The PSK Hub – Performance Sea Paddling Stuff
Getting started again. It’s just coming together now, it’s starting to feel good and I can see the benefits, I’m pleased about that. But it doesn’t start out that way, no siree. At the beginning of the training year it’s all quite unpleasant, demoralising even. It hurts and you wonder why you bother. If you …
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Anglesey The Isle of Anglesey lies just off the coast of North Wales and is a popular spot in the UK sea kayaking world. The island brings many facets of sea kayaking: cliffs, sandy beaches, tidal rapids, overfalls, islands, sheltered waters, crossings and more. It also has some of the fastest tidal flows around, this …
A gentle surf of the Swelly Rock wave in The Swellies, Menai Strait, North Wales. The rock is positioned mid-flow in the channel, and on the early part of the flood provides a nice surf wave. The wave rises and falls through a regular ‘surge’, and steadily changes as the tide fills the channel, until …
As Storm Eunice caused mischief across the UK, we found ourselves experiencing unusually high water levels at Menai Bridge. So it was time to go for a nosey around the place, dodging the wind along the way…
Easy Downwind Video. The Menai Strait is a natural tidal channel that separates the Isle of Anglesey from the mainland of North Wales. The tide runs through the channel at reasonable pace for a good few miles, and is quite fast in places. All of which gives a variety of options for moving water fun. …
Time for yet another run on the Dee Bore, this time low river levels made the ride a little trickier than usual. This is the stern-cam view, so though you don’t see much of the wave you do get a bit more of a feel for how it is in the boat. Come for a …
Time for another run of the Dee Bore, this time taking the Rockpool Taran 16 for a spin. My first time on the Dee in the T16. While I’ve had my bum in the T18 for a few thousand hours now, my T16 experience is measured more in the hundreds. So it was time to …
To paddle the 100K Day Challenge, you may need to tweak your GPS settings – both to save battery life and to optimise memory usage. Here’s a quick look. Work out how long you think the 100K is going to take – in paddling hours. It’s useful to anticipate required memory settings. Set your GPS …
by John Willacy
A question that is often asked on the edge of the Performance Sea Kayaking world is – should I paddle wings? Closely followed by – so which wings should I buy?