Team Geared Up

CHICAGO, USA (Team Geared Up) - This week I’m posting some personal pictures. For the last 10 days I was in Alaska, USA on a vacation trip that is really worth the 6:30 hours (from Chicago) in a plane without room for even moving your toes. I was in Anchorage, Seward, Homer and Denali Nationa[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Not just for the fishermen among us (yawn), I would imagine that this would be ideally suited to photography too! This is the only kayak available that uses a patented extendable outrigger system to stabilize the craft, enabling outdoor enthusiasts to fish from a standi[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - It’s a quite day today in the outdoor world - no news hitting our radar yet! So - here’s a post a long time coming. Have you seen IrishFreestyle.com? The Irish freestyle kayaking team is made up of both a Ladies and Mens teams that comprises both seniors a[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (team Geared Up) - With such a good response to our top 5 mountain biking & snowboard crashes we’re going to continue the series! Today we look at the top 5 helmet-cam (head mounted camera) videos. 5th Place, skiing down the longest escalator in Europe (Angle Tube Station, Lon[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Great River Race paddled past my flat on the Thames today. The annual river race lets competitors race down the Thames for 4hrs to Greenwich. Racers use any form of canoe, dragon boat, kayak, paddle boat, skiff they want… and many seem to dress up in costume [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - How cool is that, what a great photo. Sitting in a 3.8-metre sea kayak and watching a four-metre great white approach you is a fairly tense experience. Courtesy of GOBlog [...] Read More »