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A SERIES OF STORIES FROM THE PEOPLE KEEPING UK BEACHES SAFE.
‘Inside the Hut’ is a blog series giving an inside look on what it takes to be an RNLI lifeguard. Telling the stories of some of the 1,700 RNLI lifeguards who are responsible for keeping the people who visit the 240 beaches across the UK safe each season
August 30, 2024
3 min
- Lifestyle
A Paddle Along the Continental Divide
Being a girl who grew up on the West Coast of Canada, my heart has always felt a connection to both water and mountains. So, when my partner and I decided to move away from the ocean to the Canadian Rockies, part of me worried that I would feel like something was missing.
July 27, 2024
3 min
- Lifestyle
Inside The Hut #1
‘Inside the Hut’ is a blog series giving an inside look on what it takes to be an RNLI lifeguard. Telling the stories of some of the 1,700 RNLI lifeguards who are responsible for keeping the people (and animals!) who visit the 240 beaches across the UK each season.
June 14, 2024
2 min
- Lifestyle
R2AK: TEAM ORCA
By: Abby Cooper
Notoriously rough and relentlessly beautiful, The Race to Alaska route is not for the faint of heart. R2AK shares the risks and rewards of this journey best, “You, a boat, a starting gun. $10,000 if you finish first, a set of steak knives if you’re second. Cathartic elation if you can simply complete the course."
June 12, 2024
4 min
- Lifestyle
Built for All - The Riptide Sandal
The concept of the Riptide was to create an all-weather, simplistic design that holds the same values as our original Legacy and Ankle Deck boots.
May 8, 2024
1 min
- Sport Fishing
THE UK’s FIRST EVER WOMEN’S SPEARFISHING EVENT!
Katy Davidson, aka ‘The Oyster Lady’ is an oyster pro, free diver and host of the UK’s first ever Women’s Spearfishing Event. XTRATUF® teamed up with Katy to provide the ladies with footwear to continue their adventures above the water!
March 8, 2024
4 min
- Lifestyle
Postcard from Antarctica: How do you stay warm in Antarctic conditions?
Well, the key of course is good kit and layering. And not just one layer on top of another for the sake of it but ensuring gaps for air between each layer too. If talking about your feet for example, it is useful to have different-sized socks – one normal size to go next to your feet and then a larger size which is thicker over the top.
January 24, 2024
2 min
- Lifestyle
This Blue Monday, we’d like to encourage you to lean into the blue.
By: Lydia Paleschi
Lydia Paleschi is a sailor, writer and one third of Wild Swimming Cornwall. A group of friends for whom wild swimming has had a profound impact on their lives. So much so, that in 2020 they published ‘A Guide to Wild Swimming in Cornwall’ with the hope that it would make getting into the water more accessible for both locals and visitors to Cornwall.
January 15, 2024
2 min
- Lifestyle
The Lift All Boats Project - A Student Mentorship Program Creating a Wave of Change
The purpose of the project is to encourage new generations to join Maine’s lobster fishery and make it easier for historically disadvantaged groups to get licensed.
December 20, 2023
3 min
- Lifestyle
From Mountains to Waves - Holiday Traditions with Cotty
By: Andrew "Cotty" Cotton
My time, even at the holidays, is always planned around the weather and the waves. This has become my tradition.
December 19, 2023
1 min
- Lifestyle
CHASING MONSTER SWELLS FROM NAZARE TO IRELAND
By: Andrew "Cotty" Cotton
Huge Atlantic swells mean only one thing. Monster waves. XT Crew member, Louis Thomas-Hudson talk us through his mission to Ireland in early November, alongside XTRATUF Pro Team, Andrew ‘Cotty’ Cotton.
December 15, 2023
2 min
- Lifestyle
Warm Holiday Traditions
By: Emmanuel Williams
When I was younger winter break from school was a super special time for me - being able to spend family time, fishing at the community lake or playing dominoes with my sister.
December 12, 2023
1 min
- Lifestyle
EXPLORING THE HEARTBEAT OF THE HAISLA
By: Abby Cooper
“Bathing suit, towel, extra set of warm clothes, binoculars, coffee, snacks?”“Check!”
December 12, 2023
6 min
- Lifestyle
The End of the Season Marks Family Time
By: Corey Forrest
For our fishing family, the holidays mark the end of one season and begets another. Our nets are mended and put away; my brother, Luke, switches gears to long trips offshore, and my father has traded his Xtratuf boots for skis, snow, and mountains.
December 5, 2023
1 min
- Lifestyle
Holiday Traditions: Cinnamon rolls, Grapefruit, and Skis
By: Trevor Kennison
I was born and raised in Keene, New Hampshire, and now reside in Winter Park, Colorado and absolutely love being outside and being active.
November 28, 2023
1 min
- Lifestyle
Smoked Salmon Pesto Pizza A Recipe from “The Salmon Sisters: Harvest & Heritage”
By: By Emma Privat & Claire Neaton | Co-owners of Salmon Sisters
In Alaska, eating well through the seasons takes work, preparation and preservation. Through the winter, our fishing family relies on the wild salmon we harvested and put away during the summer months for many of our favorite meals.
November 26, 2023
3 min