kayaks – Patrick Kyak

2nd Nov 202221st Mar 2023kayaking outdoors Sport whitewater

Change Your Backband

If any of you have ever tried an Exo kayak (or a plastic GuiGui), you’ve probably noticed how easily the backband pops out. It’s very difficult to lock the rope into the cleat properly, and just when you think it’s finally secure… it pops out again! If this happens mid-trick or mid-boof you can waste […]

15th Apr 20208th Jun 2020outdoors shoes Sport

Custom AF1’s

I’ve decided to alternate the themes of my blog posts between something kayaking related and something else that I’m interested in – this week I’m focusing on shoes because over the past month or so I’ve been painting a pair of white Air Force 1 Mids. I forget exactly how I got the idea except […]

13th Apr 20197th Oct 2022Uncategorized

A Guide To Half-Slices – 2019

In this review I am going to compare four river-play kayaks – the Pyranha “Ripper”, Dagger “Axiom”, Exo “Rexy” and Jackson “Antix”. I have demoed all four of these boats at the Lee Valley whitewater course on both the Legacy (Grade 2 / 3) and the Olympic course (Grade 3 / 4) to test their […]