The Paddler Autumn/Fall issue 2017

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CONTENTS Skittles kayakers by Paul Ramsdale Editor Peter Tranter peter@thepaddlerezine.com Tel: (01480) 465081 Mob: 07411 005824 www.thepaddlerezine.com Advertising sales Anne Egan Tel: (01480) 465081 advertising@thepaddlerezine.com Covers Kayak: Salty: Canoe: World Surf Kayak Champs by Mark Boyd Big Sur by Roger Aguirre Smith Ashley Kenlock by Richard Harpham Thank you to: Pete Astles, Ashley Hunter, Nicola Taggart, Mark Boyd, Mick Feeney, Steve Childs, Steve Bruno, Hap Wilson, Ashley Kenlock, C. Waldegger, D. Benedetto, J. Klatt, Olaf Obsommer, George Younger, Anuj Kumar, Christine Pinsonneault, Damien Larrigaudiere, Jacob Seigel, Pat Keller, Yannick Larouche and Allistair Swinsco for all your help in putting this issue together. Not all contributors are professional writers and photographers, so don’t be put off writing because you have no experience! The Paddler ezine is all about paddler to paddler dialogue: a paddler’s magazine written by paddlers. Next issue is Winter 2017 with a deadline of submissions on Nov 30th.Technical Information: Contributions preferably as a Microsoft Word file with 1200-2000 words, emailed to submissions@thepaddler.ezine.com. Images should be hi-resolution and emailed with the Word file or if preferred, a Dropbox folder will be created for you. The Paddler ezine encourages contributions of any nature but reserves the right to edit to the space available. Opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publishing parent company, 2b Graphic Design Limited. The publishing of an advertisement in the Paddler ezine does not necessarily mean that the parent company, 2b Graphic Design Limited, endorse the company, item or service advertised. All material in the Paddler ezine is strictly copyright and all rights are reserved. Reproduction without prior permission from the editor is forbidden.
Issue 38 Autumn/Fall 2017 004 Northern Ireland World Surf Kayak Championships by Angela Hunter 014 Northern Ireland A US viewpoint of the event by Roger Aguirre Smith 022 Testing, testing & new kit Plenty of kit reviewed by our contributors 036 England The Grand Tour of Cornwall by Liz Garnett 048 United States Surfing to Big Sur by Roger Aguirre Smith 058 India (part 2) The west coast of India by Kaustubh Khade 074 Scotland (part 2) Rannoch Moor to Perth by Angela Ward & Adam Evans 084 Sweden/Norway Scandinavian canoe expedition by Mal Grey 098 Canada Muskoka River X race by Richard Harpham 106 Canada Temagami wilderness by Richard Harpham 116 Scotland Richard Harpham continues his Scottish explorations 122 Austria Adidas Sickline and history by Steffan Meyric Hughes 136 India The Tsarap River by Ian Jones 146 Longboat revolution Corran Addison discusses the longboat’s return 156 England WW kayak to WW SUP by Joe Thwaites & Sam Ellis 164 England The Big Ben SUP Challenge by Paul Hyman ThePADDLER 3
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ThePADDLER 58 K A Y A K I N G T H E
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Story: Richard Harpham Photos: Ashl
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Arriving at Bear Island canoes. Bef
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C A N O E | K A Y A K | S T A N D U
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SICKLINE 2 0 1 7 By Steffan Meyric
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In the women’s race, Nouria Newma
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R - R E V O L U T I O N By Corran A
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