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Welcome to the Performance Sea Kayak Hub. Here we aim to provide a wide-ranging collection of sea-paddling interest, information and insight, with a Performance bias! Hopefully a place of long-term paddling reference and inspiration in this short-term world. Read of sea-kayak records, long-distance expeditions or historic first-attempts. You can consult paddling guides, learn training-tips or …

South England Loop

by Mike Conroy – The Trip A loop starting on the North Cornish Coast via Lundy, Bristol, London, Dover, Isle of Wight and returning to Newquay. This was an unsupported solo trip, generally taking it easy, with many lazy mornings. It was an unusually hot and dry summer, I was generally very lucky with the …

Climbing Snowdonia

Climbing Snowdonia. Like many people, I’ve been chasing the clock for years, decades even. The numbers tells it how it is, there are no excuses. And yet, there is a gap in the tangibility somehow. One run you are 15 secs up, the next 15 down. It ebbs and flows, without a distinct conclusion. But …

Killer 8s

It looks like a bunch of squiggles on the GPS track, but it is actually 4 runs of the Killer 8s session. The original Killer Islands sess is a simple one, start on either Bangor shore or Anglesey shore, round the island (Gored Goch – GG) and return to the start point – paddle hard …