Posted by: Ronan
Date: 27/01/2005

Well another year has been & gone! Occasional floods, scattered showers but mainly a lot of dry weather, which really sucks big style, but sure it means we appreciate a decent day on the river even more.
I've added some more pic's to the Gallery & Videos too!


Posted by: Ronan
Date: 02/12/2004

Happy 18th Birthday Adam! Dont be getting too pisse... well actually get as drunk as you want as your 18 now. However this means I can kick your ass legally and not get done for it! Great. Free digs everyone!!!
Its an old photo I know, but then again so are you! :-)

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 22/11/2004

On Sunday the 21st of November the President of UUJCC David Black passed away following a tragic motorcycle accident, which occurred the previous weekend.
He will be missed by all, and our thoughts are with his Family.
Please sign our Book Of Condolence...............

David Black

President of UUJCC 2004

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 17/09/2004
Some dirty wee pencil pushers want to build more dams in Upper Austria on some of the most fantastic unspoilt rivers you will ever have the pleasure of boating on! To stop these people destroying what’s there -

Sign this Petition HERE!!!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 15/09/2004


Arcominterative & Paddlefu.co.uk are the first proud sponsors of the the Belfast Kayak Varsities 2005!
The site has been commissioned through the free help of Paddlefu.co.uk and free server space supplied by Arcominteractive who will also be commisioning the DVD of the event. The DVD ordering option will be made available as the site progresses as the committee are still organising the event. Feel free to use the forum and post your queries about the Varsities or contact me directly about it through my Varsities e-mail.

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 29/08/2004
Check out the Gallery for our run of the River Lennon in Donegal!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 16/08/2004

Go here and vote as all votes will help!

Thank You!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 04/07/2004
Video of the Kells and Benburb paddle. Oh and Luke tested out his his defensive swimming on the Burb, so check it out!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 16/06/2004
All the france Pic's are now up!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 15/06/2004
France & Scotland Trip Pic's in the Gallery, with hopefully more on the way from a proper camera!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 07/05/2004
Boat was found dumped in the Lagan as expected by the police only a few hours after the incident. Bloody idiots! Ah well at least it was found!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 06/05/2004
STOLEN POLO BOAT!! Red Combat Carbon Polo Boat - Upper Red / Bottom Black-Grey Carbon colour, Black rubber bumpers with name + contact details inside the boat.
The owner (Dympna Carville) is a member of the Irish Polo team and needs this boat for training for competition in Japan this summer!
It was stolen outside her offices in Belfast today at around 6pm above Globe Bar close to Queens University. Most likely it was taken by non-kayakers and will be dumped or thrown into the river Lagan!

If anyone has any details or spots this Polo boat over the next while will they please e-mail me at: ronan@paddlefu.co.uk

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 01/04/2004
New Video of Peter on the Arkaig Falls + Pic's in the Gallery and a new Middle Earth Mug to laugh at.

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 23/02/2004
Well the Varsities in Cork have been and gone and it was an all round good event and well worth the massive drive to for the weekend's festivities.

Next year however we (Belfast) are the host city for this major paddling event so it's going to be one hell of a party.
Details will follow!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 25/01/2004

This is your opportunity to be involved in a World Record Attempt, for the longest continuous polo match, with the greatest number of players and at the same time raise much needed cash for 3 cancer charities.

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 18/01/2004

RIOT BIG DOM - New March 2003 £330
LIQUID LOGIC SESSION + - WAS £320 NOW £250
WAVESPORT T3 - New July 2003 £499
RIOT TRICKSTER - £250
PYRANHA SUB SEVEN 2 BALL - £250 [ SOLD ] UPDATE 23.01.04

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 15/01/2004

New Video of the crew freestyl'in in the pool.

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 13/01/2004

The Varsities are back for another year of mayhem!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 10/01/2004

It was my 21st Birthday today so I broke out my new camera and headed to the River Bann for a laugh! So there's a new Video up!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 08/01/2004

Bargain Bucket Boats on the Sales page. Prices Reduced!

