Welly Paddlers: More demo day photos

Sunday, November 2, 2014

More demo day photos

More Pics from The Think Kayak demo day in Wellington

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2024 /2025 Canoe / Kayak related Events:

Nov 2 Windy City Downwinder
Nov 9/10 Andrew Martin River Race - Rangitkei River - Mangaweka
Dec 15 Finesigns Crazyman Multisport Event
Jan 5 Rangitikei River Race - Mangaweka
Mar 16 Wellington Motorway Classic
Apr 6 Porirua Grand Traverse Multisport Event
Aug 23 ? Foxton Loop Race - Paddling Event

Weekly Series:

Weekly Series - Kupe Canoe Club - Twilight Series Every Tuesday - October to March - 6.30 pm start Evans Bay, Wellington
Weekly Series - Mana Kayak Club - Twilight Series Thursdays - early Oct through to the end of Nov

FIND EVENTS:

All sports - NZ & Aust online
Canoe Racing in NZ
Waka Ama NZ

Weather - Wind - Waterways - Tides:

Windfinder (Wgtn)
Wellington Weather
Tide times NZ
Rangitikei River at Mangaweka
Manawatu River Flow - Upper Gorge
Hutt River at Taita Gorge
HBRC river levels
GWRC - Wgtn Region rivers

Clubs - Event Organisers - Sports Promoters:

Whanganui Kayak / Multisport Club
Welly Paddlers on Facebook
Welly Paddlers Group
Wellington Sea Kayak Network
Wellington Region Waka Ama
Wellington Multisport
Wellington Kayak & Kneeboard Club
Waka Ama NZ
Waitemata Canoe and Multisport Club
Waitara Kayak Club
Wairarapa Multisports Club
Takapuna Boating Club (Paddlers)
Sportzhub
Southern Lakes Multisport Club
Ruahine White Water Club
Porirua Canoe Kayak Club
Palmerston North Canoe Club
Otago USA Kayak Racing Club
Ocean Ski Canterbury
NZ SUP
Nelson Surfski Club
Multisport New Zealand
Marlborough Paddlers
Mana Pasifika Outrigger Canoe Club
Mana Kayak Racing Club
Kupe Canoe Club on Facebook
Kupe Canoe Club
Hoe Tonga ( Wellington Region Waka ama)
GWRC Harbour bylaws
Canoe Racing New Zealand
Better Than TV - Jill & Shane Ross
Akarana Ocean Paddlers

Surf skis - Kayaks - related websites:

Your Paddle Life (Sean Rice website)
Think Kayak NZ on Facebook
Think Kayak Global
Think Kayak Australia
surf skis etc in Australia
surf skis all models
Surf ski.NZ (David Morrison)
Surf ski.info (Rob Mousley)
surf ski racing (Wesley Echols)
Stellar surf skis
Sportzhub
Ruahine Kayaks
Rochfort Paddles
Paddle Sport NZ
NZ Nelo, Jantex, Mocke Agent
Nautique Paddle Sports
Mocke Paddling gear
Millennium Paddles (Napier NZ)
Kayak HQ
Kayak Adventure Magazine
Global Surf ski (Peter Svensson)
Flow kayaks/surf skis
Fergs Kayaks NZ (surf skis)
Fenn Kayaks NZ
Epic kayaks (surf skis) International site
Conrad Edwards
Coast Outdoors - Vancouver
Coach Oscar Chalupsky
Carbonology Sport NZ

Chester Burt and Sharlene Winiata

Welly Paddlers: Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand

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What do we do?

- Well we run this Website as a hub for paddlers to track events and other like minded groups.

- Freelance work for the Think Kayak International brand, as well as various other manufacturers of paddling related craft and equipment.

- After a 3 year break we are back as strong as ever and we started our run again in September 2018 with Monthly events and also started a weekly Twlight Paddle Series every Wednesday evening from Dolly Vardon Beach, Mana, Porirua City. The "Cold Kiwi Series" is back in the swing of things and has so far attracted between 15 & 67 paddlers to each event.

We also run one big event each year which is the Motorway Event on March 24, it's a 14 km out and back course from Petone to the Interislander........and you guessed it, it runs along the Motorway!

