Downwind/Paddles

(Counter Clockwise - Starting with Southwestern Seaside Counties going West to East from Atlantic to English Channel to North Sea then finally around to Counties on the Irish Sea)

Tidal Races

British Bores (Tidal etc.)

• River Dee sea kayak video (Wales/GB)
• River Kent
• River Mersey video
• River Ribble sea kayak video
• River Severn video
  • Bore info
  • Garage Movies
  • Muddy Brother's Memoirs
• River Wyre
• Solway Firth - River Esk, River Eden
• Trent Aegir video
• Manchester's James Milner (twitter)
• Performance Sea Kayak Tidal Bore Videos
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Resources

• Surf Ski UK Facebook coaching, guiding, rental, club meets, shuttles
• GB Ocean Ski Facebook

See Bermuda Surfski

Resources

• CanoeNI
• Surfski Northern Ireland (facebook)
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See Scotland Surfski

See Wales Surfski

• Falklands Surfski
• British Crown Dependencies (British Crown Dependency) Not officially part of the UK, but English is primary language…
  • Isle of Man
    • Resources
      • Ebb & Flo Watersports SUP (facebook)
      • ​​​​​ ​​Sea Kayaking Isle of Man (facebook)
      • Big Pond Kayaks sea kayaks, repair
        • Facebook (“the kayak repair shop”)
  • Jersey Channel Islands Surfski (has an active surfski community)
  • …

Worldwide Race Calender Page

• Races in the UK
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Paddling Accessories

• Look for listings within specific UK locations

Surfskis

• Carbonology UK North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom AlanHunter@carbonologysport.co.uk
• Fenn UK & Ireland St. Ives Bay, UK
• Kirton Kayaks Crediton, UK - makes a spec surfski, sells Epic including their own special modified versions
• Nordic Kayak UK (facebook) Kent, UK
• Ocean Surfski (formerly Epic Kayaks UK) Devon, UK, Epic&Fenn
• Rogue Kayak Edinburgh, Scotland, designs their own surfskis made at the Nelo Factory
• Stellar UK Dealers
• Surfski Dynamics Mothecombe, UK Think
• Ultimate Kayaks Ivan Lawler, Ottershaw, UK - Epic, Nelo - Surfski, Slalom, Sprint, SeaKayaks
• Used Equipment

Repair

• Kirton Kayaks Crediton, UK
• Southern Sea Kayaks Winterborne Whitechurch, UK
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Resources

• Paddle UK (in rebranding from “British Canoeing” to “Paddle UK” they seem to have dropped mention of Ocean Racing (surfski style races)) as a primary paddling discipline
  • British Waterway License/Insurance (for inland paddling)
• British Canals
  • The Boater's Handbook
• GoPaddling
• GB Ocean Ski Community (facebook)
• Kayak and Canoe Transport U.K. - facebook group for help in transporting boats around the UK
• Kayaks and Paddles UK
• Song of the Paddle Forum
• Surfski Kayak International Facebook Group based/moderated in Cornwall
• Surf Lifesaving Great Britain insurance for races, lifesaving competitions
• UK Rivers Guidebook
• UK Sea Kayak Guidebook Online collection of trip reports etc.
• UK Sea Kayak Guidebooks Print guidebooks
• UK Campsites
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