RIOT BIG DOM - New March 2003 £330
LIQUID LOGIC SESSION + - WAS £320 NOW £250
WAVESPORT T3 - New July 2003 £499

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 08/01/2004

New Video of Adam and I messing around in the pool using my new digi-kayak-cam!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 04/01/2004

Details of the Etive Video contributed by Thomas Haywood.

Brendan Emery was in his blue Liquid Logic “Huck” and was wearing a yellow helmet.
Paul Hamilton was paddling the green and blue Necky Gliss.
Rik Hensman is the tall thin bloke with the yellow Pyranha Inazone.
Peter McStea… no need for intros here… the Swimmer at Letterbox rapid.
Thomas Haywood who also paddled the river but did not make an appearnace due to being the dedicated cameraman. Big thanks to Thomas Haywood for his video and the paddlers in that video.

Posted by: Peter
Date: 29/12/2003

Hey, good to see you and nice to be back folks. Since my time in Scotland has started Ihave travelled 4 rivers, drank alot of pints and had some fun. The site hasn't been updated because Ronan and myself are still working hard in uni. Also my Internet access is sporadic at best. With this in mind the site has had a major overhaul behind the scenes to make things easier for Ronan to maintain. So please come in, look around and send us any information comments or complaints that you may have. Thanks alot and a happy New Year from everyone on the site, Pete, Ronan and the rest of the crew.

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 19/12/2003

We're back in business ladies and gents! The site has been in a state of hibernation for the last few months due to our own work loads. However things will be returning to normal from here on in...
The Forum is back online, so get yourself signed in again. Sorry for the inconvenience caused!!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 18/12/2003

Sales page updated with possible pressie's for all you Kayakers out there!!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 19/11/2003

River Etive Video paddlers: Peter McStea, Tom Hayward, Rik Hensman, Brendan (Team LL), Paul Ham.

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 04/11/2003

Well I have finally managed to get a hold of Peter's River Etive video after much nagging and have got it edited and so the Videos have been updated! Sorry about the wait but diplomats are complete b#star#s, when it comes to handing over the goods. The video is fairly good being the guys were pissing about when they were making it and when I get their names i'll put them up.

Oh and the rain has arrived in ever increasing downpours and we’ve got a new member on board who's an [Artiste'] so he's promising so mega cool pic's.

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 22/10/2003

Well the rain has eventually arrived after almost a full month without a proper downpour! In the meantime our Scottish PaddleFu diplomat Peter McStea has been convincing the boys in Edinburgh to go and run rivers anyway, water or not. So im expecting a package in the post this week with a video of their run on the Etive. I don't know what its going to be like but when it's up i'll let you all know. I have to admit the last few months have been the worst in memeory for kayaking so im hoping to have weekly news up from here on in providing theres water!

Im away this weekend to Gortin with my University club. So if you see a whole load of us on the Owenkillew or the Fisherie's that'll be us (Jordanstown), Letterkenny + Queens. Hope theres no swimmers!!!

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 28/9/2003

Well Martin and I tried to go to Shaw'sbridge today but ended up in Donegal surfing at Tullan strand. Bit strange but it was fairly good surf. 4ft out the back and quite soupy and mushy. Pulled some loops, Marty surfed some good waves and Pete..... Well Pete the B###ard got to paddle the River Nith today in Scotland, which although it apparently has no water in it, it still has some good drops, waves and a cool twisty, dropy, pushy george section. Ah well! All we can ask for is some rain already! In Ireland I mean!!! :-)

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 21/9/2003

Holy good feck! Had a mini epic today on the road home from the Lagan when my boat decided to go A.W.O.L at a set of traffic lights. My boat first saw its chance to escape and do some freestyle road surfing along with my gear barrel and kit bag when the car lurched foward at the lights at break neck speeds while my boat popped the boot and escaped captivity. Needless to say when I saw my shiny wee G-Force try its damnest to catch up with the car and overtake, I was slightly bemused not only because Martin and I watched out of the boot from the front of the car with comedy smiles of horror as my boat got farther away, but also as my barrel decided it needed to take out all traffic on the Antrim road (Main road to the North of Belfast). If only I had my camera with me!

