ACK - Kayaking, Camping, Outdoor Adventure Blog » Knowledge http://blog.austinkayak.com Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Astral Brewer Wins Another Top Gear Pick http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/astral-brewer-wins-another-top-gear-pick/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/astral-brewer-wins-another-top-gear-pick/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:12 +0000 Joseph Dowdy http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=28403 The Astral Brewer continues to wow the outdoor community. After being selected earlier this year by National Geographic as a 2013 Gear of the Year pick, the popular water shoe has now been chosen by Outside Magazine for their Top Gear Picks for 2013, based on value and performance. We only have good things to say about [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/ack-fishfinder-installation-package/feed/ 0 In Focus: Camping / Road Trip Gear http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/in-focus-camping-road-trip-gear/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/in-focus-camping-road-trip-gear/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:56:19 +0000 Trent Lesikar http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=27973 If you’ve followed along with my recent travels, you know I took a trip out to West Texas for a quick four day weekend and after all the dust settled, I decided to make a few videos to showcase some of the products I used. Take a look! A clean campsite is a wonderful thing [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/04/photos-and-words-venturing-west/feed/ 4 Trent’s Trip Planning Tips! http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/04/trents-trip-planning-tips/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/04/trents-trip-planning-tips/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:28:17 +0000 Trent Lesikar http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=27101 I’ve been working long weeks here at ACK recently (thanks to Austin and San Marcos Demo Days)  and my mind has been venturing west so I’ve decided that I will too! A buddy of mine moved to the little art / ranching community of Marfa, TX shortly after graduating from UT and I’ve been there [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/04/trents-trip-planning-tips/feed/ 0 A Plethora of New In Focus Videos! http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/04/plenty-of-new-in-focus-videos/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/04/plenty-of-new-in-focus-videos/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:20:49 +0000 Trent Lesikar http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=26659 We’ve all been pretty busy over here at ACK HQ but we’ve recently taken the time to show off some of our favorite products in our ongoing series of In Focus product spotlight videos. We thought we’d dedicate a blog post to highlight what we’ve put in the spotlight recently. Whether you’ve barely wet your [...]

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