Yolo Board, a Florida-based company with a focus on stand-up paddle boards, launched a kayak-sup hybrid, called “Yolo Yak.” Made out of polyethylene, that plastic material found in kayaks, Yolo Yak is more durable than a fiberglass surfboard and fairly light for its size. It measures 11’10” long, 33″ wide, and weighs 60 lbs. It’s targeted market is recreational paddling and various forms of fishing, including crabbing. The nose has a bungee tie down system, where “cargo” can be secured, especially fishing gear.
Now for those who are neither tourists nor diehard fisherman, but only surfers looking for waves, the Yolo can be … Details
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Seven Pacific Islands groups are banding together to preserve and develop their traditions of ocean voyaging by double-hulled canoe.
The joint effort follows an agreement in Auckland last month to form the group Pacific Voyagers, a pan-Pacific network of voyaging societies.
The Pacific Voyagers includes members from American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Tahiti, Tonga and Samoa.
The parties within the network have agreed to construct canoe hulls and operating infrastructure with designs based on traditional concepts… Details
More and more adrenalin sports and experiences are offered to us every day and it is getting harder and harder to choose among them. Outdoor sports have become a massive hit in the last decades and people are thus searching for better places for their leisure activities. Over the years, certain places with particularly good access to rivers, mountains, surf, and other natural features have cultivated entire communities based on outdoor recreation. Matador Trips have come with a chart of the world’s most adrenaline cities. Where can you find them? Tourism-review.com knows the answer… Details
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Resorts and tequila bars are Baja California’s best-known attractions. But up the coast, the quiet waters of protected Loreto Bay hold almost 900 species of fish — and few tourists, at least for now.
With each paddle stroke, sea spray pelts my face like driving rain. In the past five minutes, I’ve barely moved along the limestone cliffs of the shore. My guide Terry Prichard — my partner in this two-man kayak — yells at the nearby boats, “Paddle back to shore!” We’ve taken too long a lunch break, and the wind has picked up: we’re fighting a strong headwind. But I don’t mind; the sky above is a sharp blue, and this morning three bottlenose dolphins passed close by our beachfront camp.
We’re heading for our campsite on a cactus-covered island in the Sea of Cortez… Details
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