Nano from Argentina (Argentinian coastline), Biff Wruszek (Tierra de la Fuego 2010), Margaret Mann (Iceland 2009) and I circumnavigated Manhattan on Friday. It was a beautiful sunny day, not too hot and good winds. Just ideal conditions for a kayak tourist!
The crew of the Epic Kayaks headquarters in Charleston, on the left office manager Vince Bechet.
Thanks for all your organizing help, Vince!
A view inside the warehouse…epic paddles, kayaks and surfskis allover.
I arrived in Miami safely yesterday, and Santa Claus was delivering already my “East Coast dummy”, a virgin epic 18x sport kayak plus some paddles to compliment my epic paddle selection in a HUGE cardboard box to the backyard of my lovely host Yeraldine Ordinez. That’s a way to ship a boat! Now it’s sticker time to make it look like the original OZ boat. I’m just missing some shark bite stickers…
…my kayak was actually mating a croc, this is why they didn’t attac me…
and…this was my secret submerged engine…
Sorry it took so long to upload something this time, but my own camera wasn’t working well, and I was hoping to get sent some pics from other people. Thanks to Dorthe to allow me to upload some of hers.
A big thanks goes to Peter Unold, probably not only Danmarks most versatile paddler, initiating the talk! Unfortunately he wasn’t able to attend himself. But he was able to delegate the presenting job to Ravn Hamberg, experienced long distance sea kayaker as well, who was so nice to introduce me.
Organizers Michael Duffy, Kokatat, and Helen Wilson, Explore North Coast President
Thanks for your work!
Michael was introducing the evening
Talk, talk, talk…
It was the night in White (Blue…) Satin with a matching “belt”!
I particularly enjoyed meeting quite a lot of the Kokatat employees! They had a chance to see the great gear they are working on all day “in action”! Thanks!
I had the honor to get a Kokatat factory tour in Arcata prior to my talk in Eureka tonight!
Steve O’Meara, Kokatat owner for almost 40 years now!
Thanks for matching your company’s logo colors and design to my dress, Steve!
Reception lady Tisha
Marta (marketing), Michael (sales manager), Matt (customer service) and Kevin (customer service)
Design “First Lady” Penny
Production Manager Meredith
Debuted at the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City in early August, epic kayaks launched a prototype of the new rudder for the epic 16x and epic 18x / 18x sport:
(Given that this is a prototype the finishing details are not perfect; they will be when the rudder is in production.)
