Derde Steen – Wave Wheeling and Blunting

This isn’t really an article as such, just a collection of cool photos which Niell Taylor took of me. I bought a waterproof housing for my Nikon D80 and here are some examples of what it can do. Nicely taken Niell! Derde Steen is a really fun spot to hit when there isn’t wind. Some of these photos were shown in the review I did on the medium Fluid Spice which can be seen under the ‘articles’ section of my website.

Witte River – South Africa’s Finest River?

South Africa has a land area of about 1.2 million square kilometres, making it one-eighth the size of the US, twice the size of France and over three times the size of Germany. Within this space are many rivers, many rivers which unfortunately run almost dry most of the year – the Witte is no exception. Unfortunately we are amongst the 35 driest countries in the world. This, of course, is bad news for a kayaker. But without painting a picture of doom and gloom we still have some amazing whitewater which is slowly but surely being shown to the world via this website which already has over 100 proud articles. So with a bit of knowledge, perseverance and luck, one can still get to paddle some fine rivers in first class surroundings. The Witte is one of those rivers – steep, continuous, every rapid runnable and set in an incredibly beautiful set of ruggedly handsome mountains. Simply put, it’s awesome. (There are 3 videos at the end of this article)