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More About Dangers To Kayakers and Kayak Anglers in Warm, Fresh Water

Posted on August 15, 2011 by W kayak

So, you’re paddling your kayak, or fishing from it in warm, fresh water, and you may think to yourself that nothing could happen to you if for some reason you’d have to ‘take a swim’ because you lost balance and fell overboard… We’ve already wrote an article about a variety of dangers that kayak paddlers and anglers are exposed to in different water conditions, and here is some more about this important kayak safety issue: Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed that a deadly amoeba, which is commonly found in lakes and rivers is the cause of the recent death of a Florida swimmer -
Health officials in Brevard County, FL, said they believe water infected with the parasite Naegleria fowleri went up the swimmer’s nose while she was swimming in the St. Johns River, east of Orlando. Continue reading →

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Highest Stand Up Paddling Kayak – SUP for Fishing Kayak Stability Demo

Posted on August 11, 2011 by W kayak

This is a new demo movie showing stand up paddling from the top of the W500 kayak’s 14 inch high saddle. There is no point in paddling this way, and we made this movie just to show another, fun aspect … Continue reading →

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W500 Kayak Stand Up Paddling From A Paddler’s Standpoint

Posted on July 31, 2011 by W kayak

This is the first W kayak movie shot with a camera mounted on a helmet…The basic idea is to convey what it feels like to launch and paddle this kayak. I couldn’t resist the temptation to rock the boat a little, to demonstrate some of its stability.
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Dennis’ Account Of His First Time Paddling His W Kayak Standing Up

Posted on July 10, 2011 by W kayak

The very first time I went fishing in the W500, I missed the tide, and had the small anchor dragging because I had a very strong tidal flow and a strong wind both in the same direction.
As I headed back to shore I noticed a young guy on long SUP board. I hadn’t tried standing before that, but since the afternoon’s fishing was a right off I thought that I would give the stand up paddling a go.
After paddling my W500 sitting down up wind and standing up down wind a few times, I noticed that the young guy was paddling to shore and walking along the shore before re-launching each time, because he couldn’t paddle his board against both tide and wind.
I didn’t really take much notice of who was faster because I was busy experimenting. I found that if I leaned my weight on one side of the kayak, I could paddle on the other side and didn’t need to change over. It was fun, and if I can do it second time out then most people should be able to. Continue reading →

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Fishing Kayak Stand Up Paddling Tricks – Demo By 11 Year Old Kid

Posted on November 17, 2010 by W kayak

11 year old (almost 12, actually…) kid performs stand up paddling and kayak stability tricks for the camera: The paddle he uses is not the typical, 9 ft long Wavewalk paddle, but a shorter, 8 ft long version, and it’;s possible to see that he could use a longer one for stand up paddling. Continue reading →

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