"Plenty of people have told us not to do it. But there are always some silly buggers like us who will try it."
The former Otago Polytechnic student and his United Kingdom friend Russell Belcher, both of whom are about to turn 23, want to become the first people to circumnavigate Britain in a kayak boosted by kite power.
They will begin their journey of almost 5000km on February 17, in the middle of the northern hemisphere winter, hoping to do the trip in a record-breaking 79 days or less, raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association on the way.
Why leave in winter?
"No-one as young as us has ever done this. No-one has ever done it in winter. And no-one has ever done it using a power kite. This is a massive test of planning and the trip will be a massive test of skill, endurance and power."
Raised in Levin, Mr Price, a self-confessed "adrenaline junkie", came to Dunedin to complete Otago Polytechnic's diploma in outdoor leadership and management.
He graduated in 2006 and spent some years working in adventure sports in New Zealand before moving to the UK about 14 months ago.
At present, he is a sports instructor in a children's activity centre.
He and his friend have imported from Canada a sea kayak that has been strengthened to withstand the rough winter seas they expect to encounter, particularly off the west coast of Scotland.
Their steerable kite is 4.5m wide and flies on an 18m string.
Mr Price said they had not been able to test it with the kayak yet but had tried it out attached to a kart on land.
"It was ridiculously fast. We were reaching speeds of 25mph - about 40kmh. We think we will be able to reach cruising speeds of 20-30kmh in the kayak, which will be pretty cool."
But he said it would be back to paddle power unless the sea was calm.
"We can't use it all the time. It is only a boost."
Mr Price and Mr Belcher live in different parts of the UK and have not trained together much yet. Mr Price said because Todmorden was landlocked and a long way from the coast, he was spending as much time as he could paddling a solo kayak up and down the local canal.
"It's boring, but it's training."
Mr Price said his years at the Otago Polytechnic were some of the best of his life.
"What I enjoyed most were the people. We spent quite a bit of time in some tricky situations, and it was amazing to have such great mates around. Our teachers not only helped with course work, but if we needed some help outside the programme, they would do whatever they could to make life easier."
He said his fellow students would not be surprised to hear about his expedition.
"If you ask [them] they will tell you I always had a plan ... I have a lot of expedition ideas in my head, and I'm sure after three months of constant paddling, I will have many more."
