Team Geared Up

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DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Just received Great Outdoors email newsletter and it’s the announcement of their annual Canoe & Kayak Sale on April 12th @ 9:30am. ….the annual clear out of our demo fleet of kayaks and any other second hand boats we’ve picked up over the la[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) If their preparations are going as well as their blog they’ll be flying! A team of Adventure Racers from the Midlands have got together with the intention of competing in An Turas Mor. It’ll be their first expedition length Adventure Race and they’[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - We broke the news in January that an AR World Series race to be held in Ireland next summer. Valerie O’S just mailed in a press release to me. The first ever World Series Adventure Race taking place in the South West in June 14-21 2008, as part of three major races ta[...] 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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Siobhan has been on to let us know that entries are now open for Gaelforce West billed as “The Largest Adventure Event in Ireland”. Choose from two events; GF6, the classic one-day multi-sport challenge for solo participants or teams with biking, running[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) World Surf Kayaking Champion, Irish Paddler of the Year and 3rd year student at DCU, Lenny Kelleher - gets no funding!! Because his sport isn’t recognised by his college. How scandalous is that! How many world champs do you know with no funding?! (I believe [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Thanks to Sean Murray for creating and sending TGU an Irish Adventure Racing Calendar. Good one ;-) I’m trying to promote Adventure racing in Ireland. I’ve put a calendar together which I will update when there’s more news. Thanks Sean. We’re w[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Hot out of the Outsider press room (like 45 seconds fresh!) here’s the details released for the ARWorld Series race to be held in Ireland next summer. The Zipline crossing the Gap of Dunloe sounds unreal! Pictured below. Killarney, Ireland - For immediate release [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - I just watched two Aussies on BBC World completing a 62-day and 3,300km journey by kayak to New Zealand. Two Australians have become the first people to paddle to New Zealand across the Tasman Sea in a kayak. James Castrission and Justin Jones both 25 are the first to &[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - 21 year old Irish paddler Dee Conroy lost her life paddling in Kerry, Ireland over the Christmas period. I didn’t know Dee, but she was clearly a well loved girl, great paddler and had a seriously adventurous spirit. The news reached me on the morning after the T[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Great Outdoors Canoeing Awards were held on November 24th At Green Isle Hotel, Dublin. Read the post “Kelleher is Crowned King at Great Outdoors Canoeing Awards”. TGU love IrishFreeStyle.com and love featuring their photos (see above!). The awards went [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - The Water-Buoy, a flotation device for your keys has appeared on Springwise, one of my favourite sites for ideas. As featured on BBC’s Dragons’ Den last night, young entrepreneur James Halliburton is bringing an innovative solution to market for boater[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - It’s your Friday links on a Tuesday! The stuff we didn’t get to talk about during the last week (or 2 weeks for me!). I was away travelling and have had no internet connection on return - it cut midway through this post, hence the few days delay. Thanks to A[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) You were right Robin, the canoeing nearly killed me! But I can’t say the previous 6 hours of mountain biking were a piece of cake either!! LOL :-) Well we completed the Adventure Ireland Adventure Race in Newry Co. Down and considering we were a team thrown to[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Despite the bike brakes failing through a pedestrian crossing and one of us putting a scratch down the side of a car with the handle bars, things went better than expected. The blinding reflective t-shirts of TeamGearedUp.com were out roughing themselves up a little bi[...] Read More »