Return to the Hippo River
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-04T10:11:18+00:00A month ago, five Slovaks returned from the heart of Africa - Martin Žilka (Fševed), Peter Ondrejovič (Becko), Števo
Expedition OMO 2005
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-04T10:10:57+00:00Four years ago I experienced something special, something that moved my life forward. A childhood dream came true after
On Orinoco with Orinoco
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-04T10:07:18+00:00"Put the bag over there and you sit here." We all obey the commands without resistance. The hull of
2.Karlovitz „Pupu” Kristóf, an „airship captain”
Gabriela Měchurová2024-02-29T10:59:01+00:00The friend of our Gumotex dealer from Budapest, Kajak.hu, Pupu (*1943) has been an avid outdoor athlete for 67 years.
3.Petr Nedvídek with Baraka in Canada on the Liard River
Gabriela Měchurová2024-02-29T11:00:34+00:00There is not much news about the Liard River in the media, even though it is a massive, 1,200-kilometer-long river that drains water from a huge area three and a half times larger than the area of the Czech Republic.
4.Gumotex RUSH 2 kayaking access to new adventures
Gabriela Měchurová2024-02-20T12:41:14+00:00We have been overlanding full-time in our 4×4 expedition truck for four years. For a few months, we have had a Gumotex Rush 2 kayak...
5.Seawave on a mission – saving elephants in Africa
Gabriela Měchurová2024-02-20T12:41:54+00:00I started using this robust and large kayak after I had paddled many years and many thousands of kilometers on a Gumotex Helios. I suspected that this higher...
At sea, after lockdown
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-03T21:22:40+00:00The one from yesterday was a very special kayaking trip for us; it was not only the first excursion in 2020, but it marked a small step towards a return to a 'normal'...
Us and our kayaking holidays with Gumotex
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-03T21:21:35+00:00My name is Davide de Feo and I am a 38 years old computer engineer from Genoa (Liguria - Italy) with a passion for caving, climbing and photography. In September 2004 I went on a climbing holiday to Kalymnos, a small Greek island. Here I tried kayaking for the first time and was amazed.
With THAYA on “Valserine-breaks”
support2023-09-05T10:11:34+00:00Yesterday, the team was on a photo mission for the new Gumotex THAYA – Droptitch model. The place of choice was the famous "Pertes de la Valserine", a very remote section where the river‘s disappearing in the middle of a white limestone...
You will not find a better vacation. French Polynesia is like a dream
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-03T21:18:51+00:00French Polynesia represents for most travellers and fans of exotic holidays a kind of top on the imaginary list of the "best" places. Just saying the names of the islands of Tahiti or Bora Bora can raise the heart rate of many a globetrotter.
On a canoe to the Russian Arctic
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-03T21:17:45+00:00Our fan and rock paddler Jura Hanák set out with a group of five friends on GUMOTEX boats on an adventurous expedition to the White Sea in the Russian Arctic. How did it turn out?
Mariya Krestyanska: I don’t regret anything
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-03T21:16:59+00:00Never give up. That's the motto of Ukrainian swimmer Mariya Krestyanske, who on August 8 was set to become the first Ukrainian woman to swim the English Channel. Her attempt failed due to adverse conditions. She fought bravely and did not give up, coming out of the water only after repeated recommendations from the team. GUMOTEX wants to continue to support her.
8.Through the Alaska wilderness to the south right to the polar circle
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-03T21:15:39+00:00Where the silence is the loudest, far beyond the Arctic Circle, and above all far from a signal, a warm shower and a soft bed, we set out to float the Alatna River. Under our map it said, "No roads or trails in this area". We were equipped with boats, food in bear-proof containers and pepper spray. The plan was to cross the continental divide and sail 300 km south to the Arctic Circle.
Through the Norwegian fjords on Palava
Gabriela Měchurová2024-06-03T21:14:39+00:00It was our second time in Norway. Last year we rode mountain bikes through this Scandinavian beauty. Now it was the turn of the inflatable boat Pálava from GUMOTEX. Thanks to the canoe we found ourselves in places we never dreamed of.
