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There are endless stories of kayakers achieving all sorts of amazing things from crazy multi-day solo epics to the likes of Tyler Bradt’s taking on of 189 ft of Palouse Falls right the way through to the individual achievements of each paddler at weekends pushing their own boundaries. Each of us all do amazing things [...]

Hey, So there it is the year of 2010 all done and dusted apart from a few remaining hours. I had thought about and soon after reconsidered writing one of those how awesome things have been kinda end of year posts including how brilliant business has been for me here at www.adrianshanahan.com. At this stage [...]

This weekend over in the UK at the Gene17 Adventure Paddler’s Weekend there we al sorts of talks and things planned to entertain those in attendance. A friend of mine James Flemming was invited along to give a wee chat and show a film documenting his, Ian’s and Giles’s to Japan during the Summer of [...]

The white water drouth of 2010 is well and truly at an end due to the Ireland catching the tail of hurricane Thomas, the Crana Canoe Weekend has come and gone, the Colligan Gorge Games are only days away. I can’t remember a time when the Irish boating calendar was so jam packed with quality [...]

As most people who know me will testify that I generally like to do do more than a little research on any of the gear I use, this is even on the double when it comes to safety and rescue gear. Its a good way to be to a certain extent but some times my [...]

With the winter kayaking season now upon us and it looks like the serious drought of 2010 is now over people are dusting of their boats and getting ready to hit the water again. The folks in Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club are no different and looking forward to getting out on the water as much [...]

Hey all, I’ve been rather lazy on the blogging front over the last while up until I saw this thread over on the UK boating site UKRGB. It starts of pretty simple looking to identify a type Prussik knot and as all online forums seem to splits into a couple of different directions with all [...]

Howdy folks, This is a freestyle coaching day which will have some top quality coaches and freestyle paddlers on hand to help you up your freestyle skills. This is happening on the 25th Oct 2009 The day will be in two parts. The first part will be a series of skills work shops and the [...]

How to double pump 101 from Adrian Shanahan on Vimeo. Hi, A few days back on of the guys from the UKRGB Bren (aka Peakfreak) posted up that there are no videos online that just explain the “double pump” and any that try assume too much previous knowledge from the person looking to learn. I [...]

Hey, This is one of those things that always seems to crop up either after the annual pilgrimage to the Alps or after a big dump of rain after a long dry spell. Contrary to what allot of folks seem to thing these days kayaks are large designed to paddle down rivers avoiding rocks and [...]