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  • May 30, 2018
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  • Setting up the weekend with an ‘Apero’ for all the single blade paddlers @opencanoefestival
  • First descents have a special place in our collective kayaker memory ... it takes vision to see a line where no-one else has looked, to deal with the consequences and come out the bottom in one piece. Some first D's are every bit as gnarly as they look – a more recent #Palm40years retrospective – Dan @readickins' line on Chania Falls, Kenya in 2012 in his words ... _______________________ “The weir at the top of the falls is normally a sketchy hole, but on this day the river was so high that it flushed creating a perfect ramp off the lip. As I paddled off the drop my bow lifted more than I wanted but luckily the impact was soft. Once I landed, I went deep – pinned against the river bed and could feel the rocks against my legs through my kayak. This freaked me out so I pulled my deck and swam for it. After some time, I surfaced behind the curtain of water. It was the most incredible view. Luckily there was a channel leading out from behind the waterfall so I swam out and rescued my gear, to find James, my safety kayaker, had somehow dislocated his own shoulder while waiting for me.” _______________________ 📷: Alex Aitken #Palm40years #throwbackthursday #TBT #gearforpaddlers #waterfall
  • 2.5 million garden hose pipes 😂 This week for our #Palm40years - the first source to sea of the Stikine. Palm designed the Stikine drysuit especially for this expedition. What other rivers do you think would make a great name for our next product? Massive thanks to @olaf_obsommer for the footage. #gearforpaddlers #stikine #tbt #throwbackthursday #explorebc #canyon #britishcolombia #rowdythenrowdynow
  • Don't forget to get your Golden Ticket raffle entries in early! Not only do you have the chance to win an all expenses paid trip to Austria for you and your best friend to go kayaking with @bren.orton and @adrianmatternkayak, you'll also get the chance to win some great prizes along the way! The first raffle prize is ... a Palm poncho! The winner will be drawn tomorrow, so make sure you get your entry in now: go.rallyup.com/goldenticket
  • Looking back on another astounding endeavour from the Palm archive ... in the words of Jan Fasting – ________________ "I made two attempts to cross the North Atlantic in 1995 and 1996. Both failed. The first one due to a lot of drifting ice that trapped me halfway to Iceland. I was picked up by an Icelandic rescue helicopter after five days. The second trip was from Seyðisfjörður on Iceland. I had a lot of trouble with leakages in the kayak, and made six attempts. The last one got me halfway to the Faeroe Islands. In high seas my rig for the spray cover caught the water while surfing and forced me to avoid all surfs. Five days out I got a contact from a passing freight ship and was picked up and sailed to Hull in the UK. I was just curious to see where my limitations were ... My background was whitewater on a national level, a Navy Seal and an outdoor guide. My most important preparation was meditation to a stage in between awake and asleep. I had no sleeping bag, heating or camp gear, so when I wanted to sleep I would meditate while kayaking to a stage where I fell asleep in seconds when I laid down inside the kayak. This enabled me to be paddling for twenty hours a day. All food was cold, and vacuum packed in a long tube. I just cut off a meal and had it while kayaking. Water was produced with a reverse osmosis pump operated by my feet – one litre an hour, one push on the pump per stroke." ________________ #Palm40years #throwbackthursday #TBT #gearforpaddlers
  • How did it all began here at Palm? This week for our #Palm40years throwback, we take a look at Palm's long history in surf kayak culture. The North Atlantic swell has a special place in our hearts. Did you ever own a Palm Surf Ski? #Palm40years #throwbackthursday #TBT #gearforpaddlers
  • Tune in to @bbcone at 16:30 today to watch Blue Planet UK’s feature on our Paradise Marine Recycled kayaks. Learn about how the kayaks are made and how they are being used to collect more plastic waste from the sea. @islanderkayaks @odysseyinnovation #blueplanetuk #plasticpollutionsolution
  • Do you remember these classic catalogue covers and adverts from Palm? Early POV footage before the age of GoPros, downriver freestyle back when it was cool, and wild graphics that made your hair stand on end! #Palm40years #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #gearforpaddlers
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