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My best day of Free fall.
My best day of Free fall. So far. A snapshot by @MelissaHucksom of the best day of free fall we have ever had. @we.are.send @palmequipment @wernerpaddles @dewerstone @shred_ready_helmets @riverlegacy @pyranhauk @gformprotects #Chile #kayak #kayaking #waterfall #River #sport #adventure #explore A...
DWS Deep Water Solo Competition 2016
So once again I decided to take the plunge- excuse the pun, and enter the DWS comp for the third year running. This year entered into the dewerstone team with local legends and WADs Mikey Clevedon and Tom Bunn, I...
Man vs Hell - Charity Challenge
Legendary paddler, dewerstone ambassador and all round good guy Bren Orton gives us a round up on what was a hell of a charity challenge.  Great work Richard Brooks.  Far too often sponsored charity challenges are elaborate reasons for students...
dewerstone 2015 // quite a year….
dewerstone 2015 // quite a year…. As we approach the merriment of Christmas and the undoubtable shenanigans of new years, we felt it worth us looking back on the year thats passed and what we got up to, as it’s...
SAS Hurley Classic
Our man James Weight gives the low down on the biggest freestyle kayak event of the year, the SAS Hurley Classic. Words: James Weight Pictures: Jack Gunter Once again the Thames’ Hurley Weir played host to one of Freestyle Kayaking’s largest competitions....
Deep Water Solo//Exeter//2015
Deep Water Solo at The Quay//Our kind of event… Words; Rich Pearson Pictures; Tom Bunn Through a host of weather conditions our friends at The Quay Climbing Center managed to pull off the second official deep water solo climbing competition...
The British Uni Kayak Expedition to Madagascar Ep.1
Some time ago dewerstone put our support behind the British Universities Kayaking Expedition to Madagascar. Going on a kayaking trip with your fellow uni students to explore unknown rivers in a far off land, whilst helping to promote Madagascar as...
dewerstone winter open day // october 10th
On October 10th we hosted yet another of our 'open days' to let people see what we do, and to encourage people to come in and enjoy our space. Here's how it went down. Words: Rich Pearson Pictures: Simon Potts...
This is the Incus.
Every now and then something we've been working on for ages comes off, this time it's pretty special. This time it's the Incus.  We wanted to write up a little about why the Incus is special and why we're super...
Introducing: James Merryweather//Dewerstone Ambassador//Slackliner//Freediver//Musician
Having welcomed aboard our latest brand ambassador - 22 year old James Merryweather - we took some time to catch up with the big guy and find out what makes him tick.               So, James;...
Report: The British Freestyle Championship 2015 by James Weight
Dewerstone Ambassador and UK top 3 freestyle kayaker James Weight fills us in on the British Champs... Words: James Weight Pictures: Jack Gunter Last weekend the British Freestyle Championships were held in Nottingham to crown the best freestyle paddlers in Britain. This...
Ode to the Dart...
As most of you know, here at Dewerstone HQ we are very much in love with Dartmoor, so it seems fitting that in the winter we go paddling at the heart of the moors; the mighty River Dart. Now summer...
Introducing: Rich Pearson//Dewerstone Ambassador//Media and Communications Manager
Having joined Dewerstone as a brand ambassador and later as media and communications manager for the team, Rich has been a part of Dewerstone since it began. This is how he came to be a part of the family.I grew...
A weekend at the NSR
Earlier this month, we spent a weekend supporting the world's biggest kayak competition - the National Student Rodeo, at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham.  It was a great weekend which was enjoyed by all; here's a few of our...
Winter update...
We hope you've all had a great start to the New Year, I know we definitely have here at Dewerstone! January turned out to be a very hectic month at HQ, dispatching orders, building our new in-office bouldering wall, creating...
Yangshuo - The Tom Bunn Interview
Dewerstone ambassador Tom Bunn recently got back from a rather enviable month climbing in Yangshuo, deep in remotest China.  Once the jetlag had subsided, we interviewed him to get the inside line on what it's like to crank hard at...
Happy New Year!
And so, as the past 12 months slowly drift to memory and we start living the adventure that is 2015, all of us here at dewerstone towers would like to wish our customers, friends and supporters a happy new year....
Christmas gifts for the woman in your life...
Hello again! Hopefully after reading yesterdays post you now all have a good idea of what to get the adventure loving man in your life! Now the question is what to get the adventurous lady in your life? Here are...
Christmas gift ideas for the man in your life...
Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas from all of us here at dewerstone!   With the Christmas Holidays fast approaching, town centres and shops are getting busy and here at dewerstone we're getting pretty excited - because we've been particularly...
Hurley Classic 2014 - Ambassador James Weight
Let's kick off the blog post with this epic video of the Hurley Classic filmed by Pringle Media & Altitude 8. Whilst you're watching that, ambassador James Weight gives you the low down on how his weekend went... This year...
Hurley Classic 2014
    We are back from an epic weekend at the Hurley Classic! And what an awesome showcase of freestyle kayaking it was! Competitors travelled from all over the world to demonstrate their best freestyle moves at the Hurley Weir,...