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New Expedition Skills Lessons - Cooking Crustaceans foraging new lessons sea food Mar 25, 2024

We are excited to announce 7 new lessons on coastal foraging and the cooking of wild foods.

Building on the previous 5 instalments of our expedition skills module, we share a range of ideas, tips and methods to help you forage, catch, dispatch and cook your wild food. We start by...

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NEW OSK Community Lead and Administrator news Feb 26, 2024

As we are sure many of you are aware, due to the success of our ever growing OSK Community, we decided to create a new OSK position.

We would like to formally introduce our new "Community Lead/ Administrator", Dan McGonigle. 

Day 27 of his Ireland Circumnavigation.

Dan will be interacting...

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Circumnavigation of Great Britain Dec 06, 2023

In 2002 OSK Coach Simon, became the youngest person to paddle around Great Britain.  Here is a draft chapter from a book Simon wrote shortly after he finished but never ended up getting published. We hope it gives you a small insight into this challenging day and the expedition that started...

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CPR For Suspected Drowning Nov 13, 2023

In our new online sea kayaking course, first aid for kayakers, highly experienced first aid trainer Steve Bowens takes us through Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or CPR. Without a shadow of doubt CPR has the potential to be a life saving skill. We highly recommend that all paddlers take a basic...

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OSK - from friendship to business. Oct 05, 2023

The idea and concept of Online Sea Kayaking was developed by old friends and paddling buddies Simon and James. The two met over 25 years ago at Aberystwyth University on the west coast of Wales. Attracted by the great paddling the area offered it was a top location. Easy access to the awesome...

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Coaching Sea Kayaking - New Course Jun 08, 2023

We have recently launched our new course on Coaching Sea Kayaking.  In this blog post we want to look at how choosing the right environment is key when it comes to a day of coaching.  If you get the environment right the whole session will be a lot easier and also more beneficial for...

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Day paddle equipment Apr 25, 2023

What do you take with you when you head out for a day paddle?  This is likely to vary depending on the weather, how far you plan to paddle, the conditions, how many people are in the group, if you are the leader or being led and how remote the coastline is.  We have put together a...

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Rescues in wind lessons Mar 25, 2023

Earlier this year we managed to film the content for the rescues in wind lessons.  It was a section to the rescues course that had alluded us up to this point as we just hadn't managed to find the right environment at a time that we had set aside to meet up to film.  We this time we...

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New OSK Community area Feb 01, 2023

We are so excited to let you know that there is a new area to your OSK Subscription.  When you next log into your account you will see the communities at the top of your OSK Library.  This is a whole new area for you to access great new content.  The primary focus of this area...

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Fibreglass repairs - New lesson in the OSK Library Jan 11, 2023

If you paddle your composite sea kayak for long enough you will be sure to chip or crack the gel or even put a hole right through the fibreglass or carbon-kevlar.  With the right equipment, materials and knowledge it is simple to fix your kayak at home.  If you want a completely...

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Paddling In Waves Nov 24, 2022

Sea kayaks are an incredibly sea worthy craft. With the right skipper they are capable of being paddled in a range of conditions including wind, swell, surf, tidal currents and waves. Waves are something that most paddlers are going to encounter at some point whilst out on the water. In our most...

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Emergency boat repairs Nov 03, 2022

It is so much fun to paddle in-between rocks and close to cliffs but this does come with the risk of damaging your sea kayak.  If you are out for the day and some distance from a get out point you will need to make an emergency repair to get you home.  There are a few different...

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