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ACK at the Houston Summer Boat Show
It’s that time again! We’re excited to be exhibiting at the Summer Houston Boat Show this year and hope all of you can come out and visit us at the Reliant Center. We are going to be out there in full force with all of the latest Hobie Kayaks as well as a few from [...]
Hobie Gulf Coast Island Club
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 [...]
Sailing with the Hobie Adventure Island
I had never sailed anything yet but it has been something I have yearned to do. So, for my birthday I decided to take out the Hobie Adventure Island and fulfill this lifelong goal. After only have been shown once how to rig the kayak up with the sail, akas and amas, I set out [...]
ACK Spring & Houston Visit the Paddling Anglers in Canoes & Kayaks of Texas
Several nights ago, Brock, ACK Assistant Store Manager, and I were invited to PACK’s annual gathering at Saint Arnold’s Brewery. PACK (Paddling Anglers in Canoes and Kayaks) is a large organization here in Houston that consists of paddling enthusiasts and also sponsors events and trips. Unfortunately that night, anything that could go wrong almost did go wrong. Brock and I [...]
Comparing Hobie’s Tandem and Adventure Islands by Daniel Pham
I had the pleasure of testing out the Hobie Mirage Tandem Island (TI) during the ACK demo days back in September. While I was testing the TI out on the lake, I could not help but compare it to the Hobie Mirage Adventure Island (AI) which I had paddled/sailed before. I have to say that operating the TI [...]
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK) Announces the Opening of New Store in Spring, Texas
Austin, Texas (October 11th, 2012) – Outdoor retailer, Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), a division of MSP Holdings, LLC announces plans to open a fourth location in Spring, Texas just north of Houston and south of the bustling communities of The Woodlands and Conroe. This new store is in addition to the current Austin, San [...]
Houston Summer Boat Show on the Horizon!
ACK’s 2012 Boat Show Season will be coming to a close this June marked by the Summer Houston Boat Show. We encourage everyone to come out and visit us on at the Reliant Center! We are going to be out there in full force with all of our latest kayaks, paddleboards as well as some [...]
When a weather window presents itself…
…it is best to take full advantage of it. This was the case last week with light winds and clear blue skies. A customer of mine and I set out on his Hobie Tandem Island to do some offshore fishing off the coast of Freeport and boy did we score big! First let me take [...]
Just Out of Reach…
We get to do a lot of installs and repairs here at the ACK Houston Store and we have never been faced with an install that we have not been able to do. We recently had a customer bring in his Ocean Kayak Big Game for some rod holder installs and a rudder. The rudder [...]
Not Just a Business…
I was just about to sit down for dinner with my wife when I got a phone call concerning some trouble at the Houston ACK Store. At first, it was brought to my attention that the alarm was going off so I got on the horn and got the situation handled accordingly…until my phone went [...]
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