Some pics of the Blowfish in action
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Blowfish to visit the Antarctic!
Blowfish ambassador and all around action women Helen Ahern is going to be taking her blowfish down to the Antarctic this summer for a bit of chilly paddling...if there was ever motivation not to fall in Id say icy water, hungry polar bears and frostbite would be right at the top of the list! We'll keep you up to date with Helens amazing journey! Pictured below is helen is taking the blowfish for a paddle down the Waikato River near Taupo.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
The importance of the right pressure on an inflatable
You ever drive a car with flat tyres? If you're not pumping your board up enough your probably going to get a simlar lack of performance from your inflatable. There are a few variables we've found, for example cold water make the pressure drop a fraction, and if it's really hot the pressure tends to get a bit higher. Regardless of the these the number we've found to work the best is around 15psi, if you're a smaller person you can maybe get away with 12-13 but any lower is really not going to give you the best performance from your board.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Taupo river paddle on today
Heading down to Taupo today with a crew to do a river paddle on the inflatables. Im going to drop everyone at the control gates in town, they're then going to cruise down to the bottom of Spa Park for a hot swim on the side of the river and then (if they can get themselves out of the hot water!) head down to Reids Farm to have a go in the rapids. Bruce Webber's also taking a crew down as well and has kindly offered to shuttle us back up to town for more runs... how good are these kayak guys!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Blowfish rips in the wee stuff!
Had a great play in some tiny surf this morning, the blowfish caught the tiniest bumps and just kept on going.
Assault morning paddle
Assault morning paddle, a set on Flickr.
Headed out for an earlyish paddle this morning with Glenn and the crew from Assault. Beautiful morning, flat water and great company. If this is winter bring it on!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Reids Farm Taupo - all welcome this weekend
Were heading to Reids Farm to try out the rapids and take some photos and video footage this weekend of the Blowfish in action (Sunday). The rapids are very easy - no real experience needed just a wetsuit, helmet, bouyancy aid a a winning smile for when the camera goes off. Give me a ring if you want to join us Brent 027 249 2502
Monday, May 16, 2011
Blowfish Tarawera River
Blowfish Tarawera River, a set on Flickr.
Playing on the Tarawera River at the back of Kawerau - awesome spot!
Blowfish Kids
Blowfish Kids, a set on Flickr.
Some shots of kids enjoying stand up paddling in the estuary
179km by inflatable SUP!!!
We recently go back from an 8 day trip on the Clarence River (SI New Zealand). 11 of us, including an Australian contingent of 6, paddled in a variety of Incept boats, but notably we ran the new Blowfish SUP Board the full 179 km length. Matt Booth & Michelle Clark in K40 Tasman's, Brett Barlee on Blowfish. What a blast!
Blowfish nominated in the "Best new products of the year"
2011 Cumec Magazine Paddle-Sports Awards - Online Voting
(From Cumec Magazine) Over the last fortnight we've received numerous nominations for our first ever awards programmes. We've pooled together the nominations and created entry fields for all the categories that will now be open for online voting.
All entries will be judged by a voting panel for a total of 50% of their score, the second 50% will be judged by the online votes received.
To complete the online-voting for our 2011 Paddle-Sports Awards please follow the link below:
Who's behind the Blowfish project?
Who's behind the Blowfish? Incept NZ. Incept NZ have been building commercial rafts for many years, having over 95% of the market in NZ. Commercial buyers are very demanding when it comes to strength and durability and Incept have a reputation for delivering exactly that. The Blowfish is a joint venture with Australian company "Paddlesports Australia" who are at the forefront of the adventure and surf industry.
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