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Bring the Summertime Tunes Outside with Waterproof Audio Accessories

Bring the Summertime Tunes Outside with Waterproof Audio Accessories

| May 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

Get ready to enjoy summer while you take your tunes along with you. Eco X Gear has a couple of great options including the Eco Terra Waterproof Audio System and Audio Eco Extreme Speaker Case. ACK Customer C.W. Goetz is enjoying his Eco Terra and had this review of it to share: “Well built, rugged and sounds [...]

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In Focus Videos: Fish Storage while Kayak Fishing

| May 29, 2013 | 0 Comments

Now that you’ve landed the fish you’ve been stalking all day long what are you going to do with ‘em so they stay fresh until you can get home? Well, we knew you’d ask that question so we went ahead and filmed a couple of In Focus videos with Jerron, our resident kayak fishing aficionado, to [...]

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ACK to Sponsor Casting for a Cause Kayak Fishing Tournament

ACK to Sponsor Casting for a Cause Kayak Fishing Tournament

| May 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

Who’s ready for some coastal Texas kayak fishing? We’re proud to announce that we will be sponsoring the 6th Annual Casting for a Cause Fishing Tournament in Port Aransas, Texas. This volunteer driven non-profit tournament has grown to become the premier charitable fishing event in the Coastal Bend with almost 500 competitors participating last year, [...]

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In Focus Video: Dry Bag Options

| May 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

We’re big fans of Dry Bags here at ACK. We use them for just about everything when it comes to the outdoors. They have so many applications and there are so many slightly different versions of Dry Bags that it might seem a bit overwhelming to know what to look for and to know exactly [...]

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Cross-Over Kayak ‘Fuses’ Touring & Whitewater Ability

Cross-Over Kayak ‘Fuses’ Touring & Whitewater Ability

| May 26, 2013 | 0 Comments

Meant to perform in both white-water and flat water, cross-over kayaks are popular for their versatility. One such cross-over kayak is Pyranha’s Fusion River Tour complete with a drop skeg, plenty of storage for weekend camping trips & two different outfitting options specific to your intended usage. We came across this customer review from Michael [...]

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Hobie Gulf Coast Island Club

Hobie Gulf Coast Island Club

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

We’re excited to announce that with help from our friends, the Island Adventurers, we at ACK will be organizing the Hobie Gulf Coast Island Club.  This will be an opportunity to meet other Hobie Mirage Adventure Island and Hobie Mirage Tandem Island owners and share passions for the waterways and oceans of our world. It will assist in the introduction [...]

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Engel Live Bait Cooler – New Product

Engel Live Bait Cooler – New Product

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

Keeping live bait on a kayak can be a tricky, and sometimes expensive, task to deal with.  Most people just simply drag a floating bait bucket with them, but that can add a lot of drag to your boat and cause it to handle differently.  Well the folks at Engel Coolers have come out with [...]

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Versa Paddle Great Tool for Diablo Kayaks – Customer Review

Versa Paddle Great Tool for Diablo Kayaks – Customer Review

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments

The hybrid kayak/paddleboards from Diablo Paddlesports have been making a big splash here at ACK and especially among our local kayak fishing customers who like to fish calm fresh water & saltwater flats. That’s why we were very excited when we picked up Sawyer’s new 3-in-1 Versa paddle, which functions as a kayak paddle, SUP paddle & [...]

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Website Changes – Filters and More

| May 22, 2013 | 0 Comments

Today we launched our latest release of our website with some major and minor changes, I thought I would give a quick summary. Filters We have finally enabled some real filtering ability.  Now on any product listing page you can filter based on a wide variety of attributes for the product.  Our work is not done, [...]

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Bugaboo Backpacker Cookset – Employee Review

Bugaboo Backpacker Cookset – Employee Review

| May 22, 2013 | 0 Comments

ACK Employee Colter MacKenzie took a three day weekend as part of ACK’s Go Play Day Initiative to get employees adventuring outside and he hit some campsites by the lake with some new gear. One of these items included the Bugaboo Backpacker Cookset from GSI Outdoors and he wanted to share his thoughts about the product here: [...]

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