Previous Sponsored paddlers

Although SKUK do not currently sponsor any of the following, they were at one time sponsored and each in there own way have represented Nigel Dennis Kayaks and or Sea Kayaking UK. We consider them part of the SKUK history and are proud to have helped them achieve some of the Expeditions they completed.
  • Alon Ohad

    Alon Ohad was born in 1971. Although home is Israel for him, he was living in different parts of the world including Scotland, Australia and Denmark. He travelled in many other countries such as

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  • Chris Duff

    Chris Duff has travelled over 15,000 miles by sea kayak since 1983 when hepaddled 8,000 miles around the eastern third of the US and Canada. In 1986 he became the first person to solo

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  • Fiona Whitehead

    I grew up by the sea, as a family we enjoyed many adventures sailing our boat around the south of England, France, Channel Islands and the Isles of Scilly. In 1994 I started work in outdoor

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  • Freya Hoffmeister

    Freya Hoffmeister, the Woman in Black, lives in Husum, North Germany, when she's not traveling for sea kayaking around the world. She's either picking her van, tent or a rental car to sleep in:

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  • Gennifer Gatan

    Whether be it the warm waters of the Philippines where she was born and raised, or the sunny, coastal surf of southern California where she now lives, Gennifer Gatan finds herself completely at

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  • Glen Charles

    Glenn Charles is on a quest to travel more than 50,000 miles by human powered transportation. He aims to use these travels to inspire people of all ages to reconnect with nature and lead simpler

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  • Glyn Brackenbury

    Glyn Brackenbury has been paddling since the age of 8, passing his 1 star with Nigel Dennis in 1982. He developed an unhealthy obsession for kayaking in all its guises, choosing to make a career

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  • Greg Stamar

    Born in 1960, Greg Stamer grew up paddling open canoes but was instantly captivated by sea kayaks and got his start in 1988. Home is wherever he happens to be, but central Florida is his home

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  • Hadas Feldman

    Hadas was born in January 1971, in Israel. She has widely traveled across South America, East Asia and Africa, cycled solo for 2 months in Laos and found her ideal way of travel in sea

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  • Harry Whelan

    Harry was part of a 3 man team that in 2005 circumnavigated Great Britain in 80 days. He has also circumnavigated Ireland solo.

    He's particularly fond of open crossings and has completed

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  • Jeff Allen

    Born in 1962, Jeff first started paddling in the cub scouts and later in the sea cadets.

    Jeff joined the Grenadier Guards straight from school seeing service in West Germany, France,

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  • Johnathan Walpole

    I was born in England in 1961. Now I live in Portland, Oregon, USA. I started paddling in 1991 in an open canoe, first on flat water, then on class II white water. In the early days I did a lot

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  • Justine Curgenven

    TBC

  • Lee Wilson

    I have always been interested in outdoor activities, joining the scouts as a child and the hill walking club that was set up by my middle school, because of these early experiences the natural

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  • Leon Sommé

    Age: 55

    Hometown: Orcas Island, WA

    Experience:

    Leon is co-creator, co-owner, and coach educator at Body Boat

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  • Owen Arkinson

    TBC

  • Paul Bramble

    Paul Bramble - Welsh Surf Kayaking Team member

    I work and live in Pembrokeshire as a guide and coach. I have been paddling since I was 7 years old and I still love it to this day! Living

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  • Richard Griffiths Hughes

    Rich first got involved with the outdoors in his early 20’s, after a trainee year at a centre in Cornwall, followed with completing a BSc (Hons) degree in Sport & Exercise Science and Outdoor

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  • Rotem Ron

    Born in a seaside kibbutz in Israel, Rotem grew up as a professional swimmer. A lover of the outdoors, she did quite a bit of hiking and rafting until she discovered kayaking. She has never

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  • Rowland Woollven

    Rowland Woollven started paddling whilst at school and progressed through the disciplines of downriver touring and racing, canoe polo, slalom, sprint, marathon and long-distance racing before

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