I really love my new ACR C-Light. I headed out for…aw heck…why not just watch the video? It was my first time going to SUP at night whilst under a moon. I was really surprised to find white caps and rollers. I sure wish the video had captured the moon better. It was huge in [...]
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Ask the Expert: Cold Water Paddling Gear and Women
EXPERT: Camille Warren Bio: Though she has been playing in water since she was 9 months old, she did not begin paddling until, with her children, she took a tandem whitewater canoeing class through the Chapel Hill YMCA when they were in junior high. She is now passing on her love of paddling to her grandchildren. Over [...]
Amigos now carries Kokatat’s exclusive SAR/SWR suit
Amigos Drysuit Repair is currently the ONLY retailer for Kokatat’s exclusive SAR/SWR suit. Check out these pics highlighting features of the suit, along with some pics of Capt. David Pease wearing the suit on a recovery mission for some “misplaced” firearms in a pond. “REDS” Team Cpt. David Pease-in his new Kokatat SAR suit [...]
Leak Testing USCG Suits: Policy Update
Leak testing…I have gone back and forth on this issue over the years. Stations naturally do not want to waste money on leak testing suits that do not need it. I do not want to increase a station’s bill by leak testing suits only to discover that the suits are just fine. When I look [...]
Ronin Pro for SUP River Running
This is Kokatat’s Ronin Pro, Mango colored Rescue PFD. PFD is “lifejacket” in fancy man’s terms. Tonight I sold one of these to a customer and it was sort of exciting because I learned a lot. SUP is something I am just getting into. And once you get into SUP, especially if you have been [...]
Living Vicariously
So, yesterday I get a call from a local customer. He is going to fly out west as soon as a river comes in. He needs his drytop fixed within 24 hours for this particular trip. I fix the top. The fun part though, is when I ask him what kind of trip it is…because [...]
A Close Call: Small Hole in suit leads to Hypothermia
I received a Gill drysuit in the mail from a repeat customer. Customer His handwritten message stated something like “Charlie, find out what happened with my suit, it nearly drowned me and I ended up in the Emergency Department with moderate Hypothermia!” To say I was intrigued, is an understatement. I love finding out what [...]
Amigos Not Want….Facebook Win
Yes, I think Facebook did the winning though. I mean it the way my teenage son says “win” everytime something cool happens…which is everytime he isn’t saying “fail”. It is hard to configure FB and feel like you won anything, setting up an FB Business Page is just wonky and strange. Hopefully it will pan [...]
Why it pays to buy a Kokatat
I just got off of the phone with a very happy customer. He had owned his Kokatat GFER for many years and recently sent it in to me because of some leaking issues he was having, along with some gasket replacement. I did our standard free visual inspection and discovered that the suit was having [...]
New Site Launched
New Site Launch Announcement. It is June 23rd, 2011 and I am very happy to announce the launching (boat pun intended) of Amigos’ new website. The old one had lived on for nearly 6 years. Nothing was wrong with it. I just didn’t like it any longer. Oh…and it was lacking two really important details: [...]