Monthly Archives: January 2011

Walk on Waves – New Website for W Kayaks Distributor in Norway and Sweden

Congratulations to Eric Overdijk, Wavewalk Kayaks’ distributor in Norway and Sweden, who launched his website, called Walk on Waves.
Eric lives in Rakkestad, southeast of Oslo, which is close to the Swedish border. This enables him to offer live demos to both Norwegian and Swedish paddlers and anglers, who are looking for a kayak that makes sense.
Eric is an avid kayaker and angler, who spends every free moment he has fishing, paddling and camping. He became interested in Wavewalk kayaks after having realized that paddling regular old fashion kayaks was just too uncomfortable for him, and made him think mostly of his back pain, and want to get out of his kayak and stretch, rather than enjoy the trip. Continue reading

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The W Kayak Gang From Crystal River Fishing in the Fog…

Lennie Gempp took a few pictures of some of the local wildlife, including me, Bob Smaldone and Dick Sherman fishing in the fog this morning. It did clear up nicely and we caught lots of ladyfish. Gary

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How to Keep Your W500 Fishing Kayak Cockpit Dry

Typically, very little water can get inside your W500 cockpit, because the kayak offers a high freeboard – more than any kayak does. This is true even when you’re launching in the surf, because you can lift the bow by sitting in the back of the cockpit, and thus go over the incoming waves, instead of through them, like you’d have to do with all other kayaks. Continue reading

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Ben’s Catch in His Fishing Trip to Louisiana

This was the first year in the last four I missed the NJ fly fishing show, I was fly fishing in Louisiana last weekend. See below. Looking forward to using the Wavewalk kayaks much more this year, starting this spring. I’ll get the blog and pics cranked up for you!

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Wildlife Photography From a Fishing Kayak – Photos by Lennie Gempp, FL

Wildlife Photography From a Fishing Kayak – Photos by Lennie Gempp. Here are some photos shot in Crystal River by Gary’s friend Lennie Gempp, during their kayak fishing and photography trip: Continue reading

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