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Updates, Tips, and Stories for Paddlers
Wind: Friend or Foe?
The safety advice contained within the Radar is designed to help you enjoy Coastal environments safely. I live on the coast and it was becoming more and more obvious that the wind was both my friend and a foe.
Paddle Logger x Save the Waves
Save the Waves is an organisation that works in coalition with diverse organizations around the world with a common aim to protecting surf ecosystems.
We are paddlers, waterways and our oceans are where we play. It is our responsibility to both reduce our impact on these spaces, as well as look to improve these spaces for future generations. Every time you finish a paddle using Paddle Logger you will now have the ability to log environmental threats via the Save the Waves App.
The North Channel: more than a paddle
Samantha Rutt became the first woman to cross the North Channel, a notorious stretch of water from Northern Ireland to Scotland, where the waters from two oceans merge to create unique conditions to paddle and navigate – Sam did it in style, with a new (unofficial) Guinness World Record of 5 hrs and 3 minutes – in this candid interview with PL Crew Sarah Thornely, she talks about what makes her tick on the water and off:
Race Report: Carolina Cup 2022
On Wednesday April 27th our Starboard SUP North American team left in the middle of the night to drive to Wrightsville Beach North Carolina. From Canada it was about a twelve and a half hour drive. I slept for most of the way. When I woke up, all I could see was greenery along the highway. I rolled my window down and breathed in the salt air. My heart began to beat faster as I knew we were approaching our destination.
Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Technology Industry Awards
LONDON, UK, 15 February, 2022: Paddle Logger, a multi-award winning mobile app for paddle sports, has been included in the list of finalists for two awards at the 2022 Sports Technology Industry Awards.
Seabin Installed in Falmouth Harbour
On Wednesday, 24th of November 2021 we were stoked to launch the new Seabin installed in Falmouth Harbour. The launch was covered by BBC News, The Falmouth Packet and got a shout-out here at minute 44!
The installation is part of the Harbour's 150th Anniversary pledge to be at the forefront of green innovation to protect the harbour and its unique natural environment and habitats, and part-funded by Paddle Logger.
Tracking Chattajack with Paddle Logger
We had quite a few of our users and members of our Paddle Logger Paddle Club tell us that they tracked their participation at Chattajack with Paddle Logger and they all did so awesomely we thought they deserved a shout-out on our website!
My Experience at the ICF 2021 SUP World Championships in Hungary
When I decided I wanted to go to the ICF 2021 SUP World Championships, I didn’t anticipate still being in the midst of a global pandemic. Travelling in the current climate isn't easy, but flying with a very fragile 14' race board to a country where you're supposed to quarantine for ten days upon entry and then find your way to a town two hours from the airport felt almost impossible. Despite that, one of my goals this year was to race internationally and I was determined to make it happen. I travelled with Blue Ewer who was also competing for Team GB, and my boyfriend Jaime as support crew. After nearly more hiccups than my stress levels could cope with en route, we eventually made it to Balatonfüred in Hungary.
Forget carbon capture, rewilding is what’s needed to fight climate change
The UK boasts an approximate 7,600km of navigable canals and rivers and as much as 240,000km of rivers and streams throughout. 161 of the UK’s rivers and streams are classified as chalk streams - a unique and extremely nutrient rich source of clean drinking water that are born in underground chalk aquifers and springs, and provide an ideal breeding ground for abundant wildlife, making up an 85% of all chalk streams worldwide.
Do’s and Don’ts for Watching Marine Life
For me, the most exciting part of every paddle is the wildlife I encounter along the way. Over the years I’ve had some amazing wildlife encounters whilst out paddling, from stingrays in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds, to grey seals, barrel jellyfish, and giant blue fin tuna right here in the UK.