Kokatat

Kokatat, the 39-year-old, independent paddlewear and accessories company, is proud to announce their partnership with World Kayak's 2010 Hometown Throwdown Series. The series is designed to bring communities of recreational boaters together in the spirit of simple competition ...read more

Kokatat, the independent paddlewear and accessories company, sponsored a land and sea expedition covering never-before navigated sections of the Antarctic Peninsula. Chilean kayakers and explorers Cristian Donoso and Mario Sepúlveda used Kokatat products including the GORE-TEX® ...read more

Kokatat, the 39-year-old independent watersports apparel and accessories company, will support its newest kayak fishing ambassador Drew Gregory and his company, Deep Creek Ventures, in executing the 2010 River Basin Tournament Trail.Gregory joined Team Kokatat this spring with a ...read more

Kokatat, a 38-year-old, independent paddlewear and accessories company, will bring its premier rescue life jacket - the Ronin Pro - to U.S. market on October 15, 2009. The Ronin Pro's release celebrates a multi-year effort to update the requirements of type-5 rescue PFDs in the ...read more

Heralded Kayakers Will Cross Land and Water to Educate PublicKokatat, the independent paddlewear and accessories company, is sponsoring a land and sea expedition covering a never-before navigated section of the Antarctic Peninsula. Chilean kayakers and explorers Cristian Donoso ...read more

Expedition Supports “Penny Paddle Pledge” CampaignKokatat, the independent paddlewear and accessories company, is sponsoring a 1,300 mile journey from Norfolk, VA, to Key West, FL. On behalf of the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, Justin DeForest will set out September 28th ...read more

Kokatat, a 38-year-old, independent paddlewear and accessories company, is a founding sponsor of Anna Levesque's “Girls At Play” paddling program. Girls At Play (GAP) is an organization designed to encourage female participation in watersports and to empower women in their ...read more

Arcata, Calif., (September 15, 2009) – Kokatat, a 38-year-old, independent paddlewear and accessories company, is a founding sponsor of Anna Levesque’s “Girls At Play” paddling program. Girls At Play (GAP) is an organization designed to encourage female participation in ...read more

Northern Lights Expeditions, a project seeking to establish links between children of isolated indigenous communities of the Arctic and children of the U.K., has completed the first phase of this three-part service project. Northern Lights explorers Richard Smith and Craig ...read more

In March 2009, Diego Lamas, Agustin and Luis Garcia Albarido will attempt for the first time to paddle the entire length of Argentina, a distance of more than 4,000 nautical miles. Starting at La Quiaca, a little town settled at 14,000ft in the northern Andes Mountains, the team ...read more

Eastern Horizons, the latest sea kayaking film from Kokatat Ambassador Bryan Smith (Reel Water Productions) picked up the "Best Sea Kayaking Film" award this week at the Reel Paddling Film Festival. This 20-minute film festival excerpt offers teasers of several locations to be ...read more

Cristian Donoso, Juan Pablo Ortega and Roger Rovira are currently underway on their Antarctic kayak expedition. After reaching the Antarctic Peninsula in January 2008, the team departed on a 550-mile self-supported kayak journey to the Palmer Archipelago and the Danco Coast to ...read more

After paddling 22 days in strong winds and seas, New York City based sea kayaker Marcus Demuth has successfully completed the world first circumnavigation of the Falkland Islands. The goal of the expedition was to be the first kayaker to successfully circumnavigate the 776 ...read more

Arcata, CA- In December 2008, Cristian Donoso, Juan Pablo Ortega and Roger Rovira will travel to the Antarctic Peninsula to make a 550-mile self-supported kayak journey to the Palmer Archipelago and the Danco Coast to study wildlife density and explore the effects of global ...read more

In September 2008 California based British sea kayaker Sean Morley will attempt to break the record for the fastest circumnavigation of Canada's Vancouver Island. The records currently stand at 23 days 10 hours for a single kayak set by Joe O'Blenis and 19 and a half days for a ...read more

This past winter Sea Kayaker Magazine, devoted to kayak touring since 1984, conducted an online survey for their prestigious Readers Choice Awards. Readers were given the opportunity to submit their all time favorite paddling products they as paddlers use and love. The goal of ...read more

On July 10th, Jim Baird along with his brother Ted Baird will head for the Arctic Archipelago to undertake the Canoe Beyond Kuujjua River/Beaufort Sea whitewater canoe expedition. Jim and Ted will descend the advanced whitewater of the Northwest Territories Kuujjua River, ...read more

In June 2008, Alon Ohad and Tim Starr will attempt the first ever circumnavigation of the Svalbard archipelago which consists of the three main islands Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, and Edgeøya plus a number of smaller islands. The archipelago is the northern most part of Norway ...read more