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Around Anglesey

Anglesey has one of the biggest tidal ranges in the world, it was, therefore, a sad coincidence that my only three days off this October fell on the smallest tides of the quarter. Not very helpful when Dan & I set off from Caernarfon at 4pm aiming to paddle around the whole of Anglesey. Just …

Photo: Dan Butler  |  Location: Isorno

The Isorno

Last year Kay & I had a great trip to Croatia where we would wake up with no idea where’d we’d be sleeping that night. It’s such a liberating experience, one I’d encourage everyone to do whatever you are into. Our annual trip to Ticino and Piemonte in May is a similar experience, after many …

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Skiing In Gulmarg, Kashmir

How to go to Gulmarg. It’s a cliche to say, I rip people that do, but for me within white water kayaking, it’s all about the journey and the adventure. Defining adventure can be difficult but I reckon it’s anything where the outcome is unknown. With this in mind you can could have an expensive …

Chris E paddling into the light.

Portugal

Sometime in November, I had the idea to take the Pyranha Team Van to Portugal and film a short promo video advertising the new Shiva model. Portugal because I’d seen photos of a stunning set of granite waterfalls and with plenty of other potential given the right conditions. Portugal also seemed like a good idea …

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Papua, Indonesia.

First Descent Excitement.  Full Report due soon. Article by Tim Burne, first published on Team Pyranha Blog: Claim It! The kayaking world isn’t like the mountaineering world. Traditionally being gentlemen of high regard, mountaineers have always kept accurate records of their achievements. Kayakers, traditionally being scumbags, have not. This has led to much pub (and internet) …