THE SEA KAYAK FORUM

by **TIMAX** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:24 pm

Please post your pics here or send them to me and I will post them for you.
Well I just had the BEST R&R ever! Not that the others have been bad or any thing but this one was great. Such a great mix of people from Queensland , Victoria and Tasmania thrown in with the NSW club members all talking Sea Kayaking! I got out on the water a couple of times for some excellent instruction from Mark Sundin but for me the action was on land. Talking to Mick from Flat Earth Kayak Sails and checking out his very well set up Maelstrom was great. I bought some of that Reflective deckline he had made up. Amazing stuff! Loved the Nadgee Kayaks wheel system he had as well. I also hung out at the Rafta kayaks stand for a while checking out the Sea Leopard and stealing their chips. It was also great to have a good look over a Epic 18 , the kayak Freya is paddling around the country. Andre's telescopic sail was pretty cool but did you see that wheel less tractor thing he had? Very simple , works well, pure design genius Andre! It was also my first time meeting Larry Gray and the Pittarak crew. Then you had the Expedition Kayaks team with what looked like acres of Carbon kevlar laying all round the place........when was there time to paddle??
I need to applologise to every one for not saying goodbye on Sunday. I had to get back to Sydney half way through the raffle , so to everyone I had a chat with thanks for really making my weekend

So some pics......please add to these

Gnarlydog about to head out for another ride......and another and another and another

and another and another......

QLD president Tess Dodd also getting some waves in.

The morning line up.

An Impex being removed from the Mirage only parking :roll:

Short skirts are back! oh and Nadgee's groovy wheel system on Micks Maelstrom :shock:

Dee and Matt hanging out

Mark Sundin paddling his supper light weight Valley :shock:

mark again discussing grade 2 Board Short requirements. :roll:

Qld er Silvio just back from bass Strait

mark paddling the Billboard

Rafta kayaks

Expedition kayaks

The rush for trips

GURU Andre 8-)

Mick M checking out a sail set up

New rescue technique

Andre on kayak design :ugeek:

Master Photographer Jeff Jennings and some of his toys

Mark Sundin yet again :roll:

Early morning at base camp

Tassie Devil , Lyn Murray......

And even bigger Tassie Devil Geoff Murray

by **MiRush** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:12 pm

Nice photos Timax, thansk for sharing. I totally enjoyed the event myself. This was my first R&R.
It was so great to see so much gear at once :mrgreen:

and so many kayakers. I also did the transation from the Lakes into the Big Sea! :roll:

woooo Hoooo!

Thanks to Chris for his Box Head trip and encouragement from Henry.

by **deesta** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:39 pm

Great selection of pics Tim - they certainly capture the spirit of RnR. You're very right about the best bits often being off-water.
Cheers
Dee

by **Geoff** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:51 am

Great pics Tim,
It was fantastic to meet all you guys up there in warm land :-)

. Lyn and I had a really good weekend. I would like to thank Mark and Rob of Expedition Kayaks for their hospitality and help and thanks to all the other people we met who made it a truly memorable weekend.
Geoff and Lyn Murray (big Tassie devil and little Tassie devil)
http://www.geoffmurray.com

by **JohnA** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:16 am

Thanks Tim for posting such a great selection of shots.

It was really good to meet you and I did manage to put a few more names to faces too. I had hoped to be there on Monday too but couldn't make it in the end. So to those I missed saying goodbye to, it was great to meet you and I hope you all had a safe trip home. Many thanks too to all the trip leaders, especially Gary, who put up with me two days in a row! And a big thank you to all the sponsors and to the committee for organising a great event.

by **outdoorgaz** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:20 pm

Nice photos Tim

Maybe I'll make it next year

by **MattB** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:57 pm

Great pics Tim! I also thought this was the best Rock'n'Roll ever. Jeff Jennings footage of Albatross flying in Bass Strait was awsome! Lary's presentation was inspiring and meeting and talking to kayakers from other states was great. But it wasn't a total gabfest - three of us at least managed to get some adrenalin pumping on Paul Lokers trip round to Palm Beach where we landed in sizable surf.

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Thanks to Ken & Susan for putting the event together and to Sally and the committee that helped organise the whole thing and to all the sponsors who donated prizes. Thanks also to Mick M for judging my photo of the Albatross as the winner of the photo comp and for donating one of his great sails as the prize. I can't wait to test it out.

An excellent event!