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Why does a kayak site suddenly look like a 70s spy comic? Because the journal already read like one. The design just had to catch up.

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Making the NajaRaz building

Making the NajaRaz

I love the Rebel Naja. I'm also about 25 kg too heavy for it. So Johan Wirsén and I cut up one of his own. Here's how the NajaRaz happened.

Everything Has a Name heritage

Everything Has a Name

Our source is P. Scavenius Jensen's Den grønlandske kajak og dens redskaber. It's lovely and thorough, and it's almost entirely in Danish, which, as we established in the Count, is a language that counts like it lost a bet. The Kalaallisut…

To winter rolling kayaking

To winter rolling

This winter, we set a goal for ourselves: to go out rolling at least once a month for the entire season, no…

In search for the Holy Grail kayaking

In search for the Holy Grail

I confess, I’m a roller. Not the kind who do one or two rolls for safety to keep the skill alive. No, the passionate kind. How hard can it be? - kind of roller. 

Meet the Rollers kayaking

Meet the Rollers

We're Tibor and Stefan. We roll kayaks. A lot. Between us, we've placed among the top in Sweden at Greenland…

The carbon myth building

The carbon myth

Carbon fibre. Black, shiny, stupidly light, and according to the brochures it turns your kayak into a rocket. Did I mention it's shiny? Here's what happens when it meets a rock. Or your roof rack.