| The "BULLET" |
| 2010-08-21 07:50:19 by Barry Lewin
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Over the last couple months I have been involved in a small way in the design process of a new boat out my dad Mark’s factory Custom Kayaks. Check out this short clip on the boat and some words from the designer himself.
Background
In the olden day, don’t mean to be rude to those paddling back then but I am a lighty, the top doods like Tony Scott used to pitch at a race with more than one boat catered for ...
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| Custom Kayaks News |
| 2009-11-16 07:19:05 by Barry Lewin
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My nice light ski was left in the Easter Cape for the Southern Shamaal so i didnt have somethng at hand to train on except the ski's at the Varsity College Surfskischool. Well grabbed one of my new ski's from Custom Kayaks called the Horizon.
I blogged a little about the Horizon a months ago while in the moulding process. I had quite a bit of input into the boat and am proud to see the boat do so well. It has taken off here in SA with...
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| Horizon |
| 2009-08-03 03:25:05 by Barry Lewin
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Was going to write a full report on the new Horizon but in reading the article on www.customkayaks.co.za which sums up all of what I was going to say there is not point! Please check out the site for a detailed explanation of the boat with tons of pics. This boat is going to be a complete win. So super stable my Grandmother could paddle it!
It's been classic being involved in the design process and see such a possitive result. Let me tell you shaping a ski is really hard graft, well done to Custom Kayaks!
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| Photo's of the Horizon by Custom Kayaks |
| 2009-08-01 11:32:50 by Barry Lewin
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I have the first Horizon by Custom Kayaks down at the Varsity College Surfskischool this morning and managed to snap some pics. Full story to come!
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| New Beginners Boat by Custom Kayaks - Watch this space |
| 2009-06-11 15:21:41 by Barry Lewin
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Watch this space – New beginners boat by Custom Kayaks
I have been testing a new beginner boat my dad, Mark is designing at the moment. It doesn't have a name yet but I snuck some photos of the boat, shhhh, no one is supposed to know!
 
The first test is done and the boat is back in the sign show with some fine-tuning edits especial...
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| Surfski.info website Synergy review |
| 2008-11-09 13:26:51 by Barry Lewin
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I did a review of Custom Kayak’s new surfski, the Synergy a couple weeks ago. Well popular website www.surfski.info has done a review and the results from Rob Mousley’s testing are really interesting. He was really thorough in testing the ski and results show. Please check out the results at http://www.surfski.info/content/view/869/156 . ...
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| Custom Kayaks Legend K1 |
| 2008-09-19 03:37:03 by Barry Lewin
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I have raced both the Legend and the Legend XL K1 canoe on flat water and in the rivers over the last 3 years. This amazing boat has taken me to some awesome results in races all around the world with 3rd in the Fish, 1st in the Liffey and 1st in the Avon.
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| The 'SYNERGY' by Custom Kayaks |
| 2008-07-27 06:09:40 by Barry Lewin
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I was lucky enough to get me hands on the Synergy, the latest out of my boat sponsor, Custom Kayaks. Here are some first look photo's of the boat in a little session in the river. Watch out for a video of the boat at the afternoon session and a full review coming soon!
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| Apex double ski by Custom Kayaks |
| 2008-01-04 08:16:31 by Barry Lewin
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Custom Kayaks have just launched a new double ski called the Apex.
Click here to see photo's!
I was involved to some extent in the testing of the prototype but was really keen to see the final product. The prototype or plug was extremely heavy and didn’t give me a true reflection of how the boat would really go. Over the last couple weeks I have watched my dad put in the final touches and preparing for moulding. It’s an intense process of shaping, sanding and polishing. I mu...
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