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Playak Playgirl
Posted by Freya on October 7, 2008Thanks to Helga Imhasly from
for providing me those nice pictures!
Dress by Reed Chillcheater.
Boat and paddle by Epic Kayaks.
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Kanumesse Nürnberg
Posted by Freya on October 4, 2008.jpg)
Nigel Dennis (Sea Kayaking UK), Michael Duffy (Kokatat USA), Göran Pehrson (Skim Kayaks Sweden), Chris Mitchell (Reed Chillcheater USA), Chris Reed (Reed Chillcheater UK), Nico Middelkoop (Zeekajak.NL), Chris Cunningham (Sea Kayaker Magazine USA) + me.
2 x Chris + 2 x Nigel
Outdoor Retailer Show Team picture
Posted by Freya on August 25, 2008
"Team Epic" at the Outdoor Retailer Show Salt Lake City:
John Radel, Greg Barton, Freya Hoffmeister, Brian Houston, Joe Crespi
infected by the surfski virus - The Culebra Challenge
Posted by Freya on March 4, 2008
Trying out an epic V10
The internet connects the world…and occassionally can bring a highly infectious virus to your own house…
I got infected with the surfski virus just three weeks ago by watching some great videos on youtube — sent to me by a kayak-crazy journalist from New York …he actually planned just to write some stuff about my NZ-trip…and happened to be a passionate surfski paddler, too.
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.
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Delmarva 2007
Posted by Freya on October 12, 2007
Thanks to the organizer Ed Zachowski from Qajaq USA for inviting me!In between my work to prepare my x-mas shop with 5000 items and closing down my ice-cream shops (…ahhh, and between some trip-preparations for New Zealand, too…) I headed for a quick 3-days trip to Delmarva/ USA as a special guest to give a slide show and lecture about Greg’s and my Iceland circumnavigation this summer.
Kanumesse Nürnberg 2007
Posted by Freya on September 15, 2007It was a great place to meet and to talk to plenty of kayaking buisiness people from all over the world!
It was a real international event, I had interesting talks to people from Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Czech, South Africa, USA and for sure from Germany, too. Who knows where I’ll be going next year…
Who ever in the kayaking industry missed this event - it is growing every year! 2008 will be even topped again with number of exhibitors and probably visitors, too. It is one of the best kayaking market places in Europe.
Thanks, Reed!
Oscar Chalupski, epic kayaks co-owner, gives me a big hug and good luck for for my future adventures, for sure paddling again with a brand new epic wing blade.
110 kg submarine rolling
Posted by Freya on September 11, 2007Last weekend in Finland…
…my tiny littel kayak, not used to be a submarine…
…took 110 kg! You could tell it rolled on it’s own…
…but Henrik, you did a great job! Flexible and elegant, I wish I had a video…
…anyway: head down! :-))
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Later *I*was paddling my little submarine…
…capsize came so sudden…
Rainbow Helicopter
Posted by Freya on September 8, 2007
… Anglesey Sea Kayak symposium 2007…a helicopter was in the air to demonstrate sea rescue…a rainbow colored helicopter was playing on the water, too…
pictures by Nico Middelkoop
Teaching at Sipoon Kanoottiklubi Finland
Posted by Freya on September 8, 2007
Clas Hagelstam from Sipoon Kanoottiklub/ Finland/ near Helsinki invited me to teach a weekend at their club.
They provided a nicely heated little pool at a service house, which just took two kayaks afloat. A perfect teaching site!
My room was just in the same building, actually the office of the club. Clas did a lovely job to host me, filling the fridge, putting up fresh flowers and fruit on the table, preparing meals, donating me a *black* (and white striped…) bathrobe, and taking me around Helsinki for sightseeing on Sunday morning. Thanks, Clas! All old school gentlemen’s style… 
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Stockentreffen Sweden 2007
Posted by Freya on September 8, 2007
The Stockentreffen this year proved to be again the "TO BE" event in Sweden!
Plenty of participants came to Stocken to share experience and "kayak talk".
I had the pleasure to pick up Wendy Killoran and René Seindal from Kopenhagen, who are going to paddle around Sicily and Sardinia this winter. Good luck to both!
The event started with a rolling demo, after I was already busy teaching 7 students Friday afternoon! 15 more students Saturday and Sunday followed…busy times.
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