ABOUT PAGAJA

OUr mission!

Our aim is to to increase the appeal of our favourite sport and make it easy to find and book the right paddling opportunity.


How it works!

A friendly and easy-to-use booking site for all paddlers - for families, whitewater cracks, beginners, groups or rafting junkies.

 

our name

pagaja derives from the French, Spanish and Italian words for "Paddle".

team pagaja

Nico Langner

Nico
founder UND PADDLER

Nico is a passionate paddler and four-time German kayak freestyle champion (2000 - 2004). Originally from the Ruhr area, he came to Rosenheim at 19 to work as a graphic artist and to devote himself to kayaking at the highest level. Before founding pagaja he worked as a media designer for some of the big names of the German paddle industry.



+49 (0) 8032 / 988 975-1
nico@pagaja.com


 

Leigh

leigh
founder UND PADDLER

Leigh is an Upper Bavarian Englishman. Although he cannot shine with his succeses in kayaking he still likes to paddle. He is, however, an experienced entrepreneur and supports Nico in growing pagaja. You may soon see him on a beautiful white water route with Nico. Or perhaps not.



+49 (0) 8032 / 988 975-0
leigh@pagaja.com


Eric Walter

Eric
Marketing & Sales

Eric is not only a former member of the German kayak freestyle national team, but also expert in consumer insights. Eric is responsible for marketing and sales. Incidentally, Eric got the paddling bug while still in the cradle. His father Frank passed on the ins and outs of whitewater paddling not only to his son, but also to Nico.



+49 (0) 8032 / 988 975-7
eric@pagaja.com


 

Petra Huber


KLEXI
Sales

Despite her tender age Petra Huber, aka Klexi, is an old hand in the paddle business. The mother of two lives the paddle sport like no other. Klexi is responsible at pagaja for the German-speaking providers. She is also an expert about travel and courses all over the world.

 



+49 (0) 8032 / 988 975-2
klexi@pagaja.com


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HENRY
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Henry recently ventured out on a SUP in Spain for the first time. He has just completed his degree in business administration and since then has supported the team with great passion in digital process optimization. He can also do great things in terms of user experience and social media.


+49 (0) 8032 / 988 975-0
henry@pagaja.com
 


Marius


MARIUS
GRAphICdesign

Marius is a true local from deepest Upper Bavaria. Because of the alpine location he has never been on water. But that will change soon! For this he will even take off his graphics jacket and tie. We hope. His ideas make pagaja literally look good in the truest sense of the word.



+49 (0) 8032 / 988 975-0
info@pagaja.com


Team BENELUX

Nena Vandebroek


NENA
MARKETING MANAGER

Interested in all things watery, Nena is an avid sea kayaker, coastal engineer, and blogger. She migrated to the Netherlands from the US in 2014 and found a home in the Dutch paddling community. She is responsible for pagaja’s BENELUX market..


+49 (0) 8032 / 988 975-4
nena@pagaja.com