Rumor Control
Published January 20, 2006 | 
Good morning. What an interesting day it’s been and I’m not even done with my first cup of nasty black coffee yet. . .
Over the last couple months here in Wisconsin, people kept coming up to me with some cryptic statements that Nigel Dennis Kayaks were no longer going to be available in the US, or that Nigel had left NDK now that they have taken on the new corporate name of Sea Kayaking UK Ltd. I think someone was also concerned that Nigel may dye his hair in the near future as well! The upside of the rumor mill has been that people have been willing to pay a bit more for an old explorer! And now with Simon heading out I’m betting the mill will be going crazy. Let’s see if any sad stories about the death of kings start showing up around the web. I’ve got an Explorer I’ll sell you $7000 by the way!!!!
Now to be honest, I knew these guys were mis-informed about the early demise of NDK, but I didn’t want to say anything here without at least giving them the benefit of the doubt. This morning I got my confirmation. . . So directly from the desk of Nigel Dennis. . . NDK is alive and well. NDK kayaks are available in the US as normal. Nigel also sent round a form letter to express his personal appreciation of all that Simon has done for NDK and to update staff changes for 2006. With Simon moving on to the warmer climates it will now be Phil Clegg who will be handling all the emails. Poor, poor, man! Phil is an instructor at NDK, a member of the Welsh Kayak Surf Team, and a BCU level 4 sea coach. We’ll have more about Phil & his other upcoming challenge soon. . .
I can imagine Nigel’s feeling a bit stressed out after coming back from South Georgia and jumping right back into the business world. By the way, you may enjoy this. (then click news) Be sure to check out the flash slide show ( scroll down on the new page, click the red “F”).
Now the important thing in all this is that Nigel understand that NDK must stay in operation at least until I can afford my new special order Explorer with the ocean cockpit and Welsh flag paint job. . . (of course I have bad luck requesting custom artwork). On the other hand with NDK alive and well, I’ll have to lower the asking price on my old kayak! You win some, you lose some.
- d
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