Canoe & Kayak UK

Canoe & Kayak UK

Cover of September 2010 magazine

September 2010 issue
Managing editor Jason Smith [1]
Categories Sports magazine
Frequency Monthly
First issue March 4, 2001 (2001-March-04)
Company Warners Group Publications [2]
Country United Kingdom
Based in Bourne, Lincolnshire
Language English
Website canoekayak.co.uk

Canoe & Kayak UK is a best-selling British canoeing magazine. Published worldwide, it covers all branches of British canoeing and kayaking, but is primarily focused on sea, surf and whitewater paddling. The magazine team can be seen at many canoeing and outdoor sports event throughout the UK, such as the Kendal Mountain Festival, Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show and the National Student Rodeo.[3]

History

Canoe & Kayak UK has been published monthly in the UK since March 4, 2001 by Warners Group Publications,[2] under their Warners Midlands PLC subsidiary, as part of their outdoor and sporting stable.

Regular features

The magazine has a number of features which appear every month in the magazine.

In addition to the articles in the magazine the Canoe & Kayak website features a section of free articles posted monthly. These articles range from reviews of the latest gear to general how-to articles on getting started.

Local coverage

The magazine attends local canoeing events across the country, for example during September 2009, staff visited the Wychavon Kayak and Canoe Club for a pool session.[5]

Social networks

The magazine has its own YouTube channel featuring watersports related video articles and tutorials, in addition to user submitted videos hosted on the magazine website.[6] They also have a Facebook page, where regular updates are posted of upcoming articles from the magazine.[7]

Blog

The magazine website hosts a blog section that invites readers to contribute feedback on the magazine and their own articles on canoeing and kayaking locations and events. The site also hosts blogs from staff and official contributors to the magazine.

Forum

The magazine also has an internet forum in which the editor and writers regularly interact with the readership. Certain questions are posed on a monthly basis with select answers from forum members appearing in the magazine. Forum users can also request articles to be featured by the lead editor.

Competitions

The magazine runs regular competitions in which replying readers have a chance to win free watersport and other outdoor activity equipment.[8]

Contributors

References

  1. 1 2 3 "THE TEAM". Warners Group Publications Plc. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Canoe and Kayak". Warners Group Publications plc. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. "ARTICLES - THE NATIONAL STUDENT RODEO EVENT REPORT". Warners Group Publications Plc. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  4. R, Mark. "Who is The Floater?". UKRGB: The UK Rivers Guidebook. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  5. "Canoe & Kayak UK Magazine Visit". WKCC. Wychavon Kayak and Canoe Club. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  6. "CanoeKayakUK". Google Inc. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  7. "Canoe and Kayak UK magazine". Facebook. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  8. "COMPETITIONS". Warners Group Publications Plc. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
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