About Canoe and Kayak Store
Canoe and Kayak Store is a trading name for Outdoor Active Limited.
We are committed to giving you the best possible service at the best prices. Hopefully, you will find all the information that you need on this website. If you need further information or advice please email or call us and we will be happy to chat about your needs and point you in the right direction. We are totally impartial and appreciate that good, sound advice means that you will come back again and recommend us to your friends.
Where is Canoe and Kayak Store?
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Meet The Team
Richard Bennett – Commander in Chief
From: Builth Wells
Favourite Type of Paddling: Whitewater Kayaking
Current Boat: Mamba 8.0 and any boat in the shop
Favourite UK River: Usk and Rhondda (Dirty but great fun)
Worst Paddling Experience: Swimming anywhere
Best Boating Experience: My first whitewater trip in an Ocoee. Wet but fun and with good friends. As I get older, the friendship and company become more important than the river.
Favourite Saying: ?
Brendan Bradley – Store Manager
From: Bristol
Favourite Type of Paddling: Whitewater Kayaking
Current Boats: Pyranha Burn & Jackson Fun
Favourite UK River: Treweryn, North Wales
Worst Paddling Experience: Watching my Mrs Break her nose on the serpents tail.
Best Boating Experience: Running a grade 4+ S Bend in the Alps.
Favourite Saying: Sweet!
Rebecca Stirling – Marketing Manager
From: Cheltenham
Favourite Type of Paddling: Complete novice but I’m sure I’ll find out soon!
Favourite UK River: River Dart, Devon
Best Boating Experience: Hiring Kayaks in Parati, Brazil with friends and having a mini sea adventure.
Favourite Saying: Lush!
Ronnie Rogan – Cardiff White Water Course Shop Manager
From: Newport
Favourite Type of Paddling:
Current Boat: Wenonah Prospector 15 RX, Jackson Dynamic Duo Elite, Jackson Villain S, Jackson Hero 2011, Starboard B lend (Stand Up Paddle Boat)
Favourite UK River: Wye, Usk, Bala White Water Centre
Worst Paddling Experience: A long and cold swim on the Trisanna in 2008
Best Boating Experience: 3 days of safari paddling on the Zambezi and all for free.
Favourite Saying:Are you challenged?
Mim Smith – Saturday Shop Assistant
From: Kingswood, Wooton-Under-Edge
Favourite Type of Paddling: Whitewater Downriver/ Playboating
Current Boat: Jackson 2Fun
Favourite UK River: Treweryn
Worst Paddling Experience: Sliding down a muddy bank into the Churn and landing upside down pinned against a tree
Best Boating Experience: Being the only one out of a testosterone-fuelled male group to have the courage to kayak Mill Falls, and acing it
Favourite Saying: Oh shush it’ll be fine.
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