This Is Sea Kayaking With Justine Curgenven

Justine is an award-winning adventure filmmaker and expedition sea kayaker, whose programmes have aired on the National Geographic Channel, Channel 4, Channel 5 and the BBC. She runs Cackle TV and created the highly acclaimed “This is the Sea” series of sea kayaking DVDs. Her films have won over 20 prestigious prizes including best film at Graz Mountain Film Festival and best adventure film at Banff & Kendal Mountain Film Festivals. She’s been runner up in CKUK magazine’s “Paddler of the Year” & a finalist in Canoe & Kayak Magazine’s “Female Paddler of the Year” and “Expedition of the Year”. She was named as one of the UK’s top 20 living explorers by ‘The Telegraph’ and was invited to meet the Queen at a Buckingham Palace reception for adventurers. In 2016, she won “Media Professional of the Year” at the World Paddle Awards. Justine’s speciality is challenging sea kayaking journeys. Her sea kayaking expeditions include; The first all-female circumnavigation of Tasmania – 900-miles in 42 days. A solo trip around Iceland’s West Fjords A 400mile journey up the Pacific coast of Kamchatka with Hadas Feldman and a novice Russian sea kayaker. A 500mile circumnavigation of the Queen Charlotte Islands with Shawna Franklin & Leon Somme A kayak crossing of the eastern Bass Strait, island-hopping between mainland Australia and Tasmania The first kayak circumnavigation of Wales ( by sea, river and canal) with Fiona Whitehead A 2400km circumnavigation of the South island of New Zealand taking 67 days, with Barry Shaw A 500 mile circumnavigation of Sardinia with Barry Shaw 3 crossings of the Irish Sea of between 45-57 nautical miles – from Anglesey to the Isle of Man, from the Llyn Peninsula to Wicklow in Ireland and from Holyhead to Dublin. All the crossings were done in strong following ( or side) winds. The Llyn- Wicklow Crossing was on New Years Day, one of the shortest ( and coldest) days of the year. A crossing from mainland Scotland to Shetland, via the Orkney islands and Fair Isle Kayaking 120 miles from London to France in 50 hours & kayaking from Russia to Japan in a series of open water crossings – both with Sarah Outen. See the film on ‘This is the Sea 5’ A world first kayak trip 1000 miles around ‘Isla Grande’, Tierra Del Fuego – a remote windswept Patagonian island, with Barry Shaw. Circumnavigation of Ireland in 2013 with Barry Shaw & Roger Chandler 64 nautical mile paddle around Anglesey in 10 hours 8 minutes (2nd fastest person to date). Kayaking 2500 km along the Aleutian island chain and Alaskan peninsula with Sarah Outen in 2014 over 101 days Paddling over 1000km along West Papua & Papua in Indonesia with Sandy Robson in 2016. Sandy is kayaking from Germany to Australia re-tracing the route of Oskar Speck. Solo circumnavigation of Vancouver island in 32 days in May 2016. Justine teamed up with expert rollers, Cheri Perry & Turner Wilson, to make a highly acclaimed instructional rolling DVDs, “This is the Roll” and “This is the Roll 2”. https://www.cackletv.com/