Thule K Guard – Protect and Carry
April 27th, 2012With kayaking becoming more and more popular, Thule have introduced their best ever kayak carrying system, the K Guard.
This latest addition to the top quality range of Thule kayak carriers has been designed to make the loading and unloading of your kayak much easier. The carrier has wide angle, tiltable cradles making fitting and removing the kayak much quicker and safer. The carrier is very quick and easy to fit to the roof rack, using the top track of the Thule SlideBar, WingBar or AeroBar, and gripping around the SquareBar.
The NEW Thule K-Guard kayak carrier is equipped with lockable straps that lock your kayak to the carrier, and the carrier to your car. The straps contain a highly durable steel core wire which effectively prevents theft.
Extra protection, in another sense, is also added by the smart rubber supports that adapt to kayaks of different shapes.
In short, if you want to protect your kayak in the best possible way, get your own Guard.
For 2011/12, Freya Hoffmeister, the now famous kayaker, also known as ‘The Woman In Black’ is kayaking clockwise around the whole of South America.
Thule is proud sponsor of Freya Hoffmeister, arguably one of the World’s most adventurous sea kayakers. This German superwoman as taken on some of the most challenging waters on Earth, from Greenland to Australia – and keeps pushing her limits.
Having paddled her sea kayak around Iceland and New Zealand’s South Island in record time in 2007, she set out for an unbelievably tough trip in 2009: to paddle her kayak solo and mostly unsupported around Australia. A truly exceptional achievement.
Still, there are more waters to conquer, more continents to challenge for Freya and her kayak. Since September 2011, she has taken on a second continent – South America. In her sea kayak, Freya is paddling an unbelievable distance of 24,000 km, thats right , 24,000km clockwise along the coastline of South America, and will pass twelve countries and cross the equator twice before she passes the finishing line in Buenos Aires in May 2014. Why not check up on how she is getting on by reading her blogs online!
Just like Freya, Thule is all about living the active life you love. With Thule’s water sport carriers, you go from land to water quickly and easily. Or simply put, Thule kayak carriers let you spend more time in your kayak, wherever your waters.
Thule K-Guard has been awarded the Red Dot Award.




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