WAVEWALK KAYAKS

UK researchers recently published an article about the beneficial effect of good posture in the British Medical Journal . According to this work, about half the UK population suffers from back pain from time to time, with up to 15% having chronic problems. They found that back pain is the second biggest cause of sick leave.
These British researchers found that long-term back pain can be relieved through encouraging sufferers to adopt good posture through the Alexander technique, which teaches patients how to sit, stand and walk in a way that relieves pain by focusing on their coordination and posture.

-Why are these findings important to kayak fishermen?
Because it’s likely to assume that most people who suffer from back pain are adults, and the older one gets the more likely he/she are to suffer from back pain. This means that if children and young people can afford to overlook bad posture when paddling kayaks and fishing from them, most adults can’t ignore them, and they should give these issues some serious consideration.
The time you spend paddling and fishing is when your back should get a relief from stress induced by bad sitting postures during long hours at the office or in your car. This time should be used for relaxation and easing your back problem rather than aggravating it.
The traditional L kayaking position is worst for your back than just sitting in the office or in car, which is why most people who fish from kayaks feel uneasiness and often even pain just from staying in this position. Kayak fishermen often experience a strong urge to switch positions, stand up, stretch their legs and ease the pressure in their lower back and the fatigue in the upper back, neck and shoulders. However, regular SIK and SOT kayaks don’t offer any relief for this problem.
This can help us understand why some W kayak fishermen have called their W kayaks ‘back saver’ and ‘back therapy’ – By this they mean that a good posture and the ability to switch between positions makes them feel good, and this is really important for them.

The 2008 W kayak model makes it really easy to get in and out of, whether on land or on water.
You can just step or hop out of it, and then step or hop back in.

It’s quite useful for occasional wading, or for any other activity.
This is s picture that Jeff sent us. It shows him standing outside his W fishing kayak and measuring his next meal…

Here’s a short clip in which Jeff lets us visit the spot he usually launches his fishing kayak from, in Florida:

Keep them coming Jeff!

Jeff produced and contributed this new short clip of him kayak fishing at night in his W kayak:

Thanks Jeff!

Sometimes you might need to drain water from the bottom of your fishing kayak, for example if a big wave breaks right on top of it, or if you capsized it and it overturned.

Whitewater canoeists and kayakers as well as touring kayakers use either bilge buckets or bilge pumps for this purpose.

This DIY hand bilge bucket is easy to make, lightweight, and above all – effective.

You can use any 1 gallon plastic bottle (E.G. milk bottle, water bottle) to make such a bucket – Just cut the bottom and secure the cap so it won’t fall, and you’re all set.

This square, 1 gallon standard size fits the width of the W kayak hulls perfectly, which makes such a bucket more efficient.

Naturally, you should attach the bucket to your kayak, so that you can find it when you need it…

For those interested to know how to attach their W kayaks to the truck bed of their pickup trucks Jeff created this 1 minute video clip, in which he shows and explains how he does it:

Thanks Jeff!

Bevans is a kayak fisherman and paddler from Texas who contributed this new, exciting W fishing kayak review to our website.

In his review he tells about his first experience with his 2008 W fishing kayak, paddling standing up, and stand up kayak fishing adventures.

Bevans’ W fishing kayak is rigged simply and efficiently.

-Thanks Bevans!