K38 UK RESCUE

K38 UK In our home, Cornwall we have been blessed with some massive swells that have been made extra special as the usual ravaging winds have on occasion subsided. K38 UK Instructor Ben Granata took time out from his busy schedule for his first tow surf session in 6 months, with regular Tow Partner Ben Skinner ( www.skindogsurfboards.co.uk ) . Joining them were Jason Grey and surf photographer Tony 'twisted' Plant ( www.surftwisted.com ). The resulting two sessions were captured by Tony and can be found if you follow these links http://www.surftwisted.com/cribbar-12-january-2009/ http://www.surftwisted.com/cribbar-15-january-2009/ In light of the recent epic swells to hit the UK ... Read Full Story

K38 UK instructor Ben Granata was packing up the K38 Training Kit after the successful class with the HM Coastguard, when the earth began to shake (official news of CG training to follow soon). It was confirmed later that an Earth Tremor had reverberated through the ground a very rare occurrence in the UK ** Tremor strikes north-west England ** An earth tremor of 3.7 magnitude strikes the north west of England, the British Geological Survey confirms. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/england/8022583.stm > Read Full Story

EMERGENCE-SKI Emergence-SKI is a 14 day challenge around the UK on Sea-Doo personal watercraft. The team are drawn from the Police and other emergency services, who through their work deal with the children as victims. Their experiences with victims has inspired them to do more by drawing attention to the work of the NSPCC and ChildLine and raise much needed funds for the cause. The aims are: To attempt to safely circumnavigate the UK in 14 days using two Sea-Doo personal watercraft and 2 riders To use the event as a conduit to raise funds for ChildLine To use the event to assist in ... Read Full Story

Aileens comes to the XXL Big Wave Awards Written by K38rescue on Apr-15-08 12:36am A WEE BIT 'O IRISH XXL Big Wave Awards:  Cotty, Alladio, Mennie, Burle and Kelli Ben Granata Skypes me with news. The Irish boys are heading for Anaheim.  Well naturally I'm going to invite Ben's friends into our K38 family!  This weekend was going to be hectic. The Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards were looming, talent from around the globe was heading to the OC (Orange County).  Al Mennie and Andrew Cotton were the hometown favorites from Aileens and other greater area big wave spots off the coast of Ireland.  ... Read Full Story

  International Boating & Water Safety Summit 2008 Tom Pohaku Stone presented an opening Hawai'ian blessing for the (IBWSS) 12th Annual 2008 International Boating and Water Safety Summit proceedings in San Diego, California.  IBWSS 2008 Cal Boating Director, Ray Tusneyoshi, a native Hawai'ian introduced Tom Pohaku Stone from Kanalu K38 to the membership in attendance, and also was able to tell a few jokes as a primer before getting down to business, which is always much appreciated by our fellow boaters. Tom entered with a traditional and powerful message in his native Hawai'ian language, emerging from the back of the 450 plus attended summit conference room, he ... Read Full Story