[Oh & well done young Sarah (Age 9) in doing a canoe trip with us down the mighty Lagan in its raging state of low! And I dont mean flow! She did extremely well for her first trip down a river even if it was low. I must admit I even enjoyed it!!]

Posted by: Ronan
Date: 10/9/2003

Well lads and lasses we have more pic's of some great surf up in the Gallery from Sunday. Check them out. We had a big ass professional DV camcorder provided by our sponsor Chris Astles so we should have some new vid's as soon as we get it from him and edited. Cheers!

Posted by: Peter
Date: 8/9/2003

Well folks, the Forum is up and running again and starting to lift off. Also I have added pictures from our latest trip to surf up on the north coast of Ireland. Check out the Gallery to see them. Right now it's after 0100 so check back for more updates tomorrow. Night, Pete.

Posted by: Peter
Date: 2/9/2003

Ok. Few changes. The Forum was up and beginning to do well when an accident at our sponsors XplodeMedia lost their server and therefore the Forum itself. It has since been re-established. We will update and change it later today. In the meantime we are pleased to report that we have photos from a recent Paddle Fu trip down to Bundoran to surf. These are in the Gallery. Also another new section has been uploaded. The Video sections has some videos of myself and Ronan going over the Bunduff Falls. Cool Vids and we hope you enjoy. More to follow.

Posted by: Peter
Date: 20/8/03

Well folks, The Forum that we have been talking about for so long has finally been brought online, and hopefully will soon be bustling with new members and Gossip. Also We hope to have a couple of Gallerys up shortly. Keep checking back.

Posted by: Peter
Date: 31/7/03

Confession time. Last night I made a mistake. I put up a Gallery with what I thought were pictures from Easky. Turns out they were from Bundoran. So I apologise and have corrected the error. Peter

Posted by: Peter
Date: 30/7/03

Well tonight we bring you the first of our Boat reviews. Don't fear we will be adding more and more as we get them. If you want to send us one, email Peter or Ronan and it will be uploaded shortly after we get it. 2 more Galleries uploaded as well. One of the sites sposor and our 1 and only Chris Astles down in Easky kickin ass in the waves and another from out trip Shaws Bridge for some fun of our own. Comments email us please. Everything welcome.

Posted By: Peter
Date: 24/7/03

Ok, The Sales page has been updated with newer pictures of the Big Dom that is for sale. And we also have pictures from our trip to the River Bann up in the Gallery. Keep your eyes open for reviews and The messageboard which should be up before Sunday.

Posted By: Peter
Date: 21/7/03

Well, first the health warning, this site has been designed for 800*600 monitors. However that still means you have to scrool. I'll aim to fix that shortly. Various mistakes have been corrected and some have noticed that the site is looking slightly bigger. This is beacuse I (Peter) have changed it. What can I say, size matters. The crew had a little fun on Friday night with parts of Northern Ireland suffering from flash floods myself, Adam, Ronan, Dougal and Chris hit the water in search of some fun. We got some pictures at the start which were taken by Mrs Astles. THANK YOU. A report and a boat review section are due soon we promise. In the mean time enjoy.

Posted By: Peter
Date: 17th/7/03

Hey folks, Well we are expanding the site more and more every day. We have added another new Gallery with pictures from Sundays surf trip, big thanks to Richard for coming and taking the pictures. Also another new section with details of Bank Safety as well as information on some of the Rivers in Northern ireland. We hope to bring you a forum soon as well as gear reviews.

Posted By: Peter
Date: 15th/7/03

Well as you can see yet another small change on the Paddle Fu site. From green to blue and a new logo to boot. Why the change? Well the other pages were good, but we needed something to entertain until we had the site sorted. And now, happily IT's HERE! So look around and tell us what you want more of. Got a link you want included? Contact us.
I also uploaded 2 new Galleries. So take a look. Enjoy.


Posted By: Peter
Date: 9th/7/03

Welcome to the new Paddle Fu site. The site is brought to you by both Arcom Interactive and also LoneStudent Media. What the site aims to achieve is to bring paddlers from all over the UK the latest news and reviews of kit boats, boating moves and rivers. For more info email us.
Email Peter or Ronan for more info