Posted by Freya on
March 12, 2008
Yes, I’ll do it. Paddle around Australia.
In a kayak. Solo. Unsupported. Starting this year.
This was my commitment and mission statement on March 12th 2008.
Since then I’ve been busy working for my ice cream shops, working on my new web site and enjoying some Easter holidays with my son.
Now it’s time for research - anyone has any good ideas about how to keep the crocs at bay? – and to begin wrapping my brain around the Wonderful Wild World of OZ!
Posted by Freya on
March 4, 2008
The internet connects the world…and occassionally can bring a highly infectious virus to your own house…
At the same time I met Mr. Surf Ski
Oscar Chalupsky – the 11-time Molokai winner. He was happy to show me the nuances of the forward stroke (see last post, 4 weeks ago)…On flatwater the surf ski didn’t thrill me but in the bumps, well, I’m rather attracted to the rough stuff!
Anyway, after meeting Oscar and trying out the
Epic 18x as a possible boat for my next big expedition, I paid a visit to Alex Craven from
Oarsport, the German epic distributor in Hamburg, in order to try out one of these tippy surfskis by myself!
I tried to squeezed myself in the epic V10 – ouch! – but felt my hip bones needed a bit more room to breathe…Luckily when I sat in the wider (and more stable) epic V10 sport I felt instantly more comfi.
