Blowfish's new stockist in Auckland

You can now get you Blowfish from the supcentre in Auckland (http://www.supcentre.co.nz/). Give them a call, check out their website or go see them, they carry an awesome range of boards and really know what they're talking about.

Tight spaces

Rotorua Paddle Tours get all snuggly trying to fit the Blowfish into the gloworm cave on lake Rotoiti in New Zealand. Try that on a fibreglass board and see how far you get without major damage!

Jamie Sutton - first descent of the Kaituna River!

Andy Fuller from Day Two surfing on the Tarawera River

SUP surfing on the Tarawera river, Kawerau at the end of a great 2 hour run from up in the forest. If you want to get your hands on a SUP and have some great fun exercise on the lake or rivers then give Andy Fuller a call 07 345 7647.

Visiting the beautiful Abel Tasman area?

If you're any where near the Abel Tasman National Park in Nelson, why not get in touch with these guys and go for a paddle. They've got Blowfish boards to try out as well as sea kayaks and guided tours.

http://www.goldenbaykayaks.co.nz/

Watersports photo page on flikr - join us!

Us kiwis love being in, on and around water, lets share pics of people getting out there and getting wet - surfing, windsurfing, kiting, stand up paddleboarding... not scienics, must have people (or maybe your dog?) Join the flikr "love water" group and start sharing your pics!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/lovewater/

New Fin design for Blowfish boards make them even easier to pack away

In response to a lot of feedback from inflatable board users Incept had developed a new fin system for the Blowfish. Many boards on the market have fixed fins, or a combination of fixed fins and a removable keel set into a finbox. While these are great on the water they're a real pain when it's time to roll the boards up - it's just not possible to roll the boards as tight as you'd like, and many boards end up with bent looking fins or damage from the finboxes rubbing the boards.

The solution? Blowfish has developed a fully removable thruster fin system with no plastic fin box. The result is we can roll them much tighter and fit them into a much smaller bag which is a huge bonus. The smaller rolled up size actually makes a much bigger difference that you'd realise, apart from making travel easier it opens up storage locations that they wouldn't fit into before. For example - I can now fit two boards into the side lockers of my motorhome - before we could only get one (so now i can take a friend!)

Performance? The new fins are lower in profile so when your on rivers or shallow water they're an improvement over the previous dagger board style. In surf/flatwater we haven't been able to tell any difference from the long find setup. Overall we're stoked with them and think you will be too!

Comparsion photos coming shortly.