Entries from March 2011

New skc Greenland sticks

March 28, 2011

We now have our own range of Greenland paddle. Contact us for more info. They are hand crafted works of art made in cornwall.

More clean surf

March 27, 2011

We had perfect conditions today with light winds and a long period surf.

day 3 Skills and wind

March 23, 2011

We set off from swanpool with an onshore force 3-4. We still managed to find a sheltered beach for a lunch basking in the warm march cornish sun.

Day 2 surf

March 22, 2011

Everyone got stuck into a solid misty surf session at portreath.

Intermediate 5 day

March 21, 2011

Day 1. Calm day in falmouth bay testing out fine stroke skills.

Send off

March 15, 2011

A meal of meat. Thanks Dominic.

Echoda, jedi, dure park,james lee and junsoo.

Many thanks for all of your messages.  I am now at the airport reflecting on the expedition. We have been looked after well in Seoul by Junsoo and last night we were taken out by the kayak club for a meal.  We were given [...]

The end!

March 14, 2011

We have completed our kayak journey of the Korean coast. We finished at sokcho marina at 1300 today and were met by Jomo who handed us the banner.  Our good friend ‘The Monk’ also finished with us.  The expedition was very different to how we had visualised it when we were planning it back at [...]

Last hop

March 13, 2011

How did that get there? Not a tsunami thankfully.
We are now camped only a half day paddle from our finish point in sokcho. Today felt long on the water. The body really feels the last week of paddling and is definatly looking forward to some rest. We saw more footage of Japan on the [...]

Snow

March 12, 2011

Simon with Marin’s little snow man.
Crystal clear waters of Koreas East Sea.

All carried on as normal today. We had a phone call from a police boat asking why we were not on the water yet as they were ready to escort us! So we got on and paddled 60km past what I think was the [...]

Tsunami

March 11, 2011

Marin blissfully unaware of the natural disaster unfolding in Japan.
We are both safe and well.  Thanks to everyone for the messages.  We heard the news while we were paddling today on the east coast of Korea. As soon as we landed we switched on phones and received messages from friends and relatives.  After a quick [...]