The PSK Hub – Performance Sea Paddling
It wasn’t such a good day for surf; however you can still get something useful from it, and have a bit of fun. So here it was time to ‘paddle a few squares’: Paddle out through – working break timings and looking for gaps, Then paddle across just on the edge of ‘the break’ – …
Penrhyn Mawr is a tide race on the W coast of the Isle of Anglesey*, UK. The flooding tide, a rocky headland and a number of shallow reefs work together to form the often impressive tide race. It is a popular moving-water paddling spot in the UK sea kayaking scene. Here I mix a bit …
Penrhyn Mawr is a tide race on the W coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, UK. The tide, a rocky headland and a number of shallow reefs work together to form this section of overfalls/tide race. It is a popular moving-water paddling spot in the UK sea kayaking scene. Conditions change extensively with wind, swell and …
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 …
Off to the Skerries once again, and why not? The sun is out after all. The norm is for a left turn out of Cemlyn Bay, and go with the flow until you hit something. Hopefully before Ireland. But today we want a little more from the day. We are going to practice a little …
Every now and then the subject of fitting a keel strip to a Rockpool Taran arises. I think there are a few ups and downs to this; here are a few thoughts on the matter. First of all, what is a keel strip? A keel strip is a sacrificial protective strip fitted to the centreline …
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The Puffin TT is a bit of a bastard really. It hurts. It is 3 hrs and 30 km of uncomfortable. It starts off nicely, promising good views, good training and a good challenge. But of course it saves up the worst bits for the end. You start from Menai Bridge with the tide running …
Originally this was part of the ‘Things To Do’ series of posts added during the early Covid-19 lockdown. However I think it still has a few useful ideas to consider as we now paddle post-restrictions. Some sea-kayakers can be a little ‘sniffy’ about inland paddling, unhappy to be away from the stomping grounds (and selfie-spots) …
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Skye Circumnav 2021 — Attempt 2 – The Reprise In 2017 I set out on an attempt to circumnavigate the Isle of Skye, however I was unsuccessful. So there was unfinished business to attend to of course, it’s taken until 2021 to have another go. Waiting For this attempt we travelled to Skye, but then …
The Rhoscolyn Beacon Sess. Last night we took the weekly group session out of the Menai Strait and headed for Rhoscolyn Beacon. The Beacon sessions are always a firm favourite: a change of scenery, different flow patterns and different courses of course. A change is as good as a rest as they say. Though I …