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Cackle TV are delighted to be releasing the entire “This is the Sea” collection as a DVD box set. It’s now possible to own all 4 DVDs in a snazzy box so they sit nice and prettily on your shelf. The DVDs contain over 8 hours worth of award winning sea kayaking films showcasing some of the world’s most outstanding sea kayaking destinations. Cutting edge documentaries of expeditions, breathtaking action in tidal races and an insight into sea kayaking’s most colourful characters. Packed with adventure, wildlife, action, stories and talented paddlers – these films will inspire you to get out on the water.

The box set is competitively priced at just £49.99 or US $75 (saving £30 or $45 on the retail price of the DVDs). Kayaking destinations include Norway, Antarctica, New Zealand, the Faroe Islands, Israel, Japan, Baja, California, Florida & of course Wales & Scotland. Perfect for Winter weather!

The box sets are right now being made and we expect to have them in stock by the first week of December. You can pre-order now if you want to  be sure of having one under your Christmas tree.

If you’ve already got some of the DVDs, and want to own the box set, then no problem!  Just buy the “This is the Sea” DVDs that you need to complete your collection, and we’ll send you a box to put them in for free.  Please just say that you’d like a boxset in the ‘instructions’ when you check out!

Huge thanks to Rapid Media, publishers of “Adventure Kayak” magazine (and other paddlesports magazines) for sponsoring the design of the box set, and to Beth Kennedy for coming up with the great artwork.  “Adventure Kayak” is a great magazine, published in Canada, but available as a download all over the world! You can even get an app so it comes straight to your Ipad or Iphone.

Pre-order the PAL box set (UK, Europe, Australisia)

£49.99

$74.95

Smart people may notice a similarity between the latest cover of “Canoeroots” magazine and the cover of “This is Canoeing” DVD! It’s the same photo of Becky Mason paddling on Quebec’s Lac Vert on both ( although magically she’s traveling in opposite directions!). I think this is the first time that a photo I’ve taken has been on a magazine front cover so it’s pretty exciting! I have also really enjoyed working with the folks at Rapid Media over the last few months. They sponsored “This is Canoeing” and their designer Beth Kennedy did a beautiful job of the cover of my DVD.

Rapid Media in Canada produce 4 magazines; Canoeroots, Rapid, Adventure Kayak & Kayak Angler. I contributed articles to the Spring issues of the first 3 of those. Here is the article about Hailey Thompson, a 15-year old who has already competed for American in a world championships and who I had the pleasure of filming for “This is Canoeing”. She gave a lovely talk at Canoecopia of how she got to where she is, and how much she appreciates all the help and support she gets.

For ‘Rapid’ magazine, I wrote about how women were allowed to compete in the world championship canoe slalom event for the first time last year, and how women are still battling to be allowed to compete in the Olympics.

For AdventureKayak I wrote articles about the ‘Dream homes’ of Paul Caffyn on the west coast of New Zealand, and Shawna & Leon environmentally friendly house on Orcas island.

If you buy ‘This is Canoeing’, you get a free on-line subscripion to both ‘”Canoeroots” and “Rapid” magazine, worth US $19.90. The details of how to claim your subscriptions are in the extras menu on Disc 2.

I’m giving my first London talk tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7.30pm at Brookbank London. I’ll be talking about some of my seakayaking and canoeing adventures, with seakayaking video clips from Kamchatka, Tasmania & New Zealand and canoeing clips from the new award winning ‘This is Canoeing’ DVD.