01 / GARMENT
The Tuilik
The Greenland paddle jacket, cut to your measurements and stitched to outlast you. Keeps the cold ocean outside, where it has always belonged.
from €420VIEW JACKET →
TUILIK / WORN
HAND
MADE
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.
Three things. All made by these two hands.
NO RANGE. NO SEASONAL DROPS. NO NONSENSE.
02 / CLASS
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.
€90 / dayBOOK A SPOT →
ROLL / SEQUENCE
03 / COURSE
Build Your Own Kayak
Ten days in the workshop. You make every cut, every lashing, every decision. I'm just there to stop you ruining the expensive bits.
You decided everything — so you'll never forget how you built it.
€1,400ENROL →
SKIN-ON-FRAME / DECK
0
WINTERS ON THE WATER
0+
BOATS OFF THE BENCH
0wk
CURRENT WAIT (HONEST)
0
SHORTCUTS TAKEN
Once they've dried off.
THE QUESTIONS THAT KEEP COMING IN.
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.
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Read me then go outside
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.
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 with the link…
Feel free to have an opinion about this test!
/// CALENDAR
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
SEE FULL CALENDAR →/// FROM THE BLOG
Field notes
Never stop
WELL, WHY SHOULD YOU? I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF BUT TOOK THE SE
Deck line toggles
I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET FU***D AND PAY FOR IT.
Started a new build, a West Greenland skin-on-frame kayak with hatches
COULDN'T FIND THE TIME DURING THE WHOLE SPRING BUT WHEN I GO
READ THE BLOG →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.