What are you doing in a canoe or kayak this week?
Its UK National Go Canoeing week and chance to show how much you love the sport – so get out there and take part.
National Go Canoeing Week marks the launch of Go Canoeing, a national campaign supported by Canoe England and companies including Palm to encourage and inspire more people to go canoeing more regularly.
So everyone of us that loves paddling should use this week to tell others. To give you some encouragement simply post a picture of you paddling on our Facebook wall and you’re in with a chance to win a bag of Palm goodies for sharing your experaince. In fact why not share it with others and spread the message!
To win, simply take a snap of you or your paddling friends and post on our wall. Tell us who, where and when it was (between 6th and 15th of April) and let everyone know why the paddling was so great! We’ll choose the one we feel best represents the spirit of Go Canoeing and announce a winner on Monday the 16th.
National Go Canoeing Week Poster
Seasoned outdoor BBC presenter Kate Humble will be picking up a paddle, donning some Palm kit and jumping in a Mad River Canoe at our first demo event of the season this weekend.
The Springwatch and Lambing Live adventure girl will be at Surf-Lines, Llanberis on Saturday, May 14th at 11.30am leading a kayak and canoe flotilla across the beautiful waters of Llyn Padarn to officially open the Surf-Lines Adventure Gym.
The ever resourceful team at Surf-Lines have spotted a new concept that works in the same way as a standard gym. You can sign up for monthly memberships and then make use of thier extensive range of outdoor equipment and demo boats.
Take your pick from their rowing skull, or one of the stand-up paddleboards, Wilderness Systems and Dagger kayaks, Mad River Canoes or Islander sit-on tops. There will also be wild swimming sessions, as well as regular coaching clinics for those wanting to improve any of their other adventure sports skills.
Staff from Palm will be on site at the demo on Saturday to advise on choice of boat, equipment set-up and showcasing products from the new Palm apparel line. We’ll also be brining along the new Infinity Inflatable kayaks for trial.
For more on the demo event and Surf-Lines Adventure Gym check the web site.