We also run a 6 km & 3 km option for those who are unable to achieve to paddle the long course under 1 hr 45 minutes.

From 2019 Welly Paddlers are also picking up the Foxton Loop Race on August 31 and we are returning the event back to the Foxton Township with 2 x 12 km options a 6 km and 3 km option.

July 7 we are headed to the Clive River in Hawkes Bay to Event Manage a 12 km, 5km km & 2.5 km Event for the wider Hawkes Bay Paddling community. This is a Hawkes Bay event, and the idea was encourage a flow of paddlers back and forth between Wellington, Whanganui and Hawkes Bay. In 2020 Hawkes Bay Kayak Racing Club will take over this event.

- Scroll through the links, you'll also find a number of Clubs and Retailers websites on the left side of this page, you can also view older posts to see how active we have been over the years

Why I'm a Think Surf ski Paddler?

Well I stumbled across Think Kayak in 2009 after I'd seen that Think had sponsored a surf ski for a prize in one of the New Zealand "King & Queen of the Harbour" races.

I searched the web and read info about the Think Kayak Evo that was being made under licence in South Africa by Knysna Kayaks. I read some really interesting info about the design and that the ski was actually designed by Think Kayak in Canada...........now Think Kayak Global.

My first purchase came after viewing the Think Kayak International website I managed to get hold of Stewart O' Regan, who is Think Kayak Australia. Stewart had a spare ski in a crate of 4 x surf skis that he had arranged to come into NZ I ended up choosing the Think Legend at the time (now not part of the current range)

My second Think Kayak ski was a Kevlar Evo second hand, (which came into NZ in the very first consignment)

I bought it second hand off www.sportzhub.com on the Trading Post, It was of kevlar/ carbon construction (Elite) one of the yellow and grey ones and I paid $3000 for it.

We've since been to Vancouver (2010 & 2014) paddling their beautiful waterways, met and paddled with Daryl Remmler and also met Bob Putnam and the Team at Coast Outdoors who run a great paddling business in North Vancouver.

In around 2011 Fergs Kayaks became our New Zealand Agent for Think Kayak. Around 2014 Alan Ferguson left the Business for a new career. Alan was a key driver in Fergs Kayaks taking on the Think Kayak Agency. Late 2015 Fergs Kayaks starting shedding there Think Kayak stock and things went into limbo for a few years.

In September 2017 Kayak HQ in Nelson took on the NZ Agency for Think Kayak with their first container coming into the Country via Nelson with skis being seemlessly distributed to North Island customers proving that being based in the South Island was no big deal.

In September 2018 Kayak HQ bought their second container into NZ through Auckland with skis again with "custom coloured" and other arranged deliveries being delivered quickly and efficiently, after the container landed.

To get your hands on one of these awesome Think Kayak surf skis e-mail shop@kayakHQ.co.nz or phone Chris on 03 539 4181 or 021 295 4038

The reason I like the Evo is that in Wellington we get an extraordinary number of windy days and it is shaped very much like a kayak, but has the handling and remounting ideosyncrasies that suit me......primarily it's stable and it's competitive.

I have always been a big fav of the Evo and especially the river construction Think Kayak skis which weigh in at 14 kg (depending on what length and width) The river construction surf skis have a b-sleeve insert at the stern of the ski where you can seemlessy add or remove a smart track flip rudder onto (changing from understern to flip rudder takes approx 2 minutes to change over)

I have several favourite surf skis nowadays with the Six, Ace ( A Zen and Jet arriving in 2022 ) all being great choices on a harbour with winds that at times have the ability to terrorise our City and waterways, though shelter can always be found somewhere if and when needed.

Products and Services supported by Chester

Paddles:

Millennium Paddles Pleiades on Rochfort balanced crank shaft.

Millennium Paddles Pleiades on Kilwell straight shaft

Orka Bmini on Kilwell shaft with Canoe Sports NZ smart shaft for Sharlene

Safety equipment:

Vaikobi, Mocke and Hiko PFD's

Mocke or Ocean Paddler leg leashes

Mocke mesh PFD

Winter Clothing:

Adrenalin thermal long pants and Adrenalin long sleeve top.

