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Paddle Logger Proudly Supports the Ocean8Challenge
The ocean is what keeps the planet alive. It regulates the climate, absorbs CO2 and is a source of livelihood and nutrition for billions of people. But did you know that 8 million pieces of plastic make their way into the ocean every day? To put that into perspective, that equates to one garbage truck full of plastic being emptied into the ocean every single minute, and only 1% of it floats - the rest sinks to the bottom of the sea. On UK beaches alone, there are approximately 5000 pieces of plastic and 150 plastic bottles to be found per square mile.
Giving Back with SUP Skills
I am so fortunate that I get to spend as much time on the water as I do now. Especially while I have Paddle Logger along for the ride with me, it’s even harder now to take me off the water than ever before. Believe it or not, my life around water wasn’t always this way. During my childhood I was always outside, but didn’t spend a lot of time near the water, unless it was my backyard pool. When I tell people this, most of them are shocked. They say to me “How is that possible!? You basically spend every waking minute on the water!”
Black Project x Paddle Logger Collaboration
Personally I have been using Black Project Fins and Paddles for SUP for the past couple of years now and highly rate the equipment and innovation that Chris is putting out. Whenever we are testing Paddle Logger we always ensure that before updates are released a certain amount of on water testing is done. Putting the app through its paces in the real world. More often than not it means me heading out for a few hours in varying conditions checking everything is working as we expect and ensuring that what we have theorised is easy to use and makes sense for the paddler. Naturally the use of Black Project equipment has become a part of that testing process.
Challenge Yourself!
While none of us ever really need an excuse to get out on the water, there’s nothing like a challenge to up the motivation levels, and help us improve as individual paddlers. In partnership with Paddle Monster, we have three active challenges at the moment that you can get involved in to start upping your game today.
Top Tips from Haywood Sports
This series is a collection of short videos packed with tips to help paddlers of all abilities progress and learn. Covering two primary areas of safety and skills, these bi-weekly videos focus on a specific element and give you some useful tips and knowledge to either refresh your memory or take away as a new skill.
Welcome back to the UK Virtual TT 2021!!
The UK Virtual TT 2021 is a series designed to keep paddlers paddling! Aiming for incremental performance gains over a regular time period.
The event cycle will consist of 3 weeks of training culminating in an event entry week
PaddleLIVE® gets a facelift and integrates with what3words
Kicking off 2021 we are stoked to give PaddleLIVE® a facelift. Which really excitingly coincides with the addition of what3words to the nominated contact weblink to make it easier to communicate last known position in an emergency situation.
Let’s Celebrate This Blue Monday
18th January, aka 'Blue Monday' is the day that we register and acknowledge as the most depressing day of the year. I have heard it said that this is because it's the week before payday, and after usually being paid early in December it’s a long wait to that post Christmas payday, or that the weather is more depressing as you're not quite in the embrace of autumn or spring. I have even heard that you could be depressed because of the extra weight you put on over the festive period and although you're sticking to your New Year's resolution 'diet' you're still not seeing the scales tip in your favour as much as you would like. Actually, the real story behind 'Blue Monday’ was commercial. Yep... a travel programme came up with their calculation of when the most miserable day of the year was back in 2005 and bingo, airline tickets picked up!
ESG Impact Report 19/20
Since we launched, sustainability and caring for the environment has always been a core value for us here at Paddle Logger. We are paddlers and see it as our responsibility to help protect our ocean playground.
As a team we are small, but we have a great impact with users across the globe. As a company we want to punch above our weight in helping to address the environmental challenges which affect us all. The more we grow, both financially and in terms of audience and reach, the more impact we can have.