Category: Safety
Kayak safety – 13 tips to keep you paddling happy.
Kayak safety is as important and SUP safety. Anybody who knows McConks will be aware of our promotion of the latter. All too often we see and hear about paddle boarders getting into trouble. And in some cases, needing rescue. Kayak riders may be sitting down but are still susceptible to the same hazards our […]
SUP safety considerations for beginners in 2024 – a reminder as we look forward to warmer weather
SUP safety considerations for beginners – a reminder as the weather improves.
SUP safety 2024: the year of stand up paddle boarding safety awareness.
SUP 2024: the year of stand up paddle boarding safety awareness (we can’t afford not to).
McConks One Way road trip x Barry Hughes paddlesports
Lots of paddleboard manufacturers say that safety is in their DNA. Or that safety is at the heart of what they do. Most of them say it just to sell you a paddleboard from our experience. Outside of a few brands there’s very little evidence that they actually mean it. Very few of them do […]
Basic SUP safety checklist.
Basic SUP safety checklist.
SUP safety – wind, weather and how this can affect your paddle boarding.
SUP safety – wind, weather and how this can affect your paddle boarding.
SUP safety – a unified message. P.L.O.T your paddle.
Unifying the voice of SUP safety. P.L.O.T your paddle.
SUP safety – how do we make things better? Have your say.
SUP safety – how do we make things better? Have your say.
SUP safety and ‘Simon’s legacy’ take a major step forwards.
SUP safety and ‘Simon’s legacy’ take a major step forwards.
The effects of wind and tide on stand up paddle boarding (a simple guide).
The effects of wind and tide on stand up paddle boarding (a simple guide).
McConks Director Andy interviewed at Parliamentary paddleboard safety event.
On 8 March 2022, McConks Chief Exec Andy McConkey attended Westminster to take part in a stand up paddle board (SUP) safety event. MP for Cheltenham, Alex Chalk, QC hosted the event as one of his constituents, Simon Flynn, sadly died whilst on holiday in Cornwall in August 2020 after the paddleboard ankle leash he was […]
When it’s gone… Forcibly benched through SUP injury.
When it’s gone… Forcibly benched through SUP injury.
SUP weather: how to interpret forecasts.
SUP weather: how to interpret forecasts.
SUP hazards and things to look out for before paddling.
SUP hazards and things to look out for before paddling.
SUP safety: spring water chills (be prepared!).
SUP safety spring water chills (be prepared!).
SUP safety: beginning and progressing with SUP (get a lesson).
SUP safety beginning and progressing with SUP (get a lesson).
SUP safety: how cold is too cold to SUP?
National lockdowns aside the current UK weather (as of Jan 5, 2020) is on the cooler side to say the least. During the last few days many parts of the country have seen snow flurries, with a few locations having a decent, settled dusting. Even as far as the extreme south coast, where it rarely […]
SUP safety quick release belts discussion – join the debate on McConks’ Facebook page.
SUP safety quick release belts discussion – join the debate on McConks’ Facebook page.
