Monday - Store Open Canadian / USA DVDs, Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown

A dilligent team from Wide Blue Yonder will be working over the weekend to test and put live the North American side of our online web store.

I hope North American paddlers will enjoy Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown, but we've only printed 700 copies - just incase.

In the UK, I sold 700 in three weeks. Retailers in Europe are crying out for more. So if you want a US copy before Christmas, please get in fast!

Wide Blue Yonder designed and maintain the store, with TW-Media in Colorado fulfilling individual orders. $29.95 US will buy you a coaching DVD I'm fairly sure you will want to watch time and again. In Canadian stores it should retail at $34.95 and our distributors are The Heliconia Press.

Check US reviews like KayakQuixotica or the opinions of a variety of reviewers.

Tesco When The Shopping Stopped

11am on 11th November. Remembrance Day.

Norwegian Review - DVD Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown

Quajaq.no has reviewed the DVD, Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown.

In summary, they seem to like it.

Read it in Norwegian or translated by Google.

One of Those Clear, Crisp Days

Sunday didn't start too bright.

Like so many days on Scotland's west coast, a sky of solid light grey cloud felt like someone had put a tupperware lid on our world.

Around lunchtime, it lifted and Sunday turned into a lovely winter paddling day as we tackled a central section of Loch Linnhe. We know the area well but this was the first time we'd kayaked this particular section. It all seemed remarkably fresh.

Garbh Bheinn watched over us throughout. Our route, along with GPS track, is now among the Scottish Sea Kayak Routes.

Calling Southern Hemisphere Sea Kayakers

Greetings! I don't get many readers from your part of the world, so if you could spread the word I'd be very grateful.

As you're moving into summer, sea kayakers among you will be organising symposiums, get togethers and the like.

Are you organising a sea kayak event? Do you know anyone who is?

Would you or they like to feature a film of the highlights from the DVD, Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown?

Is so, please get in touch with me. My business is SunartMedia.com.

It could be used as an alternative (or addition) to an evening slide show presentation. Or it could be used in a day time classroom setting.

The 35 minute version drew the largest crowd for any one presentation the Scottish Canoe Association has ever had at the Perth show.

Video - 2-in-1 Scottish Kayaking Presentations

Where & when.

Dates Fixed - DVD & 'Trail' Presentations

I'm going 'on the road'. Well, at least as far as the North West of England. Which is the deep south from here.

Here's what I'm showing.

The regional premier of the DVD every sea-kayaker wants in their Christmas stocking, Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown.

Plus the inside story on Scotland’s Inside Passage, the new Scottish Sea Kayak Trail.

The DVD and book will be on sale at specially reduced prices. More info here.

19:45 TUESDAY 24th Nov 09 Liverpool Canoe Club.

Liverpool Marina Bar & Grill, Coburg Wharf, Sefton Street, Liverpool L3 4BP Directions

19:30 WEDNESDAY 25th Nov 09 Brookbank Canoes, Lancaster.

Unit 8, Lansil Ind Est, Caton Road, Lancaster, Cumbria LA1 3PQ Directions

19:30 THURSDAY 26th Nov 09 Brookbank Canoes, Stockport.

Units D1-D3 Stockport Trading Est, Yew Street, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 2JZ Directions

19:30 FRIDAY 27th Nov 09 Stirling Canoes, Stirling.

Cameron Court, Whitehouse Road, Stirling, FK7 7SP Directions

Others Blog about Sea Kayak DVD

I'm not the only one blogging about the DVD Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown.

Werner have posted on their site along with some video. Werner Paddles are one of our sponsor, along with Valley Sea Kayaks and Reed Chillcheater, to whom we're hugely grateful.

I also found this page on a Lars Kristian's blog.

If you can't read it in its original Swedish, Google will provide a translation.

You're correct Lars. Volume 2 will cover rescues and a whole lot more besides. But we might have to wait a couple of years to get it all shot.

2-in-1 Scottish Sea Kayak Evening

I've fixed the first two dates of a speaking / video tour of North West England. I hope to add more soon. Feel free to contact me if you'd like me to drop by!

Wed 25th Nov - Brookbank Canoes Lancaster

Thur 26th Nov - Brookbank Canoes Stockport

Liverpool is trying to be set up for 24th, and I may be back in Scotland for 26th.

Part One of the presentation will be on the new Scottish Sea Kayak Trail, with photos and 3 sections of broadcast quality video. We'll explore the trail, its history and wildlife, and the environmental impact we sea kayakers have.

Part Two of the evening will be, effectively, a series of 'regional premiers' of the DVD Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown. A 35 minute film featuring the highlights of the DVD. Think of it as a try-before-you-buy scheme.

When people watch the footage of Gordon in the rough water, most imagine themselves in that situation. Then it dawns on a few of them, "where the heck was the camera?".

So before showing the main video, I'll show some of the footage which could in no way be used on a commercial DVD!

If you're not sure what I mean, take a look at the rougher parts of this video (start and end) and imagine me clinging to a rock with waves breaking over my head and you get a rough idea of what in store. In store.