-Classic NZ country sign, BOOM BOOM BOOM..

If you are anything like me right now, recovering from an injury and having far to much time dreaming of kayaking you will have noticed that there has been a shortage of blog updates by the more fortunate, healthy, fit people residing in Okere Falls, Hoki, etc. Each morning I get up and pour a cup of tea and while eating my Vogels toast and sipping my tea I like to see whats news. Seems the rivers are dry and all people have to do is try to flip bikes off ramps into the lake! (classic edit here)

But I guess this is the time of year when everyone is hard at work saving as much as possible for the coming spring in the northern hemisphere! Its not far off really!

So with a bit of spare time I decided to join Matt Danes on another outing in search of Hawkes Bay waterfalls. This time it was not as successful as the Waihi Stream mission but we are sure there are more out there somewhere! It was a fun day and even though the drop looked sweet from google earth after 2km walking up Nuhaka River we found it was not to go. Maybe if there was a ton of water and a heli access higher up then maybe but I think this one will go down as a nice scenic place to visit...

-Upper Nuhaka River waterfall, deep pool but mission to get to!!!

The days of kayaking are getting closer but for now its, exercises and a bit of Buller fest to keep things interesting.

Hopefully people will have some more kayaking updates soon for us to enjoy!

Cheers

Josh

Gopro Mount System

Since I have been off injured it has given me a lot of spare time! Time that I never used to have because I was kayaking as much as possible. A lot of people said that this time off could be a good thing and will allow me to get other things done and sort out my direction in life! Profound and definitely true!!!

I have had a lot of time to work on the up coming film which I must say is coming along nicely! It has also given me more time to sort out how to film better! With the expertise of Alan, my dad, we have come up with a number of sweet contraptions that im going to share with you over the next while. First up is our Gopro mount system. I wanted something that I could put on and take off with ease on any river trip. I wanted something that as light and tough. I wanted something that could be moved from back to front with ease. I came up with an idea of integrating the mount into the grabloop of the kayak. I have seen a lot that mount here but this means getting rid of your grabloop. With some alterations to design we came up with the removable mount/grabloop system. Check it out!

-The Mount/grabloop system attached to boat

- Mount/grabloop system and attachment pole ready

- Simply slide on and clamp pole to mount

-Simply angle Gopro toward kayaker and tie it on just incase

We made 2 of these so one can be attached to front and one on the back. That way you can switch it round throughout the river trip. The attachment rod does stick up a little bit but its nothing too serious. We have tested it out (not me obviously) and it works great! I cant wait to be fixed so I can enjoy using this out there!!

Cheers

Josh