HAND
MADE

★ BEST VIEWED WET

GREENLAND-STYLE GEAR ● NO FACTORIES

COLD WATER, WARM EGO.

Bespoke skin-on-frame kayaks, hand-stitched tuiliks, and classes taught by someone with three decades of bad weather and zero patience for shortcuts.

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RUGD was formed due to my initial need of a site with no ads, describing paddling, techniques, building kayaks and pointing me in the right direction with no-fashion, no-bullshit minimalist gear and clothing out in the wild where they matter.✶RUGD was formed due to my initial need of a site with no ads, describing paddling, techniques, building kayaks and pointing me in the right direction with no-fashion, no-bullshit minimalist gear and clothing out in the wild where they matter.✶

Two things. All made by these three hands.

NO SEASONAL DROPS. NO NONSENSE.

01 / UPCOMING

Rolling classes

Learn to roll, or fix the roll you think you have. I've seen every creative way to stay upside-down. Let's retire yours.

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ROLLING CLASSES

WINTERS ON THE WATER

BOATS OFF THE BENCH

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CURRENT WAIT (HONEST)

SHORTCUTS TAKEN

Once they've dried off.

THE QUESTIONS THAT KEEP COMING IN.

Which coating for my kayak?

A good polyurethane is the sensible choice — it protects the investment without ruining the look. There are plenty of products out there, but only a few are worth putting on a hand-built boat.

What wood for kayak building?

What tools do I need for kayak building?

Does your tuilik fit my small Naja's cockpit?

Which size tuilik should I choose?

Does your tuilik fit my keyhole cockpit?

What does the tuilik cost?

Do you have dealers in my area?

What else can you do?

What about US tariffs?

Send an inquiry

Readme then go out and play

Did I make it? You be the judge. If you have opinions about our stuff or this site, please share! Learning every single day is a simple pleasure of mine.

As you can probably tell the shop is kind of an experiment. If you're interested in some stuff, we can meet up somewhere around Stockholm and you can try it out. Or just send an inquiry from the Contact page

Feel free to have an opinion about anything here! Oh, btw. this site has top notch privacy. There are no external trackers or scripts "calling home". Except if you buy stuff. Then the banks will come at you through Stripe!

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FROM €499/5400SEK

The Tuilik

The Greenland paddle jacket non plus ultra. Cut to your measurements, glued and stitched to outlast you. Keeps the cold ocean outside, where it has always belonged.

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What's coming

JUN 21 Rolling — open sea 2 LEFT

JUL 04 Build course — intake A FULL

AUG 16 Tuilik fitting day OPEN

SEP 02 Build course — intake B OPEN

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Field notes

Carbon greenland paddle?

THE OTHER NIGHT I HAD THE PECULIAR FEELING OF ONE PADDLE BEC

Kerfing for endplates

THE ENDPLATES ARE THIN HARDWOOD PIECES THAT ARE ATTACHED WIT

Kayak building courses in Stockholm and Västervik

BUILD YOUR OWN GREENLAND KAYAK – SKIN-ON-FRAME COURSE IMAGIN

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Ready to [not] get cold?

Tuilik test, class spots and the next build-course intake are open. Or just come argue with me about paddles or kayaks — I have [no] time and [almost no] opinions.

BOOK / ENROL →SEE THE CALENDAR