I have really grown to like taking pictures on the water. I get out a fair bit, and I see quite a bit of weird stuff while kayaking, so I’ve gotten some interesting shots over the last 5 or so years I’ve had a waterproof point and shoot. So I was pretty bummed when I …
Category Archive: Gear
Mar
17
What do I need in a New Kayaking PFD
How do you choose a new kayaking lifejacket? I am looking for a new kayaking lifejacket. The hunt is on. I’ve had the same PFD from Kokatat for years, I love it, but all of the foam has been broken down over the last few years and is sort of squidging to the bottom. It …
Mar
17
Bloyd-Peshkin Visit to Snapdragon Workshop
The small but powerful-beyond-all-description couple Sharon and Alec Bloyd-Peshkin are out in the Pacific Northwest this week. They made a stop-over at the Snapdragon factory to check out how our stuff is made. It is really cool when you think about it. There are really only a few people who make all of the cool …
Dec
24
New Review of Wetsuit shoes for kayaking
I did a quick review of all of the wetuit shoes I’ve owned in the gear reviews. The primary considerations were fit inside the boat, warmth, and the strength of the sole. The bottom line is that the best gear for keeping your feet warm comes from surfing, but that it doesn’t pair well with …
May
11
Johnson Outdoors finalizes sale of Lendal to Nigel Dennis
on May 6th Johnson Outdoors finalized it’s sale of Scottish Brand Lendal Paddles to Nigel Dennis, aka Celtic Paddles. This is a great step in getting the venerable and respectable Scottish paddle maker back on track. There were a lot of rumours early on about the demise of Lendal and the ongoing future of the …
May
10
New Kayaker Cameras Released by Sony and Panasonic
Panasonic and Sony both recently released two new waterproof digital compact cameras. Panasonic released the Lumix TS1. And Sony released the Cybershot TX5. In the beginning there were far fewer choices for paddling with a compact digital point and shoot camera. Pentax and Olympus were the two choices. Recently the market has opened up to …
Apr
01
Drysuit vs. Wetsuit for Kayaking
Jon Turk wrote a nice article on the benefits of wetsuits vs drysuits some years ago for Sea Kayaker magazine. I wanted to put together some of my own empirical assessments based on real world tests over this spring to perhaps figure out for myself if wetsuits and paddling are really a bad investment. And …
Nov
02
Lendal XTI Blades Keyword Trend
Interestingly over the last 15 days the keyword, “Lendal XTI” has been swelling on Go Kayak Now. I think this might be due to the fact that consumers are having a hard time finding Lendal Blades. I’ve heard the rumor that they are running inventory out, and not making any for a while until the …
Oct
30
Lendal Paddles Dropped From Johnson Outdoors 2010 Product Catalog
Lendal has been pulled from the 2010 Johnson Outdoors catalog. Rumors abound about their eventual purchase by another larger company *SKUK*?. For those of us that bought a Lendal before Johnson Outdoors prior to the purchase, they made a fine paddle that lots of us used to go places, surf, run rivers, and even lily …
Oct
06
How to select the right kayak trailer
The how to choose the right kayak roof rack article provided a lot of great detail on selecting a kayak roof rack. The one gaping hole in the equation was kayak trailers. Kayak trailers make loading your kayak really easy. The trailer is lower to the ground, you don’t have to lift your boat quite …
