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Terrace Downs Multisport Race

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:49:23 +0000

When Glen Currie called by and told us that he is race director for the new multisport race at Terrace Downs we came on board to assist.

Multisport needs a boost at the moment – not enough decent South Island events. This was not always the case. What happened? After being involved as event and athlete sponsors since 1986 we took a break away from it for the past 6 years.

Glen deserves the support. Methven deserves the support. Terrace Downs deserve the support. Get your entries in.

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The Evolution Omega

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:35:42 +0000

Two weeks before the 2010 Speights Coast to Coast, Gordon Walker described his new Evolution Omega as “AWESOME”

Drier in the waves, holding a truer line, and allowing him a higher seating position, the Evolution Omega offered Gordon a better distance-made-good with lower fuel burn.

Dougal Allan reported similar during his build-up to the 2010 race Sisson Kayaks are proud to be the kayak supplier to Gordon and Dougal, who raced side by side to be placed 1st and 2nd in the 2010 Speights Coast to Coast Longest Day race.

In addition Gordon repeated a typical Steve Gorney trick – he recorded the fastest paddle time of all of the Longest Day entrants. The overall fastest paddle out of all 721 entrants was recorded by Peter O’Sullivan using one of his trusty Evolution Edge kayaks. Not bad customer performance from a one-man-band retirement hobby business.

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Under Construction

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:02:39 +0000

Welcome to my new website. The old one was created before broadband was a reality. The old website structure was like a 1920′s car. This new one will, when finished, be more fun for you – and more fun for me. The construction will continue for a few weeks until all of the quirks are ironed out. It can only happen on the server that it will reside on.

I have been ‘blogging’ since before the art was invented. Since 1998 I have used my Comings Goings and Windups as a platform to invite change. Now you can also contribute. Just click on any blog heading in order to leave a comment.

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REVIEW: Sisson Nucleus 100, a Multisport Kayak from New Zealand – Part 1: Pictures

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:04:59 +0000

Sisson Nucleus 100 is a multisport kayak designed for intermediate racing paddler and manufactured in New Zealand by Grahame Sisson.

I’ve been paddling my Nucleus for almost three years mostly exploring rivers and creeks in northern Colorado including South Platte, Cache la Poudre, St Vrain and Big Thompson , enjoying regular paddling workouts and virtual racing on my local lakes and ponds, and racing in the Dotsero Race in Glenwood Canyon on Colorado River and in the White River Run.

You can also find the Sisson kayak in numerous pictures and video clips on my paddling web pages. Here is a dozen of selected shots from my local paddling. In the second part of this post I will present my review this kayak. It’s not a secret that it is my favorite boat to paddle.

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