White Water Kayaking

The HF Equipment Little Fish is the most compact throw bag that we stock. This throwline if ideal for kayaking, coasteering, and other sports, due to it having such a minimalist design. The Little fish is perfect for storing in the front pocket of your PFD and is perfect for smaller / short reach rescues. It features a tough and durable construction that is amazingly simple. The rope is 7.5mm in diameter, 9m in length and incorporates an 840daN tensile strength. The bag needs to be unfolded prior to use, and repacking is slightly more complex, but the compact size more than makes up for it. The base of the bag features a small loop, which is perfect for clipping into a boat with a karabiner if required.

The Palm Side Swing HMS Autolock Karabiner is constructed of anodised aluminium and a side-swing autolock gate. The wide, rounded shape allows a larger opening angle for a 26mm opening.

The Pyranha Aluminium Handle, comes complete with the fittings required to secure it to your chosen kayak. This is the most superior kayak grab handle available, with the highest standards of construction. This is made by no other than DMM Climbing based in Llanberis, North Wales.

The Pyranha aluminium security bar helps to give the highest levels of safety as it gives a good tie in / anchor point on your white water kayak for that all essential rescue!

The Whetman Equipment Kraken Sea Kayak Karabiner is a stainless steel karabiner designed specifically for sea kayak towlines. Please note that it is intended for kayaking purposes and does not have technical ratings for climbing or mountaineering.

The Dagger Aluminium Grab Handle is the perfect way to add a new kayak handle to your chosen craft. This is mainly designed to work on Dagger Kayaks, however as long as the distance between the mounting points are the same it should work.

The Whetman Orosi 15m Throwline is compact in size, light in weight and amazingly simple to use. This is a great consideration for a variety of watersports due to it being so versatile. For the water kayaking bods, it will be ideal for bank to swimmer rescues and will be easy to stow in your kayak. This design of the Orosi was born in the UK; it is manufactured in the UK also. The throw bag has a flat profile and is constructed from a heavy-duty polyester canvas. The closure system is as simple as it gets, you simply roll it over and clip it down. The rope incorporates a 16/16 braid polypropylene design, it also floats. It is 15m in length, its 8mm in diameter and features a 6.6kN breaking strength.

The Whetman Equipment Wizard's Sleeve is another innovative design from Steve Whetman's workshop. This essential piece of kayak safety gear provides extra reach for river rescues.

The Whetman Equipment mesh stash bag, a great option for keeping the smaller parts of your kayaking safety gear all together in one place. This kayak safety kit bag features a mesh construction, this makes its easy to dry at the end of the day. The bag also has a draw string top so its easy to get things in and out.

The Whetman Equipment Bait Ring, a great piece of rescue gear that is perfect in your kayak safety kit. It is also perfect for upgrading the belay ring on the rear of your whitewater kayaking PFD.

The Whetman King Python is a new style kayak safety tape that starts to take river rescue to a new limit. The King Python is a a must have for your river rescue kit.

Canoe and Kayak Games - A compilation of games for canoeing and kayaking

Pesda Press Top Tips For Boaters is a simple, no nonsense book of ideas for kayaking collected by the coaches at Plas Y Brenin - one of the foremost outdoor education facilities in the world.

Rivers Publishing has produced White Water Pyrenees to work as a guidebook that gives an outline and basic information on kayaking in the Pyrenees.

Learn to Roll – Improve your roll – Develop a bomb-proof roll. Pesda Press Kayak Rolling is a visual approach to learning to roll a kayak or developing a ‘bomb-proof’ rough water roll. Rolling is learnt by working through a sequence of exercises to allow the learner to ‘feel’ what is required.

The Northen Alps, or more specifically the Austrian Tirol area which incorporates Landeck is a fantastic destination for an Alpine kayaking holiday. If you have had several trips to the French Alps and want to experience some larger volume rivers, grab a copy of White Water North Alps for inspiration. This kayak guidebook gives you all the info you need  for kayaking in the alps.