I'm excited to announce that Jeff Rivest and Point 65 are joining forces. Jeff will head Point 65’s rapidly expanding business in North America. While Jeff will focus mainly on Canada, he will also head US sales until a US sales manager has been found.
The collaboration takes effect immediately and Jeff will be i…
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The latest issue of Paddle World Magazine features a 5 page spread on paddling in Stockholm "Stockholm, Urban Paddling in the Venice of the North" written by yours truly.
I love paddling in Stockholm and I'm really happy to get this opportunity to share this with the paddling world. The great photos are taken by S…
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Swedish cabinet member Gunilla Carlsson loves kayaking. Here a feature in the latest issue of Swedish Outside Magazine.
Gunilla Carlsson is a Swedish Moderate Party politician, since 2006 Minister for Development Cooperation
and a member of the parlament and deputy chairman of her party.
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Nigel Foster visited Sweden for his annual Point 65 staff training sessions as well as doing some classes and participating in "Kajakdagarna", Stockholms largest kayak symposium.
Point 65 team members after completing the annual Nigel Foster paddle clinic. From left in kayaks: Sofia, Mats, Emil, Carolin,
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Point 65 Sweden’s innovative, modular, take a part sit on top kayak, the Tequila! has been selected as a finalist in the ISPO Brand New Award!!! Among 305 nominated for the ISPO Brand New Award, the Point 65 Tequila! was one of seven selected finalists in the hardware category.
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Today, in a Swedish winter storm and sub zero water temperatures (only the harbor propellers keep the water in the dock open. All around it's thick with ice) Magnus de Brito took the prototype of our new monster Surf Ski for a first spin.
Magnus de Brito, testing the Point 65 XP21 prototype at Pampas Marina, Solna,
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Point 65 Kayaks Sweden is happy to announce that it has been selected as the newest member of The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (S.O.G)Point 65 is the only paddle sport company in the group and shares membership with such legendary brands as Haglöfs, Bergmans, Ecco, Primus and many many more.The parties at the S.O…
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I had this idea for a kayak that anybody can own.
The main challenges facing a kayak buyer are mobility and storage. So these were the issues to resolve.
Watch this clip of the Tequila! paddled in the Solo and Tandem configuration.
The design specs for the Tequila! were:
- Have equal or better performance than a sta
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David H. Johnston, who runs the always interesting blog Paddling Instructor raises an interesting issue following the latest issue of Outside Magazine who publish an eye opening analysis of the rise and subsequent collapse of whitewater kayaking largely because of extreming themselves out of mainstream.
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