Immersion Research 2009

New Zealand and Australia have their own dedicated kayaking magazine called ‘Cumec‘ which is the colloquial slang for cubic meters of water per second [Roger's note. 1 cumec equals 35.314666721 cfs. This is important to know when paddling abroad!]. We’ve been running the magazine now for almost three years and it is going from strength [...]

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Join the Los Caminos del Rio crew for the caravan down from McAllen, TX for the 46th Annual Grand Regata del Rio Nazos, Mexico’s largest paddling festival. The crew is meeting July 8th in McAllen for the drive to Rodeo, Durango, MX. 200 Pesos ($16) gets you a shot at 300 grams of gold, [...]

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Luke Hopkins from Stride stand up paddleboards was here for the past two days working on some accessories for his line of inflatable boards. Specifically, he was using our machines and our warehouse full of webbing, buckles, bungees and other  R&D items to design a front and rear deck cargo strap-down system. None of us [...]

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Check out the trailer to Africa Revolutions, a new film by Rush Sturges and Tyler Bradt. The video can be purchased at River Roots. I must admit that this video looks awesome, and I am one of the biggest kayaking video skeptics around. Part of my job is watching them, so that may make me [...]

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Check out Mason Robinson and crew on their road trip to Colorado.

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The wave might not be that much, but it does make me think that there might be something to this SUP business…

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John Grace, the head honcho of LVM signed up his sidekick Will for every event at the Teva Mt Games… here’s how John put it on LVM’s site dedicated to Mt. Games coverage-  thegnar.lvmvideo.com :
When deciding the best way to cover the Teva Mountain Games in Vail we knew we had to somehow convey the [...]

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Ten Mile Creek Kayak is in its second year as a seasonal shop in Summit County, Colorado, on the banks of Ten Mile Creek. Matti Wade is the owner, and earlier this year, there was a contest sponsored by Ford Motor Company on how the Ford Transit could enhance your business. Matti was one of [...]

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This is one from Mike B. from Liverpool UK. The backband looks OK, but his cedar strip kayak is a work of art… Find out more about Mike here.

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IR has begin working with Oahu’s own Kainoa Beaupre. Kainoa manufactures his own boards, Ku Hoe Boards. We are fired up to be working with Kainoa, and he will be leaving Hawaii soon for the Pro SUP World Tour. Here are a couple of videos of Kainoa, produced by Soul Surf Media.

from Soul Surf [...]

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