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I’M SURE BY NOW ALL OF OUR REGULAR SITE USERS KNOW FRASER….BUT HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW HIM? FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T KNOW HIM, OR WANT TO KNOW HIM BETTER, BELOW IS A FUN INTERVIEW WITH THE MAN HIMSELF! WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING ALL THE STAFF OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO…

GLASGOW IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND ENGAGING CITIES IN THE WORLD – THE PERFECT PLACE TO SWEEP SOMEONE YOU LOVE (OR LIKE LIKE) OFF THEIR FEET. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING UNFORGETTABLE TO IMPRESS YOUR DATE FOR VALENTINES DAY THIS YEAR, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER. WE HAVE ROUNDED UP SOME OF THE MOST…

Fraser Porter, Centre Assistant at Pinkston Watersports with a particular focus on working with Community Groups was recently awarded the Scottish Canoe Association Professional Coach of the Year Award. “Fraser has been instrumental in the delivery of the Pinkston Community Project; a grassroots project to develop progression options for young people in hard to reach…

Friday 12th July saw squads of BBC Scotland crew and members of the public descend upon Pinkston for an exciting live broadcast of The Adventure Show! The show featured some thrilling wild water racing on our very own artificial white water course as well as some intense canoe polo and incredible freestyle kayaking! A massive…

Saturday 1st June marked Pinkston’s 5th birthday – and what a way to celebrate! We opened our doors to the public for a day of paddling and prizes – throughout the day we had a whopping 155 people sign up to take part in 263 sessions across rafting, kayaking, canoeing and SUP yoga. “Thanks for…

PINKSTON WATERSPORTS – A FUN AND UNIQUE OUTDOOR ATTRACTION IN THE HEART OF SCOTLAND’S BIGGEST CITY We’ve recently done a collaboration with myhotelbreak.com on why their guests should visit us here at Pinkston Watersports. Find out what they discovered below: It’s important to have great attractions near to where you’re staying. For our guests looking…

Core to the ethos of Pinkston Watersports is that we are a resource that provides opportunities for our community.  This is one of our 3 key strategic objectives of Community, Social Enterprise, and Sport. While Pinkston is accessed by people from all walks of life and from right across the UK and beyond, we are based among some of the most…

We are excited to be working with Project SUP – a community based initiative to encourage more people to take up SUP https://www.scotlandsup.com/ With their support we are able to offer regular SUP introductory sessions – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-paddle-boa… – see eventbrite and facebook for more dates and times. There has also been a real buzz around their SUP…

Pinkston Offers a fantastic city venue for open water swimmers. It is close, convenient, and safe, with water treated to ensure the maintenance of bathing quality. For those time-poor open water swimmers and triathletes training for open water events it offers the opportunity to get open water training in without the time required to travel to…

Saturday night saw the showing on BBC 1 of a particularly exciting episode of the much loved comedy Still Game.  Pinkston offered the scene for an out of control car with Callum, an old flame of Isa’s along with Boabby from the clansman inside to come careering down the road, through the gate, and into…

Last week saw the start of our SQA SCQF level 5 course with a group of young people from St Roch’s school. We are working closely with the outdoor education team at Glasgow Kelvin College to deliver this, and Pinkston’s Fraser and the college’s Crawford have hit the ground running with these young people. This…