Marine safety Helmets for Sea Kayakers

Sea Kayaking Cornwall have just gone into a working partnership deal with regards to Gecko Head Gear as well as sponsoring Jeff and Simon for their future expeditions, they will be supplying helmets to SKC for trial and sale through our on-line shop.

Gecko have long been regarded as being at the very forefront of marine safety, when it comes to the construction of helmets in both the commercial and leisure sectors of the marine Industry. The RNLI, Coastguard as well as numerous other emergency services have been using their products for several years now.

Jeff has been looking throughout the market place for the last few months to find the best product to endorse and recommend from the Incident Management courses he runs and feels he has found the right one.

Gecko also manufacture a communication and a film unit which is housed within the helmet and this will surely serve to make the leading of groups in advanced conditions a lot safer.

The helmets come with an inflatable liner which makes every helmet a perfect fit, regardless of head size or shape.

For further details on Gecko headgear go to: http://www.geckoheadgear.com/

USA Rough Water Symposium

Maine Island Kayak Co in association with Nigel Dennis Kayaks hosted a Rough Water Training Symposium in the warm waters surrounding Point Judith Rhode Island, USA the weekend of Labor Day, August 31st - September 2nd, 2007.

I headed out to run various courses for three days. During the Symposium I ran several clinics, these included: Strokes for moving water environments, Rocks and Ledges and Surf classes. The symposium was a first of its kind aiming at the intermediate to advanced kayaker. The weather was a little too good at times making it hard to find the rough water we were hoping for. However the surf and tide gave us the conditions we needed.

Timing is everything!


When we said rock hopping we didnt mean hop onto a rock!

Rough water landings, training on a calm day.

The event is likely to book up early next year as it reached its maximum this year. Keep an eye on www.maineislandkayak.com and www.seakayakinguk.com for details on next years event.

Thanks for inviting me out and giving me a chance to work with you all.

Simon
For more photos of this event view our gallery here