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Reel Paddling Film Festival Announces Winners

Jim Miller — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:05:19 -0800

We are super proud to have supported Sea Kayak With Gordon Brown. The film was just awarded Best Sea Kayaking Film at the Reel Paddling Film Festival in Toronto Canada.

Here is a full list of winners....

1. Best Sea Kayaking Film: In Rescues – Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown, you’ll see exciting and practical rescue coaching sessions from one of the world’s top coaches.
2. Best Canoeing Film: Tracing the Columbia brings together two historical moments: David Thompson’s charting of the Columbia River in 1811 and the 45-day journey paddling the river to mark the 200th anniversary of Thompson’s achievement.
3. Best Whitewater Film: In Wildwater, journey into the places only river runners can go. It’s a visually stunning feast for the senses, and an expedition into new ideas.
4. Best Kayak Fishing Film: ExOfficio Presents Kayak Fishing: Game On 4 Jim Sammons hooks up with Paul Harwood on the Fraser River in BC with the goal of catching one of the areas enormous sturgeon.
5. Best Environmental Paddling Film: The Pipedreams Project follows 3 kayakers on their epic two-month expedition to oppose a $5.5 Billion pipeline project in British Columbia.
6. Best Paddling Documentary: Chasing Water is the story of Pete McBride, a child of the Colorado River, as he decides to follow the water from his ranch in Western Colorado to see where it ends up.
7. Best Amateur/Short Paddling Film: So Fine sees Zac Crouse develop banjo paddling with the help from a Muppet.
8. Best Instructional Paddling Film: Advanced Classic Solo Canoeing with Becky Mason will leave you spellbound by the advanced strokes and maneuvers she shows and the stunning underwater camera angles.
9. Best Stand-up Paddling Film: In Standup 4 Greatbear, Norm Hann takes us on a 400km SUP expedition through the Great Bear Rainforest, and along the proposed North Coast oil tanker route.

Check out the schedule to see when these films are coming to your town.

Photo of the Day-Mountain Man Supply Company's, Will Crimmins, running the goods.

Danny Mongno — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:00 -0800

Thanks to Scott Martin for today's Photo of the Day. This is our friend, and the manager of NY's dealer Mountain Man Outdoor Supply Co, on his first of multiple laps on New York's Miracle Mile, The Woodhull River. Want to see your picture on the Photo of the Day? Send it over.

Photo of the Day: Foamy

Jim Miller — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:28:11 -0800

Feel free to email photos to be featured in our "Photo of the Day." Thanks Spencer Rubin of Coloma California for your awesome foamy at the put-in image.

Photo of the Day-"The paddles arrived!"

Danny Mongno — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:06:04 -0800

Thank you to our friends and regional Team paddlers Sharon and Alec Bloyd Peskin for this great photo of all their new paddles for the Chicago White Water Association. Working with their local dealer Geneva Kayak they were able to outfit the entire club with some great new Werner Paddles for the coming season. Want to see your picture on the Photo of the Day? Send it to danny.mongno@wernerpaddles.com.

Reel Paddling Film Festival Schedule

Jim Miller — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:25:32 -0800

The Reel Paddling Film Festival is about to kick off. Check out the schedule and find a showing close to you.

SUP Mississippi Highlights Video

Jim Miller — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:05 -0800

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Grand Prix SUP's: Race Stock Built From The Ground Up

Jim Miller — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:33:53 -0800

Werner Paddles latest offering is the Grand Prix Series of Paddles. These paddles were designed and built from the ground up as a true racing paddle. We did not just take an existing paddle and lighten it up. Here are some key features:

• Rectangular blade shape allows for the most efficient forward stroke
• Three blade sizes to match blade size to your power and board glide
• Thin ABS reinforce blade edge knifes cleanly in and out of the water
• Optimized blade to shaft offset at 12 degrees, allows for more reach and power at the beginning of the stroke and less lift at the exit.
• Carbon Palm-style grip for a good fit and controlled strokes
• Available in Straight Shaft for the lightest possible weight or Bent Shaft for increased catch and ergonomics

Everyone who has had one of these paddles in their hands can not believe how light they are. They are far and away the lightest SUP paddles you can lay your hands on. Plus Werner is the only manufacturer that offers a bent shaft option for better catch and increased ergonomic efficiency:
Grand Prix S1000 Straight 14.5 oz, Bent 18 oz
Grand Prix M1000 Straight 14.75 oz, Bent 18.25 oz
Grand Prix F1000 Straight 15 oz, Bent 18.5 oz

Grand Prix Straight Shaft $389, Bent Shaft $465

These bad boys will begin shipping to dealers March 19, 2012. Many dealers are pre-selling them so that they are sure to be at the front of the line. Get yours today!

Colorado Kayak Supply Big Sweepstakes

Jim Miller — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:55:42 -0800

Colorado Kayak Supply is running a very cool sweepstakes! It is very simple to enter. Register your name and email address and become a fan of all of the participating sponsors Facebook pages. It is that simple. Here are the links to the pages you need...

and of course Werner Paddles

Shon Bollock Highlight Footy From 2011

Jim Miller — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:34:56 -0800

Here is some highlight footage from Shon Bollock's 2011 season including some amazing first decents and international exploration. Some of this footage was shown in the Slippery When Wet trailers but there is a lot of footage from Japan that hasn't been released anywhere else. About 80% of this footage is from the GoPro Hero shot in Japan and California.

Shon Bollock 2011 from Shon Bollock on Vimeo.

Attention Left Coast sea kayakers! Hang with Werner's own Paul Kuthe in February.

Danny Mongno — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:15:56 -0800

Featured on the cover of this month's Canoe and Kayak Magazine is one of Werner Paddle's own Team paddlers Paul Kuthe. Along with heading up one of the most prestigious paddling schools in the country out of Portland Oregon's Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe, he is one of the great young talents in the sport of kayaking. With his whitewater boater on the shelf for a short bit Paul will be hitting the sea kayak coaching tour in the month of February with some great West Coast events on tap. Check out his Blog to see his February schedule and where you can get salty with this great young man and all his friends.