February 2025 ISSUE 81 CONTENTSALSO AVAILABLE ON JOOMAG AS A DOWNLOADABLE PDF: https://joom.ag/to7dA chat with Ben Marr By Peter TranterSea kayaking the Bohuslan Archipelago, SwedenBy Julian Taylor & Sarah WebsterA chat with Steve Childs By Peter TranterSUPing the midnight sun By Simon Hutchinson, Barbara and Gnter BurgsteinerWhite water Exercise Rapid Zambezi By Lt Cdr Oliver Taylor-Wood RNPaddler Spotlight: 1,400 young people try paddlesports in Birmingham The start of Paddle UKs Eight-page featurePaddling goals for 2025 Can you find yours?Medals galore 2024 GB paddlers winning on the international stageBig Paddle Cleanup 2025 Are you getting ready?A white water Christmas in Snowdonia By Del ReadThe Hawaiki Nui 2024 race By Steve DickinsonCanoeing theres always a catch By Marc OrnsteinWild Water racing on the Dee By Nick BorehamA Lofoten SUP adventure By Beata PlutkaReviews:Kendal Mountain Festival ReviewBy Jo MoseleyYak Xipe 60N PFDBy Sarah Thornely (supjunkie.uk)VE Riva SUP paddleBy Dale MearsEquafleece Polartec fleece socksBy Dale MearsCover: Ben MarrPhoto: Caleb RobertsAdditional thanks to: Jo Moseley, Sarah Thornely Dale Mears, Caleb Roberts, Dan Sutherland, Barb St Aubyn, Bruce Kemp, RAW Abenteuer Reisen, Julius Nalishebo, Birmingham Community Paddle Sports Project, Matt Brook, Stefan Whatcott, Jamie Greenhalgh, Adventure/Ski&Snow Media, Pete Atkinson, Piotr Plutka & Hallgeir ThorbjrnsenThe International magazine for recreational paddlersDownload the full magazine in PDF format for free: