Author: admin

  • New York New York


    The almost freezing temperature in New York has been a bit of a shock to the system after shorts and t-shirts in Florida but we braved the icy wind and had a good paddle today in NYC. A very different paddle to what I’m used to – with cliffs of steel and glass and so many boats whizzing around everywhere. We’re staying with Sid Stone who showed us the city last night, including going to the top of the Rockerfeller building and a horse drawn cart around Central Park. Thanks to Sid.

    Tomorrow ( Thursday) is the Connecticut premiere in Middletown organised by Connyak.
    In the UK, this coming weekend the New Zealand film and the Dubside film are showing at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, the UKs largest mountain film festival.

  • Gators and Manatees in Florida







    We had a great premiere in Florida at Sweetwater Kayaks. Russell Farrow who is one of the owners of Sweetwater is also in a band called Sisemore, who played live at the premiere. I used one of their songs, Butterfly Breeze in the New Zealand documentary on “This is the Sea 4”, and it was really moving to hear them play it live.

    We’ve spend the last 2 days on 2 fantastic paddles. Alligators one day and manatees the next!! Both days were on rivers – the first on the Myakka river and today on the Weeke Watche. We also saw loads of birds and enjoyed the peacefulness of the wild places.

  • "This is the Sea 4" on the big BIG screen



    It was quite exciting last night to drive down the street in Chicago and to see ‘This is the Sea 4’ written on the cinema screen near Geneva. Especially as tomorrow night Davey Jones from the Monkees is permorming there tomorrow night! Obviously he saw that it must be a worthy cinema if they have a great kayaking movie there the night before!

    It was a fun event, hosted by Geneva Kayak Centre with over 100 people attending. It was great to see “This is the Sea 4” on a HUGE screen. When I took a photo from the back I realized just how BIG the screen was.

    The San Diego event the night before hosted by Aqua Adventures was also great, with a similar number of people showing up for food and beer provided by Jen of Aqua Adventures. And we had a great days WARM surfing in a shortie cag on a wonderful reef break surrounded by pelicans…….

    Before that we had a wonderful drive down the California coast with lots of beach and cove walks.

    I’ll write more later and post pictures, I just have a brief internet connection over breakfast on the way to the airport. next stop Florida!



    BIG SUR COAST

  • On tour….


    PELICAN AT HALF MOON BAY


    THE SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE

    The premiere tour of “This is the Sea 4” continues to go well, with 2 countries, 3 American states and 5 showings in 9 days! I’m tired just thinking about it!

    We had a fun paddle in windy conditions at Half Moon Bay yesterday followed by a showing of the film. Thanks to Andy at Golden Gate Kayaking for organising it and to everyone for showing up! Thanks also to Yoshiko and Russ for putting us up for 2 days and looking after us really well!

    We’re rented a car for the next few days and are making our way down to San Diego in time for a premiere there on Thursday.

    There are a few more reviews of “This is the Sea 4” appearing in various languages.

    Click here for one in German from Kanu Magazine

    Here is one in American!


    A MOODY WALK IN PORTLAND