Fifth Võhandu marathon will take place on 17th of April in Võru, Estonia. SeaBird Designs will participate and sponsor Võhandu marathon this year also.

Võhandu marathon is one of the most beautiful and toughest international paddle competitions in Europe. Distance is 100 km and competition will last for one day. Marathon will take place on Võhandu river that will offer many interesting and extreme moments during the race. Competition will start from Lake Tamula in Võru and will finish in Võõpsu. This is an awe-inspiring challenge for all paddlers.

The paddlers have used:

Kayak - SeaBird Designs Expedition
Paddle -  SeaBird Designs A5 Wing
Spray skirt - SeaBird Designs neoprene

It all started for me after reaching the store from delightful climbing and a busy weekend in South Estonia. Rushed the last things into the car and off towards Rohuküla. At Rohuküla, filled the kayak with stuff swiftly. The packing was checked by a father with a tiny daughter. Nothing escaped their notice. Never saw them blink an eye or look away, let alone move their mouth or body. Across on the ferry, and quickly into the sleeping bag on a beach.

SeaBird Designs have recently returned from exhibiting at Europe’s biggest ever kayak and canoe trade show KanuMesse, where we attracted further international interest in our latest line of kayaks.

Sport 600 is a very fast and efficient multisport. Designed with a swedeform hull (largest volume behind the cockpit) and a long waterline it will deliver sparkling performance, combined with excellent control. Sport 600 is based on the successful H20 design, but longer and narrower and with a slightly higher Cp (volume configuration) - thereby achieving high top speed without sacrificing low speed performance. It is one of the fastest kayaks on the market in this class, and just possibly the fastest with a stability that even a not very experienced paddler can handle.

This kayak is a yet another take on the Black Pearl concept. Black Pearl is one of the most popular of my kayak plans for homebuilders, and the most positively reviewed - a kayak where the normal marketing common sense has been suspended in favour of breathtaking perfomance. A kayak for those resourceful paddlers who know exactly how to deal with difficult situations, do it right and with split second timing - a kayak for pure unaffected paddling joy and with no practical usefulness whatsoever.

The OutDoor Exhibition is the biggest trade exhibition for outdoor sports products in Europe. And this year was the 16th OutDoor in Friedrichshafen. Despite a global recession, Europe’s leading outdoor industry trade fair set a new attendance record: 19,300 trade visitors from 90 countries compared to last year’s 18,900. With 810 exhibitors from 38 countries, this year’s OutDoor maintained the event’s record of sustained growth. It was also able to increase exhibition space to 85,000 sq m (915,000 sq ft).

For SeaBird Designs it was a very successful exhibition with many visitors to the company’s stand and positive comments about the quality and design of company products. As a result of the exhibition SeaBird Designs gained new international dealers in Germany, Bulgaria, South Korea and Greece.

 

“Kayak paddling is very close to cross-country skiing, paddling works the same muscles. The body and arms move in the same way as skating.”
“It’s well known that Norwegian skiers are big kayak paddlers, many times Olympic games winner Thomas Alsgaard being the outstanding example. If the Norwegians have become powerful through kayak paddling, then it’s a good idea for us to try as well.” – said Kein Einaste, member of the Estonian Team.