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In Focus: Camping / Road Trip Gear
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 [...]
Product Testing in West Texas
I recently embarked on a trip out to the great wide open of West Texas and took some products we sell here at ACK along for the trip. Let me start right off the bat by saying everything I used served its purpose very well and I will give you a rundown of what I [...]
Malone AirFlow Crossrail System
The folks at Malone Autoracks are at it again, launching their new AirFlow Crossrail System that fits right on to your vehicle’s factory rack. This unique rack incorporates aerodynamically shaped bars to help reduce the amount of wind noise a typical rack with round or square bars makes while driving down the road. Awesome feature right? Not [...]
YakAttack BlackPak Review
The milk crate is a staple in kayak fishing accessories and it has been around since I can remember. I have seen crates rigged out in so many ways – it seems like everyone customizes their crate to their liking and their fishing style. Not having a crate to put your gear in is like not [...]
Helle Viking Knife – Customer Review
One of our customers, Brent Baldwin, shared the following in-depth review with us about his Helle Viking Knife and we thought you might enjoy it. “This is an excellent knife, but before you order, you should know what you are getting. Study the pictures on this website, and read other reviews. The Viking is essentially a [...]
CamelBak Arc 4 Hydration Belt – Product Review
Iv’e been running pretty regularly since early January and I’ve used the waist mounted bottle system from CamelBak called the Arc 4 Hydration Belt about a dozen times since then. The Arc 4 features four convenient 8 oz. snap-in bottles that are easy to remove and replace while maintaining pace. The ‘baskets’ that hold the bottles in place are very intuitive as well as [...]
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[Trip Recap]: Venturing West
I was born in Texas. I have a full-sized state flag on my wall. I’ve seen every single episode of King of the Hill (that’s about 95 hours of my life). I love this state and when I was recently planning a vacation I didn’t see any reason to leave it so I headed out [...]
2013 Hobie Pro Angler 12 – Fishability & Transporting
About a month ago, I was fortunate enough to pick up a brand new Hobie Pro Angler 12 from Austin Canoe and Kayak (Burnet Rd. store). I decided to give it a very in depth review and in this section focus on how it fished. You can find what I had to say about the features of the [...]
Colombia Boatdrainer PFG Boat Shoes – Product Review
A week ago at our Demo Days I noticed that our Austin store manager Justin was wearing a new pair of the Columbia PFG Boatdrainer Boat Shoes. These are a fairly new product that we started carrying back in February as part of Columbia’s new lineup of water shoes – which includes the Drainmaker II, [...]
2013 Hobie Pro Angler 12 – Features
About a month ago, I was fortunate enough to pick up a brand new Hobie Pro Angler 12 from Austin Canoe and Kayak (Burnet Rd. store). This review is done in parts and you can see the other articles where I discuss the seating system, some basic first installations and, of course, how it fished. Let’s start with the [...]
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