Billabong 3mm booties from Backdoor Lyall Bay

Neoprene paddling gloves - made by Sharlene Winiata

Electrolyte replacement for events:

Nuun hydration tablets electrolyte enhanced drink tabs through www.bivouac.co.nz

Sports Treatment :

The Pain Clinic - Geoff Pitt Naturopath

Acupuncture - MeiLing - Serena Joe

Current boats in fleet

2022 Think Ion elite (12.5kg) - 2021 Think Six elite (12.5 kg) - 2022 Think Zen river (13 kg)

Previous Kayaks:
Q-kayaks Olympia slalom - Vitesse TK1- Dart TK1 - K1 Hunter - K1 Cleaver - K1 Jaguar-K1 Cleaver - K1 Vintage - K1 Ranger - Max kayaks K1 Woodpecker - Alan Thompson K1 Cleaver X - Andrew Martin Advantage MK - Andrew Martin Pinnacle MK - Andrew Martin Advantage MK - Canoe Sports NZ Rikan K1 - Ruahine Kayaks Intrigue MK - Canoe Sports NZ Rikan K1 - Sisson kayaks Evolution Classic MK - Chester Burt Expecker MK (stretched Woodpecker K1 to 6 m) - Canoe Sports NZ Rikan K1 - Andrew Martin Makka K2 - Current Designs Storm SK -Struer Lancer K1 - Max Kayaks Viper K1 - Vajda K1 -VOK Advantage MK -Sisson kayaks Evolution Edge MK - JKK Kayaks U.F.O -6.1 MK - Epic Legacy XXL K1 - Andrew Martin Sprinter MK - Andrew Martin Cleaver-X K1 (8 kg)

Previous Surf skis:
Hayden SLS -Pratt SLS - Andrew Martin Hawaiian Ocean racing ski- Canoe Sports NZ Spectrum 2 SLS - Yan Horack Spectrum 3 SLS (14 kg) - Ocean kayak Sprinter sk i- Yan Horack Spectrum 4 SLS - Tomahawk Scout SS (South Africa) - Tomahawk Warrior Ocean racing ski (South Africa) - Boulder Bay Renegade SLS (15kg) - Boulder Bay Scorpion SLS (14kg) - Fenn Mako 6 glass (18 kg) - Fenn Mako 6 carbon (12.5kg) - Red 7 surf 70 (18kg) -Fenn Mako 6 glass (18 kg) - Fenn XT glass (16 kg) - Think Legend kevlar (12.5kg) -Think Evo kevlar (12.5kg) - late 90's Fenn Mako Millenium carbon 14 kg - Clarke ski (South Africa) 19kg - Fenn XT Double ski -Think Evo II carbon 14kg - Hayden Molokai Surf ski carbon 12.5 kg - Think Uno Max Elite 12.5 kg - Think Evo II Elite 12.5kg - 2013 Think Ion performance surf ski (glass 15.5 kg) - 2013 Think Evo II Ultimate surf ski (carbon 10.5 kg) - 2014 Think Uno Max River construction (13.5 kg) - 2014 Think Ion River construction (14 kg) - 2014 Think Evo II river construction (14 kg) - 2014 Think Eze elite (11.5kg) - 2014 Think Ace performance (14 .5 kg) - 2 x 2014 Uno Max river construction 13.5 kg - 2018 Think Zen performance 14.5 kg - 2017 Think Eze river 13 kg - 2017 Think Eze Elite - 2019 Think Uno Max elite gen 3 - 2019 Think Evo River gen 3 - Carbon Maski (Nelson) surf ski - 2018 Think Ion elite - 2019 Think Ion river (13.5kg) - 2015 Think Evo II river construction (14 kg) - 2014 Think Evo II Ultimate surf ski (10.5 kg) - 2015 Think Uno Max elite (12 kg) - 2020 Think Six elite (12.5 kg) - 2017 Flow Kayaks Superstar surf ski carbon 14 kg - 2020 Think Zen river (kevlar hull) 13 kg - 2019 Think Ion river (14 kg) - 2020 Think Evo elite (12.5kg) - 2020 Think Evo river (13.5kg) - 2022 Think Jet river (12.5kg) - 2019 Think Ace river (13.5 kg)

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