Paddleboard Camping is a TERRIBLE IDEA!
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2023
- Off on a wild camping trip to find a hidden lake in the hills of Northern Ireland and go for a paddle on my Red Paddle Co Compact paddle board.
Red designed their compact boards to be lighter, fold up smaller and be easier to carry with their backpack. So I decided to put it to the test!
KIT USED:
Red Paddle Co 11'0" Compact MSL Pact Inflatable Paddle Board
Red Pro Change Robe Evo
Red Waterproof Backpack - 30L
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Grayl Filter Bottle: geni.us/cR4OCfe
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Brilliant Steve. Very entertaining and superb filming mate. Makes me want to rush out and ‘NOT’ buy a paddleboard 😂
Thanks Paul. Haha you know you want to 😛 better vantage point than that kayak you were out in
For someone who doesn’t sleep well, I found this even more hilarious than it should be. Nothing like challenging yourself! 😂
If it hadn’t been for those crazy birds squawking all night I would have slept much better. Slept like a log when I got home! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
IF the goal was to make me smile, chuckle and even laugh out loud a bit, well, YOU DID.
The changing "room" was a hoot and the "landing" of the paddleboard experiment by imitating a seal was excellent. Thank you for the view, entertainment, and even experiment showing of the paddleboard tent camping. I give it 2 👍👍
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it Kenbur 🙂🙂
Loved Colin's footage! Specifically the sunrise silhouette stuff towards the end when you were having your morning cuppa. The music choice helped too I reckon. Bravo! 👌🏼
Was a great sunrise.
Ridiculously brilliant. Didn't disappoint. Risk assessors worldwide in meltdown ... Job done 😊
Haha, I’d argue with the precautions we took that this was safer than most of my solo hikes and runs.
Another excellent trip and another excellent piece of footage for people of the future to see just what Northern Irish adult males were like in the year 2023 😂Excellent stuff!
I dread what theories the future people are going to come up with after this 😂😂
Really enjoyed that Stephen. Loads of fun and editing was top notch. Loved the stove at sunset shots. Beautiful.
Thanks Ben! 🙂
Just magical thanks ⛺💯👍
Your friends and family are all hilarious. Thank you for another great video.
Thanks Emily! 😁
Strangely enough, I have wanted to do this myself years ago 😂
Binge watching your videos back to back- and adding comments for the algorithm~! 🌻👍 Keep up the great content!
Thansk!
Amazing idea Stephen, something I thought about trying myself for awhile. Fun Video!
Thanks! Hopefully you mean sleeping on the board on land and not in water! 😂
if the risk of drowning wasn't so great that would be my new favourite way of camping!
So relaxing lying on a board on the water, but yes, would be incredibly risky to actually try and sleep like that!
There is wiser eating grass as we would say, very entertaining Stephen :-)
Haha thanks! Glad to finally get it published, been in the edit since June!
Love it Stephen, I really enjoyed that video. The paddle boarding is out of my comfort zone but you have it mastered 👌. A great camera man as well 👏 👏.
Thanks Geoff. Took me a while to get used to it and only really on flat water so far. Glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂
Another fun and entertaining video!
I love your morning sequence with the edit cuts to the music.
Brilliant!
Thanks! 🙂
just bluddy brilliant! The laugh I really needed today!!!
Thanks! 😁
Sooo pretty
A bit crazy and magical. 😂
Sounds like a good summary 😂
Very good video, well shot, the paddle board looks class, pity about the bothy, obviously not too secret
It’s a well known secret, I’d say everyone in the local village knows where it is but few beyond that. Still enough people for there to be a few to leave a mess though
Highly entertaining as usual Steven. Got to hand it to you - you do give anything a go 😂😂.
Gotta test things for myself😂
👍 mad as box of frogs. Great fun
I would like to see an actual box of frogs 🤣
Looks great, craic 😊
So funny ❤
😁
Excellent. You need a TV show. 😂
Hah thaks
very creative! love it
Thanks! 😁
That was a really good video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I would only camp on the board if it was safely on land lol. And with all the gear you are hauling you almost look like a human tuc tuc
Yeah definitely not safe attempting to camp on the water! Human tuc tuc 😂
4:50 thats cool...Woe beautiful! Place sir😮❤
Thanks Ajay
@@StephenJReid you are welcome sir
I have a red board from Troggs Portrush. Brilliant board , so versatile and compact conpared to a hard board. Must try the Glens sometime. Can highly recommend Trannish island Fermanagh for your next video staying in the bothy on Trannish. Fantastic experience.
