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deon
  • 29, Male
  • Blyde Canyon, Limpopo Province
  • South Africa
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Top 10 Rivers in the World to paddle

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Need help selecting a river runner

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Jan is attending deon's event
Blyde Canyon Xfest 2010 at Blyde River; Blyde Adventure Camp
February 26, 2010 at 1pm to February 28, 2010 at 5pm
4thAnnual Blyde Xfest 2010. Kayak and mtb adventure festival held in Limpopo Province South Africa. Events include: Pro Kayak race in the Blyde Canyon, Beginner and intermediate races on the Lower Blyde at the event grounds, Kayak Ramp (big air), Ni…
December 9
deon commented on deon's event 'Blyde Canyon Xfest 2010'
Have a look at the vid from 2009 http://www.kayakmind.com/video/blyde-xfest-teaser there is also a photo album http://www.kayakmind.com/photo/albums/blyde-xfest-2009
December 9
deon added an event
Blyde Canyon Xfest 2010 at Blyde River; Blyde Adventure Camp
February 26, 2010 at 1pm to February 28, 2010 at 5pm
4thAnnual Blyde Xfest 2010. Kayak and mtb adventure festival held in Limpopo Province South Africa. Events include: Pro Kayak race in the Blyde Canyon, Beginner and intermediate races on the Lower Blyde at the event grounds, Kayak Ramp (big air), Ni…
December 9
deon commented on deon's blog post 'Fluid Element Composite version in Medium and LARGE!'
Hi Folks. I should be able to give you prices rather shortly. Jan, there will be a large in plastic coming out but most likely only closer towards the end of the year. d
October 21
Jan commented on deon's blog post 'Fluid Element Composite version in Medium and LARGE!'
Will there be a large Element in plastic?
October 21
Alan Kuminkoski commented on deon's blog post 'Fluid Element Composite version in Medium and LARGE!'
Do you know what the price range would be on a composite element? There are about three company's I know of around me that make composite surf and squirt kayaks but they are outside my affordability.
October 16
Jason Bishop commented on deon's blog post 'Fluid Element Composite version in Medium and LARGE!'
Cheers:)
October 15
deon commented on deon's blog post 'Fluid Element Composite version in Medium and LARGE!'
Hi Jase. The large should work good enough with the standard size fins. If you use larger fins it could give you slightly more bite for hard carves. Larger fins will hamper the spin-ability a little. I would say stick with the standard ones. I will…
October 12

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Relationship Status:
Married
About Me:
Started paddling in '96 as a river guide and paddled fulltime till 2002. Paddled all round Africa and Spain (worlds 2001) lost the plot in 2003 and worked in the dry big corporate world till 2005 then found the plot and back in the paddling world since.
Now living on the banks of the Blyde River. Spending most of my time on the water at the moment as kayak and river guide instructor. Love to hand paddle most things.
Paddling:
River Running, Creeking, Freestyle
Favorite Rivers:
Blyde River Canyon; All sections on Great Usutu River (southern africa)
Boats:
mangled Riot Trickster(now a pot plant holder), Fluid Nemesis Medium, Fluid Element Medium, Spice Large (for the local extreme race comps)
Other Activities:
Cooking for my wife, mtb, playing "shit head", flying stunt kites, trying to have as much fun as possible for a married man. Emjoying life in general.
Music:
Tom W, BOO, African House Music, Aphex Twin, Fisher Spooner, good old Bob M & Bob D, Paul Simon,
Movies:
Dark Crystal, Ghost in the Shell, Kung Pow, Confetti,Nightmare Before Christmas
Books:
All of Douglas Adams, Bill Bryson, Edward de Bono, John Kehoe, Jarod Diamond
Good Things:
my wife, competency.Fluid Kayaks,Vibram 5 Fingers. Life in general and all the shits and giggles that come along
Hateful Things:
incompetency, being cold and my newly reinforced pet hate of kayakers who swim becuase they are to arrogant to admit they need help with their roll.
Website:
http://www.extremelimpopo.com

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Fluid Nemesis Composite Version in 4 sizes

So Fluid have made the Composite Element for the wave riders BUT Celliers has not left it there we now have a Composite Nemesis as well! Not only is there a composite Nemesis but it comes in 4 sizes (yes that is 1 up on the plastic versions). It will be available in Small, Small/Medium, Medium and Large.

I have paddled the Medium/Large version. What a sweet ride, my normal playboat of choice is the Medium Nemesis (plastic). At the 2009 Vaal Rodeo (i won in a Medium plastic Nemesis) we had the o… Continue

Posted on September 23, 2009 at 7:30am — 3 Comments

deon

Fluid Element Composite version in Medium and LARGE!

Good morning almal.
With Kanumesse over and done with I can now show everybody on Kayakmind the new toys Fluid have been getting ready for us all to enjoy!
First up is the Composite version of the Element! It is available in Large and Medium. The plastic medium Element is still available but for those who want the added performance of a composite wave kayak the time has arrived for you to spoil yourself. Below find the specs and info from Celliers.
I will explain in a seperate blog what the diff… Continue

Posted on September 23, 2009 at 3:15am — 7 Comments

deon

Fluid kayaks in action for Samsung Phone advert

Hi all.
Here is a advert we recently paddled for in South Africa on the As (Axle) river in Clarens South Africa.
Cold weather and water but great humor.

Samsung Marine from Campaign India on Vimeo.

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Posted on August 20, 2009 at 4:06am — 2 Comments

deon

Fluid Solo wins Boat of the Year

Congrats to the Fluid Solo for wining Boat of the Year as voted for by French Publication "Canoe-Kayak Magazine" readers.
Thanks to Celliers and the other folks at Fluid for making the best toys for us all.
Cheers
d




For full details have a look at Fluid Junction http://www.flu… Continue

Posted on July 13, 2009 at 10:41am —

deon

Fluid kayaks various clips

Hi folks.
The lads at Fluid have loaded some fresh clips of the various Fluid kayaks onto you tube. You can even see how they make you favourite playboat from start to finish.
Here are the various links.
Factory - how we make the kayaks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ESPi-Lczw

Nemesis action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phmDyh-M4ak

Element action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cvVbsBpg4M

Flirt action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHWAlFuQ_Yc

Spice action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=… Continue

Posted on June 19, 2009 at 5:34am —

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At 12:58am on May 14, 2009, Philip Claassens said…
Ja shit bra! Hond koud. Amper 'n three dog night. Het huis gekoop daar is nou maar permanent terug. By die town wave so nou moet dit net reen. Gaan bietjie by julle kom yak as die water op is volgende seisoen.
At 7:14pm on July 23, 2008, In Between Swims said…
Thanks for the comment on my pic....It's called the Zambezi Wave because it's as big as what most people in DC would imagine waves on the Zambezi to be. It's huge!
At 4:18pm on February 4, 2008, Donovan said…
Dankie,dit gebeur partykeer
 
 
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