FD Outdoors

05/26/2020

Ready to get you self rescue on? Join us May 31 from 9-1pm Lakes on Johns Island for H20 Rescue: The right combination.

Sun, May 31, 2020, 9:00 AM: Note: With Covid-19 we are taking all training opportunities as fluid entities. Go-No decisions will be made on the most recent information available and always in accordan

04/23/2020

PSA......Join us Friday evening at 8pm our first "Let's talk kayaking" live event!

Open forum to discuss all things kayaking and a chance to ask questions (and hopefully get answers)

04/15/2020

Now is a great time to tackle basic boat maintenance tasks. FDOutdoors.com has been busy putting together videos to help you out. New ones are dropping each week on our channel, so be sure to get on the subscriber list!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7_QNtu-dH0&t=27s

46 mins of sea kayak maintenance goodness!

01/21/2020

ERCK Trail pics from Jan 17 -19

01/21/2020

Just a quick review of our recent Edisto River trip! Live from the Givhan's Ferry State Park take out.

12/29/2019

Dec 29th Pool Session Trip Report: With 3 lanes to ourselves, it was a beautiful thing for sure. Right out to the gate I hit my first (2) cartwheels and from there on it was stupid fun. I have not been in my Project X for an entire year. Lean Cleans to vertical stern stalls. Rock-a-byes to cartwheels and power blunts to front stalls. All good and felt great. Meanwhile at the other end of the pool my man Philip was dialing in his forward finish roll. Even busted out the hand paddles for Philip to try out. Two solid hours of growth in 80 agree water. Come join us every Sunday from now until May 2020 and get your pool session on! See you next Sunday! Beer and pizza afterwards.

Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 1:00 PM: Cold weather cramping your paddling style? No worries! Join the LCP in keeping your skills sharp through the winter with (18) scheduled pool sessions! You can work on your s

12/29/2019

Interested in exploring the Edisto River trail? Check out this upcoming trip via FD Outdoors from Jan 17 -19. Space is limited to 6.

Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 7:00 AM: The Skinny:What we will do and when we will do it:Our group in two days will paddle 20 miles of the 300 mile Edisto River from Green Pond Church Landing down to Gihvans Fer

12/13/2019

For Immediate Release: Super stoked to announce FD Outdoors new partnership with The Palmetto Experience in Columbia SC. There is going to be some awesome programming coming out in 2020. Stay tuned for details!

https://www.thepalmettoexperience.com/

12/08/2019

"Are you ok?" So I will get back to that in a minute but wanted to set the stage first. Nice cool Sunday afternoon. A perfect day to go and practice some cold water self rescues. Drove over to Paradise Island boat landing and got kitted up and hit the water. About 10 rolls into the paddle I notice that small John boat puttering by and the guy driving it ask me "Are you ok"? My response was simple, "Yes I am practicing thank you" As he continued on by with his wife / girlfriend I got to thinking. In my response I should have said yes are you? In the brief minute of our exchange I noticed a great deal about this boat and its occupants.

1) Neither was wearing a PFD. In fact none were visible at all
2) Both were wearing clothing not suitable for possible immersion
3) Both were drinking.

Let those sink in for a minute as I add some more color to the backstory. The air temp was 61 with a wind out of the north at about 8 knots. The current water temp is 57 and the tide was coming in pushing away from the landing. I personally was wearing an NRS Crux drysuit with H2Core base and cool being in the water but comfortable enough to adequately perform my rescues.

As my day of paddle float rescue, rolls and cowboys continued, I noticed more of the same; power boats with no PFDs and cotton clothes. There was also a guy fishing from a kayak (looked like a Tarpon) and he was in the same boat so to speak minus the beer. Amazing and he was standing up.

Think about the following:

In water < 60° F

-Reflex gasp – may aspirate water resulting in laryngospasm
-Hyperventilation for several minutes, flushes CO2
-Confusion and dizziness
-Possible muscle tetany
-Reduces breath-holding time to 1/3 of normal ability.
-may not be able to swim for more than 15 minutes

It truly amazes me the disrespect and blatant carelessness that I see on the water this time of year.

Please don't get me wrong. I do try to educate folks, not talk down to them. Some seem interested and some clearly don't care.

So back to that boater's "are you ok? question. Yeah, I am just fine.... you might want to check yourself.

11/13/2019

PSA: FD Outdoors is now offering the following course : Opioid Overdose and Bystander Use of Naloxone. This lay rescuer / professional (1) hour course focuses on identifying potential opioid overdoses and management with transfer to definitive care. As a trained lay rescuer in South Carolina, you are allowed to carry and administer Naloxone (Narcan).

11/10/2019

No fun at all today! Well actually my homies Larry and Lee did great! Eddy catching yes! Swimming yes! Ferrying yes! These guys are growing so fast and it’s super rewarding! . Also great to give John Derrick a big hug and see Dan Turner and Kris Orton.