TEAM PEAK PS

Our test team and staff are the finest. Many World, Olympic and National Champions in all disciplines choose to use our products. We are also proud to be official partners with Plas Y Brenin Mountain Training Centre and Glenmore Lodge Mountain Centre.

George Fell


Name: George Fell

Best known as: “Oi you!” and occasionally “Swimmer! Line!”

Hometown: Bradford, People’s Republic of Yorkshire

Living now: Cairngorms

Discipline: River, Sea, Canoe

Class: Odd grades and full moons.

Current boats: Cross, Loki, Jed, RPM, Prospector, Explorer, Nordkapp, Fuego

Shaft of choice: Straight for wings and rivers, bendy on the sea

Big volume or tight and technical: Big volume…only I live in the wrong country!

Favourite paddling spot: Falls of Lora in long pointy boats or short spinny ones


Why should you be on the Peak PS team?: A tonne of enthusiasm and experience served with a side order of humility.

What can you bring to the party?: Many, many stories, some helpful reflections.

How did you get into paddling? Uni. Our skills were awful, our decision making was really shonky… but we had some great times, a load of epics and a great crash and burn introduction to paddling:   

Achievements: Humla Karnali, Thule Bheri, 

What's your paddling goals for 2023? Heading off to paddle the top 1000km or so of Norway. Hopefully a Futa trip in early 2024.

Do you have any paddlesport qualification? Yes. I hope I’ve done enough hoop jumping that I can concentrate on paddling.  

Best things about paddling: The flow, the places and the slightly peculiar people 

Best boating moment: All alone on the wave with the sun shining in a blue sky

Worst boating moment: The sinking feeling on the fourth recirculation

Any other Hobbies: Paragliding, playing musical instruments and out-of-tune singing


Ultimate worldwide destination: Western Nepal

Food: The surprise lump of cheese you find in the bottom of a dry bag at the end of a trip 

Drink: If you insist. Sláinte!

Music: Eclectic

Movie: Delicatessen – premium French goodness

Read: Cruise of the Ringleader – Tweedy Scottish Canoe Adventuring from the 1870’s

Piece of Peak PS Kit: Ocean Bothy