Entertaining as usual 😀
Thanks Swampy 🙂
Brilliant😊😊😊😊
Thank you! 🙂
I know that wee lake, my lips are sealed 🤫 you do have some crazy ass ideas sometimes lol
Original plan was just to camp on the board, but then I wondered how well it would float 😂
@@StephenJReid my first thought was, how are you going to get in and out while it’s on the water without capsizing
Brilliant Stephen. 🤣
Thanks Wallace 😄
Watchin' from the Philippines guys. Newly subscribed to your channel!... Loved it.
Thank you! 🙂
06:37 "This is one of the more pathetic things I've seen in my life" lol, hilarious, great fun video, really enjoyed that, some beautiful scenery of our wee country, and I know where that is haha.
Thanks! 🙂
Nice work! Loved the morning coffee shots ;-)
As a thought - what if you flipped the paddleboard upside down and slept on the bottom? Then you wouldn't have to deal with all the bumps and straps... I'm assuming the bottom is smooth.
Great work as a team ;-)
Thanks! I’d thought about flipping it but the top is better for a few reasons. 1. Connection points for tent on top. 2. Valve for changing pressure on top. 3. Top has a thin layer of foam which will trap a bit more heat.
@@StephenJReid Fair call ;-)
We say it worked!
Well I stayed, mostly dry and afloat 😂
Whilst I know this was just a bit of fun, I’d argue it was more dangerous to wear the life jacket. Could have pushed you up while the bivvy pulled you down or if the board flipped upside down you could have been trapped underneath.
Well thankfully didn’t get to test it. Although the water was about 1-2ft deep where I was
Can I ask where you got your tent and what it is called?
Crazy 🤪
🤪
Your cracked man
Held together with duct tape and superglue
Who carried the huge pump? Looks like it's located in the NE Glens of Antrim. Great video.
Pump rolls up inside the paddleboard
Can't decide if you're an eeejit or a genius Reid, but maybe sleeping out on the lough could be the ultimate midgy defence.
Ahaha but they can fly! 🙈
I've camped there a few times - lovely spot but I'll say no more! Some of that stuff in the water looked like the green algae that's been making the news in NI recently.
Amazing area up there. Loads more to explore. I’ve explored more of the other side. Don’t think that was blue green algae, it tends to grow more in places with potential for farm runoff or sewage. This is too high for that. Apparently it’s actually a type of animal!
Lovely spot. Not sure about in the tent, on the water though! 😂
Those morning coffee shots were fantastic. Was that your work or your glamourous assistant Colin's?
😅 👌
Thanks! 🙂 I think Colin was still asleep at that point in the morning. Love me a silhouette
you should go to wallaby island
Where is that?
@@StephenJReid Loch Lomond in scotland
Did you deflate the paddleboard slightly for more nightly comfort?
Yup! A lot. Pressure went from 20PSI to probably less than 1
Entertaining video Stephen, all the lakes up in that area are just as serene.
Thanks! I’ve been to the other closest one to this with the tin shack. Fascinating area up there. Looks like a mini Mournes in places
Nicely done. Lovely material and fantastic shots.
Thanks! 🙂
😂😂😂
There's the makings of Broken Back Mountain 2 at the end! - "Is this paddle board big enough for the two of us?"
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@@StephenJReid 🤠
I did enjoy but yeah, absolute trash Colin! ;) I also watched your infamous midge mayhem for the first time on channel 5 a couple weeks back! 👍
Haha Colin’s getting fired 😂 I keep missing that show when it’s actually on TV. Least money I’ve made from a video probably seen by the most people 😂😂
@@StephenJReid Haha!
Doing stupid things safely. Nice one, Stephen. 🤣☠
Best way to do them 😛
What about gators
In Ireland? 🧐
@@StephenJReid never know. Some gators can be released and small colony survive. They have been found before
@@StephenJReid some were bought as pets illegally and escaped. You never know
Dangerous hazard for children, but for you it's okay
Same with fire 😁
Boating holiday
That’s a bit generous 😂
@@StephenJReid yeah a one star holiday
its not camping if you dont sleep
How long do you have to sleep for? 5mins 4hours 20seconds?
@@StephenJReid trying to sleep overnight is fair. even if you only manage 10 minutes
@@Carftymk so if it's 9mins it doesn't count? It's a tricky one!! I think it counts as camping if you hoped to sleep 🤣
I've spent all night on a mountain side in winter photographing stars, that definitely wasn't camping
Ffs Cecil I sooo pissed off omg your on a lake in a bivvi bag and your calling it a tiny tent wtf 😂😂😂
Wow
Not a lick of sence made here 😊👍🏻
Excellent