Kayak trips in Sweden and around plus thoughts techniques and experience from kayaking

Kayaking has become a great interest for me. From the beginning, it started as an interest to get out onto the water and being able to see the nature from close quarters. That part of the interest has remained all the time. Based on that, me and my wife and friends and our kayak paddling club KF Öresund have done a lot of different trips, small as well as large and seen a lot of things:

• Kayak trip in Borstahusen Landskrona
• Short kayak trip in Skanör
• Kayak vacation in Havnsö in Denmark
• 25 km long kayak trip in Skanör
• 16 km long kayak trip Hellerup to Tårbaeck
• 4 day kayak trip in Fjällbacka
• ... and many more
• Also there is a slide show from Fjällbacka pictures.
• And a slide show from unsorted shorter trips

I have become interested in safety measures around kayaking (mainly due to a scare I had in the beginning). This led me to invest in a kayak drysuit instead of my original wetsuit. I have then combined that with rash guards as well as some 0.5 mm thin neoprene apparel. It has led me to work on some kayak techniques and paddling skills, like for example what I call useful bracing and the kayak eskimo roll as well as understanding how and when to use the kayak skeg. I have also attended a course by Nigel Foster in basic kayak control.

Due to my size, selecting kayak was harder than it would be for a smaller person. Since we were lucky to start kayaking through a two day course, which I think is an ideal way, we have had the chance to try a lot of kayaks before choosing a kayak. I have summarised the issues to consider when choosing a kyak, and special issues to consider if you are tall and are to choose a kayak.

There are some more pages I have written, found through the navigation pane to the left.