Joe O' Paddles

   Well for quite some time now there have been rumours going around that Lendal Paddles, once a premium line of sea kayaking and whitewater paddles from the U.K. was up for sale. A couple of years ago they were bought out by Johnson Outdoors, parent company of Necky Kayaks, Old Town Canoe etc. Sadly the quality tanked, pretty much nosediving off a cliff and the Lendal brand was pretty much dead in the water.

   The latest rumour was that the two  front runners for buying out troubled Lendal from Johnson Outdoors were Epic in the USA and none other than Nigel Dennis of seakayakinguk!

    So I fired off an email to Nigel this morning and sure enough. It ain't Epic that is getting Lendal. Looks like Nigel is going to do it! Congratulations Nigel, I'm happy for you and am excited to once again seeing Lendal turn back into the fine company it used to be!