Justine’s Blog

You all know the old cliche … you wait for ages for a bus & then 2 turn up at once.

Well, it’s kind of the same with sea kayaking DVDs. Not only is “This is the Sea 5” released in early March, but if you need a fix before then – “Sea kayak Essentials volume 2” is hot off the press.

In this DVD, BCU level 5 coach Nick Cunliffe teaches and demonstrates about safety and rescue. There’s 2 hours of footage on deep water rescues, towing, incident management, rocky landings, group management & some exercises and progressions to try out yourself.

The DVD is only available in PAL format, which means it might not work in DVD players in the US/ Canada & Japan. It will work on computers all over the world.

More information about Sea Kayak Essentials Volume 2 here.

If you fancy “Sea Kayak Essentials 2” & “This is the Sea 5”, you can take advantage of a 10% discount for 2 DVDs.

Actions speak louder than words…. here’s hoping you like what you see.

“This is the Sea 5” is released on March 8th – not long now. I’ll be at Canoecopia, the worlds largest paddlesports show, to show highlights from the film. Don’t miss the Saturday night launch party if you are going. For the rest of the world, pre-orders will be posted & shop shelves will be stocked. There can be a DVD in your hands on March 8th if you’d like one.

Meanwhile, the “Tierra del Fuego” film has won another award. We just heard that it claimed “Best Sea kayak Film” in the 2013 Waterwalker Film Festival. The news came too late to include the award on the DVD cover, but we’re really chuffed anyway.

In just 2 weeks, “This is the Sea 5” will be released around the world, with a launch party at Canoecopia. Justine will be touring North America for 2 weeks afterwards presenting highlights from the 3 hour DVD. Venues are Detroit, Portland (Oregon), Seattle, Rochester (NY), Toronto, Ottawa, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island and finally Jersey Paddler…. We’d love to see you there if you live near enough. Please see the poster for dates. Contact the person organising the showing for details.

Or buy the DVD from your local shop, or our webstore – US/ Canada webstore.  UK/ Europe/ Australasia webstore.

The Reel Paddling Film Festival is in it’s 7th year & the 2013 winners have just been announced. I’m delighted to share that ‘Tierra Del Fuego” won best sea kayaking film of 2013.  See all the results here. The Reel Paddling Film Festival tours around the world so look out for it in a town near to you – click for details.

“Tierra del Fuego” is one of 8 adventure films about to be released on the “This is the Sea 5″ DVD. It’s great value for money at £19.99 or $29.95 for all 8 films. It’s now available for pre-sale in the Cackle TV store. Go to the UK/ Europe/ Australasia store. Go to the US/ Canada/ South America/ Japan store.

I’ll be going on a 2 week tour of the US & Canada in March with the DVD – details to be announced soon.

Meanwhile, a couple of photos from our Tierra del Fuego trip appear in the new Hilleberg catalogue. We used a fantastic Tarra tent on the trip -as seen in the photo above.