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Crazy for Kayaking Living in the Hungarian Paddle Paradies Szigetköz Crazy for Adventures From the rivers to the oceans Crazy for Remote Places From the Mediterrain to the Arctic Crazy for Expeditions Thousands of Kms in Endurance Missions Crazy for Workshops For safe paddling Crazy for Nature As long there is enough water under the keel Crazy and respectful Paddling in small group, Silent and Trackless

KAYAKCRAZY – The Crazy Hungarian

This marker was hung on me by my Norwegian friends, as I was doing solo adventures that were crazy and  meaningless to them, but essential to me. At the beginning they called me Crazy Ric, as long I started with seakayaking. KayakCrazyRic was born. Whenever I could, and when I had no choice, I traveled and still travel everywhere by kayak. Whether it’s a 4 km paddling home from a kayak polo training after a 100 km drive, even on January nights, at minus 10 degrees in the Norwegian Sea, or as the end of a 2 day kayak course, a 25 km open sea paddling home to the island where I lived. Not to mention the 5,000 km paddling home to Hungary.

My name is Richard J. Varga. Yes, I’m that crazy hungarian, who paddled from Norway to Hungary. 🙂

Kayak crazy? Crazy kayaker? Simple KAYAKCRAZY.

In bondage to nature

Since my childhood I have been attracted to nature, mountains, water, wildlife. I went fishing, hiking, climbing mountains. In 2007 I went to Norway, where I was captured by the almost untouched wilderness..
I like simple things. In today’s accelerated world, everyone is rushed, overworked, over-combined with their lives, unable to stop and enjoy it, and the beauties of nature.
In 2013 I became infected by seakayaking. As if I came into another dimension … When I am on the water, everything else disappears, the problems go away, there is only the moment, the water and myself present.
I completed the Norwegian Paddle Association’s (NPF) basic sea kayaking course, and a few weeks later, with the knowledge of the eskimoroll, I made the solo circumnavigation of the croatian island of Rab as a training session for the following 4-day kayaktrip in Spitzbergen.
I was so fascinated by the freedom of kayaking that I went up the ladder . In addition, I did sidetours in the world of other kayak sports such as canoe polo and surf kayaking. Alongside the courses, these three sports developed my technical skills very quickly.
From 2015, I worked as a seakayak guide at the Lofoten Islands … whenever I could, I organized individual tours and expeditions for myself:
Az én kajakparadicsomom.

My Vision

Now, thousands of miles behind me, I enterprise to share my experience with others and organize safe tours at sea and inland waters. I want to offer the opportunity for others to experience the inspiring feeling of kayaking.
I would like to give you the opportunity to do individual VIP courses and tours, team building tours. And anyone who is interested, can participate at some part of my next expeditions, to taste the feeling of expeditionpadding.
My goal is to introduce you to a culture of paddling where the most important thing is not how much beer we pack on the tour, how big JBL speaker we take out into nature, but to recharge our beauties in silence while admiring the beauties of nature: animals, special plants, spectacular places. I confess that everything has its own place, let us behave the way it fits.

Previos kayaking achievements

2013 Circumnavigation Island Rab,Croatia
2013 Spitzbergs 4 day kayaking tour
2014 Lofoten Islands West Coast solo kayaking
2015 South Greenland 10 Day Duo Seakayak Expedition
2018 Portuguese Surf Kayaking Tour
2018 Scandinavian Open Kayak Surf Championship
In 2019, I paddled 5000km from Lofoten Islands to Szigetköz: Project Endurance Mission Paddling Upstream
  • KayakCrazyRic a sarkkörön
2020 as a next step of Endurance Mission, I had the idea and competed Mosoni Upstream 1.0 . In 2 days I paddled 118,5km upstream the river Mosoni Danube.
In addition, I paddle in domestic waters. Mostly in the Szigetköz,and the rivers Danube, Rába .
2021 With my partner in crime Klaudia Kis, during the Endurance Mission Danube Upstream project, we paddled upstream on the Danube from the Black Sea to the source region.
Kis Klaudia Dunadelta

My education so far:

NPF 3 * sea kayak guide
NPF 2 * canoepolo
I speak hungarian, english, norwegian and german.
The KAYAKCRAZY team has been strengthened since 2021 by my partner Kis Klaudia.
KayakCrazy csapattag Kis Klaudia
Kis Klaudia at Szigetköz.
Perhaps suffice it to say that she is the first woman to paddle upstream the Danube from the Black Sea to the source region.
Kis Klaudia Dunadelta

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András did the first kayakroll workshop at @kayakcrazy-eu last year. After that he already managed to do the roll alone, but now he come back to refresh the skills and let to correct the small mistakes he still made, like you can see at the first rolls, he still pulled the paddle to deep, not to get the optimal stroke on the surface.
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🇬🇧 At KayakCrazy we love unique kayak adventures spiced with a pinch of challenge to gain lifelong experiences and unforgettable stories.

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🇹🇯 "A workshop minden perce megérte, tényleg sokat adott nekem! Menjetek tanfolyamokra, tanuljatok profiktól biztonságos környezetben!" - írja András az idei áramlástani mókáról a blogján. Lányok, fiúk! Imádtuk ezt a belevaló, mindent kipróbáló, nagyon barátságos és igazán vagány csapatot. Le a kallappal az alázatért, amit a vízen járás felé tanúsítotok. Részünkről a szerencse, hogy megismertünk benneteket!A résztvevői élménybeszámolót itt olvashatjátok végig: kayakingaroundblog.blogspot.com/2024/08/aramlastan-klaudia-kayak-crazy.html🇬🇧"Every minute of the workshop was worth it, it really gave me a lot! Go to courses, learn from professionals in a safe environment!" - András writes about this year's hydrodynamics kayak workshop on his blog. Girls, guys! We loved this amazing, trying-everything, very friendly and really cool team. Hats off to the humility you show towards the water. We are lucky to have met you! ... See MoreSee Less

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🇭🇺Hétvégén megkezdődnek szarvasbőgés kajaktúráink a Szigetközben. 🦌🦌🦌🦌 (Adj hangot a videóra! 😉🔊 )Jelentkezés menete: a webshopban a kosárba helyezed a neked megfelelő és elérhető túrát, majd megrendeled.Minden terméknél/túránál látható az elérhető létszám. Ezután felvesszük veled a kapcsolatot és tájékoztatunk a továbbiakról.Link a webshophoz az első kommentben. ⬇️🇬🇧At the weekend, our deer roaring kayak tours begin in Szigetköz. 🦌🦌🦌🦌Application process: in the webshop, you place the appropriate and available tour in the basket, and then order it.The number of available places are shown for each product/tour.We will then contact you and let you know what's next. Link to the webshop in the first comment. ⬇️ ... See MoreSee Less

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