FROM OSLO TO HELSINKI IN A HOBIE MIRAGE KAYAK
The first time I sat in a Hobie Mirage Kayak was next to a dock in Oslo, Norway, minutes before beginning this journey just 16 days after its inception.
A wonderful trip followed, covering 49 days, the west Swedish coastline, the Sweden-splitting Gota Canal, an open water dash across the Baltic and a glorious island-hopping finale into Helsinki, Finland.
For a first-time visitor to Scandinavia, this was a journey full of natural riches, using a form of transport so deliciously simple and enjoyable.
PHOTO GALLERY
VIDEO PLAYLIST
ROUTE MAP
MEDIA COVERAGE
- TV: MTV3 10 o'Clock News (25.9.2014)
- Press: Helsingi Sanomat (1.10.2014)
- Web Feature: Helsingi Sanomat (2.10.2014) -
- Press: Helsinki Metro (front page) (2.10.2014)
- Radio: YLE Breakfast Show (2.10.2014)
- Web: Adventure Blog (3.10.2014)
- Press: Rekti Magazine
- Web: Emaho Magazine
- Press: NVP.SE
- Press: Mariestadstifningen
- Press: Trollhatten TTELA
- Web: Yahoo
- Press: Batliv
TRANSPORT: HOBIE MIRAGE
Hobie have developed the Mirage Drive, a propulsion system similar to the way penguins swim. Enabling leg muscles to drive the kayak forwards efficiently and quickly. I'll be using a Mirage Adventure (slightly longer than the kayak pictured)
