Date registered: January 3, 2012
20
Feb
Bren discusses the challenges of choosing a Pyranha half-slice kayak. Weighing 73kg, he prefers the Large Ripper for its versatility and confidence, while the Firecracker 242 boosts his motivation.
17
Jul
Coming to the Royal Gorge for the first time this year I felt like I was putting together all of the things that I had learned from Demshitz over the years…
03
Apr
The Firecracker had me excited from the beginning, but it still took me a while to understand what the design is capable of and what its limitations are. On a highwater, spontaneous Turkey trip, I found out exactly what I could do with it…
29
Nov
I brought my trusty large Scorch for this trip, I was confident it was going to perform really well on most things, but I was interested to see how it would handle some big free fall. This is the one area I haven’t really been able to test the Scorch out and I was a little bit apprehensive about all that rocker in the nose…
07
May
After 22 days on the water, how does Bren Orton think the Ripper 2 compares to the original?
29
Jan
No matter where life leads me, there is one river that will have me forever coming back; the Zambezi.
08
Dec
Kenya is quickly becoming one of my favourite places to kayak. I hope everyone reading this gets the chance to check out and enjoy kayaking in this incredible country. Below are a couple of tips and tricks on how to have the best time out there.
30
Oct
It’s been a while since we last had the opportunity to put a Park Jam session on, and this year’s tour was short and hurriedly organised as myself and my sponsors realised that I had just enough time to fit something in between projects, juggling responsibilities, and navigating ever-changing travel restrictions and rules.
01
Jul
My second day in it I had it on a waterfall run in Austria and I can honestly say I have never smiled as much down a river as I flew with my nose so high down the drops and whipped into the micro eddies above and below them.
03
May
A few years ago there seemed to be a widely accepted belief that in order to kayak down harder rivers you needed a creekboat. A big one!