Tuesday, August 30th, 2011. Irresistible.
There is merit in the simplicity of the formula for Lanvin’s autumn/winter 2011 campaign video. It suffices to throw in Karen Elson and Raquel Zimmermann in a smart hotel suite, asking them to dance...
View ArticleSunday, September 18th, 2011. Safety strategies.
“Part C – Safety, Leadership & Group Skills The following skills will be assessed for use with both experienced and inexperienced advanced environment paddlers: (…) C.3 Safety awareness and risk...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011. Official duties.
“Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.” John Wayne‘The Stagecoach’, 1939 Off today to teach navigation law and regulations for the Paddlesports Federation of Spain, to the first...
View ArticleFriday, November 4th, 2011. Sea Kayak Rescues Dvd.
I am about to place the order for this Dvd. The rescues are performed by Shawna Franklin and Leon Somme in tidal races, fast moving and rough waters using aerial, wide and mid shots with nicely paces...
View ArticleSaturday, November 19th, 2011. Expedition Skills Dvd.
Through Rock and Sea Productions, Bcu Level 5 Sea coaches Olly Sanders and Nigel Robinson, will make available on January 2012 a new kayak Dvd on Expedition Skills. The list of contributors is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunday, December 4th, 2011. Rough water handling.
On March 1st, 2012, Pesda Press will made publicly available Rough Water Handling, a practical guide written by Doug Cooper on the skills to manoeuvre a sea kayak in rough water and advanced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wednesday, December 21st. 2011. Elegance is refusal.
This melanistic king penguin observed by Dr. Allan Baker, in Fortuna Bay on the subantarctic island of South Georgia, proves that a male if committed to leisure, may with tolerable economy make an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saturday, December 31st, 2011. Cape Horn.
My best wishes for the New Year go for Freya Hoffmeister. After an emergency landing among boulders and breaking waves in a forlorn inlet last Tuesday, she has managed to make fortune repairs with a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012. Then burst his mighty heart.
We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly follow’d. In following him, I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end: For when...
View ArticleMonday, October 29th, 2012. The rescue of the crew of Hms Bounty.
A distress call at 1830 on Sunday evening, October 28th, informed that power was lost and the pumps had failed to bilge water fast enough to keep the ship afloat. A few hours later, the tall ship lost...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012. Liturgical vestments.
From a Daily Telegraph comment: “I think the Pope would make an excellent Bond villain. He has the costume, the car, the lair, everything.” MercianMischief I like to think that he would chucked at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monday, December 3rd, 2012. GoPros everywhere.
Since GoPro cameras are already as ubiquitous as Kleenex; will there be an end to people looking intently into their kayak bows to check whether it’s on or not at the start of every GoPro video?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012. New Sea Kayak Navigation Aid.
Howard Jeffs has designed a new navigation aid for small crafts that offers the functions of a Breton Plotter, the well known Silva Expedition 4 base-plate compass, and a pair of dividers. The SKNA is...
View ArticleThursday, December 13th, 2013. Zou bisou bisou.
Gillian Hills was born in Cairo, Egypt. Her father was the author and adventurer Denis Hills and her mother was Dunia Lesmianowna, daughter of Polish poet Bolesław Leśmian. In a French feat of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monday, December 17th, 2012. Kayak de mar con Gordon Brown.
A wee bit late, but I finally completed the translation into Spanish of the free transcript of the 2nd DVD Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown. The translations cover in two separate files, the coaching...
View Article
