter Training – Effective Warm-Ups
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Anglesey Circumnav – May 2022
-- M. Conroy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Anglesey Circumnav 2016 – A trip around the block…
-- B. Dickinson
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Anglesey Circumnav 2020 – Going Against the Grain
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Anglesey Circumnav 2022 – Number 11
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Anglesey Circumnavigation 2005 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Anglesey Circumnavigation 2006 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Anglesey to Isle of Man Crossing – Manx Miles
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Around Wales in 15 Days
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Crossing Bass Strait April 2011
-- G. Murray
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Fit for purpose – Isle of Wight Circumnav
-- j. doherty
Performance Paddling --
Holy Island Circumnav 2021 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Holy Island Circumnav 2021 – Team
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Holy Island Circumnav 2021 – The Wrong Way Around
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Holyhead to Dublin 2011 — Wet Knees at 5:30? – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Ireland Circumnavigation 1984 (Andy Fleck)
-- A. Fleck
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Ireland Circumnavigation 2007 (Link to)
-- S. Crowley
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Irish Sea 1969
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Irish Sea Crossing – Anglesey -1994 – Martin Bell
-- M. Bell
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Irish Sea Crossing – Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire 2002
-- Cunliffe/ Arnison
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Irish Sea Crossing – North Channel – 1986
-- J. Chamberlin
Paddling Guides --
Irish Sea Crossing 2007 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Islay Circumnavigation 2022
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Isle of Man Circumnav 2010 – More Manx Miles – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Isle of Wight Circumnavigation 2020 – Team Record Attempt
-- G. Hudson
Performance Paddling --
Juggling the Paps – The Anatomy of a Jura Circumnav Record
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Kayaking Round Ireland June 2014
-- Bolton / Cooper
Trips/Expeds/Records --
North Channel Crossing 2011
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Preseli Challenge – Irish Sea Crossing – Link
-- S. Morley
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Scillies Crossing 1993
-- J. Chamberlin
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Sennen to The Scillies and Return, in a Weekend (.pdf)
-- R. Sims
Training --
Skerries Ferries
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
Skye Circumnav 2021 – Record Attempt
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Skye Circumnavigation Attempt 2019 – Norbert Ziobr
-- N. Ziobr
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Solo circumnavigation of Anglesey – Barry Shaw
-- B. Shaw
Trips/Expeds/Records --
South England Loop
-- Mike Conroy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Anglesey Itch – Anglesey SOF circumnavigation
-- J. Doherty
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Conwy – Day 1
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Conwy – Day 2
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Gwynedd – Day 1
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Gwynedd – Day 2
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Gwynedd – Day 3
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Gwynedd – Day 4
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Gwynedd – Day 5
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Gwynedd – Day 6
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Coastal Counties Challenge – Gwynedd – Day 7
-- J. Willacy
Performance Paddling --
The Isle of Bute Circumnav 2021 – Team Record Attempt
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Trips/Expeds/Records --
The North Sea Crossing –July 2015
-- D. Vandepoele
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The P&H Irish Sea Crossing – 14/15 June 1996
-- J. Chamberlin
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The P&H Irish Sea Crossing, July 1972 – (St. George’s Channel)
-- J. Chamberlin
Trips/Expeds/Records --
The Westhinder Challenge
-- D. Vandepoele
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Things To Do: #19 – Paddle Coast To Coast
-- J. Willacy
Trips/Expeds/Records --
Wales Circumnav – ‘Turning the Corner’
-- P. Goodber
Various --
Video – Big Boat, Little Boat – A paddle out to the Lynas Anchorage
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Flypast
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Irish Sea Crossing 2007
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Pantomime Seals
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Penrhyn Mawr – Running Through
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Rockpool GT2 Test
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Seal On Deck
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Swelly Surf
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – A Little Swelly Sunshine
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – All-Round Bore (360) – Ribble Bore
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Big Boat, Little Boat – A paddle out to the Lynas Anchorage
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Boily Wave Surf
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Cardinal 360
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Climbs – Swellies Training Session
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Dicking About – Swelly Rock Wave
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Diddy Bore
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Double Trouble – The Swellies
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Downwind Day
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Downwind Taran 16 – Menai Strait
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Downwind Taran 16 Teaser
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Early Doors – Surfing The Swellies
-- J. Willacy
Downwind --
Video – Easy Downwind
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Ebbing Around
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Fish Trap Wave
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Flypast
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – High-Water Nosey
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Hypnotic
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Irish Sea Crossing 2007
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Little Wave
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Midnight Climbs and Menai Illuminations
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Monday Morning Bongo – Dee Bore
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Named Storm – Downwind in the Menai Strait
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Not Convinced – Strong winds in the Straits
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – On The Ebb – Playtime in the Swellies
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – On The Ebb 360 – Training in The Swellies
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Owned – Menai Strait Wind Over Tide
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Pantomime Seals
-- PSK
Penrhyn Mawr --
Video – Penrhyn Mawr – Runni9ng Through
-- J. Willacy
Various --
Video – Penrhyn Mawr – Running Through
-- PSK
Penrhyn Mawr --
Video – Penrhyn Mawr – Sunny Side Up
-- J. Willacy
Tidal Bores --
Video – Ribble Bore 2020 Snippet
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Riding White Horses – The Ribble Bore
-- J. Willacy
Various --
Video – Rockpool GT2 Test
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Sandwich Surf – Lunch on the wave
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – Scruffy Bore – Ribble Bore
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Seal On Deck
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Snowdonia Surf
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Speedy Straits – Time Lapse Downwind
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Swelly Rock Wave – Cardinal Changes
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Swelly Selfie
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Swelly Sunrise
-- PSK
Various --
Video – Swelly Surf
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Arnside Tidal Bore – Close up!
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore – Full Length
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore – Shorter Edit
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore – The Day of Saves
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore 10.1 – Part 1
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore 10.1 – Part 2
-- PSK
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Dee Bore Rocks!
-- J. Willacy
Tidal Bores --
Video – The Last Of The Ribble Bore
-- PSK
Menai Strait White Water --
Video – Trilogy
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind -Over-Tide Remaster
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind Over Tide
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind Over Tide (short)
-- PSK
Downwind --
Video – Wind Over Tide Bach
-- PSK
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