Worlds Wrap up: Thoughts and thanks.... ~ Teva games in Italy

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Worlds Wrap up: Thoughts and thanks.... Seth Ashworth - So now one week on from returning from the ICF Freestyle Kayaking World Championships I think my body has finally recovered from one of the funnest and most interesting experiences of my life so far. This was my first international event and it was an amazing experience. In two weeks I met ...

World Championships update Six: Finals day... Seth Ashworth - So after all of the fuss and commotion over flooding fears no epic high flows ever came, if anything by saturday the level was optimal for a day of finals. First up was squirt which we watched with baited breath as Jamie Austen (GBR) was pipped at the post by young Dane Jackson of the USA ...

Teva games in Italy Zet Kayaks - First week in June another important extreme kayaking competition took place in Val Chiusela valley, Italy. Couple of disciplines were held and a great competition from all over Europe and overseas gathered. First discipline was the extreme downhill, where I made a mistake and stuck between the rocks for few seconds.

L'Argentiere Up Next in Canoe Slalom World Cup Series ICF - Shortly after their final race in Tacen, athletes were already on the road enroute to L'Argentiere, hosts of the next ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. L'Argentiere is a sub-community of Pays des Ecrins located in the Hautes-Alpes. The venue is the L'Argentiere Canoe Slalom Course which sits on the Durance River and is used for kayaking, white-water rafting and other water sports.

TEVA Extreme Outdoor Games Italy 2011 Palm Blogs - After having a pretty turbulent June attending three big events I just want to give a short update about this years edition of the Teva Extreme Outdoor Games in Ivrea. It was the third year the Games were hosted during the second weekend of June in the new location. The long distance down river race was hold up in Valchiusella and won by Mike Dawson (NZL) and Martina Wegman (NED). It acted as qualification for the famous "King of the Falls" race.

Powerhouse section of the kern river Imagine Surf Blog - John from Mountain River Tours in Kernville took a large group of kayakers out onto the Powerhouse section of the kern. For most of the group this was their first time on a SUP. The group included Olympian Eric Giddens, and his wive, Olympic silver medalist Rebecca Giddens.

Ash River First Descent Adrian Tregoning - The Ash River is well known in South Africa amongst paddlers and obviously this article is not about the first descent, however, Fluid Team paddler Luke Longridge decided that the top dam walls are indeed runnable and decided to be the first to probe. I believe water levels were very high for this run. From my past times on the Ash I know that the second dam is actually a stepped drop.

East Coast Summer Tour Adventures Girls at Play - While Emily and Mary Frances were touring the West Coast Cindy and Anna hit the East Coast for their own paddling adventures!  Here is a recap of the first half of the trip narrated by Anna and Cindy so you get an idea of the trip from their unique perspectives…

Sat 03. Sep 2011, Day 1 Freya Hoffmeister - "Position: -34,5956 -58,3623, Location: namecampsite, Distance: 50 km, Start: 7.30 h End: 18.00 h, wind: mor 15 kn SW mid 20 kn S aft 10 kn" This is a test blog entry! It was a perfect (fake) paddling day…saw many dolphins, no crocodiles… (This is how it will be looking the next three years on ...

TEOG 2011 in Italy Zet Kayaks - ... Photo gallery from Teva Extreme Outdoor games 2011 in Italy, Ivrea. Story about how well did ZET kayaks during this event coming soon :). enjoy ... [View with PicLens]

Announcing the Junior National Slalom Team USA Canoe/Kayak - The 2011 USA Canoe/Kayak Junior Slalom Team Trials wrapped up Sunday in Wausau, Wis. The event plays a role in naming the athletes to compete in the upcoming Wausau Open (July 9-10, 2011), also on the same Wausau whitewater course. The Wausau ...

Big Smiles, Big Sur and Glenwood Waves CKS Squad - What a Big Wave summer for Colorado. Big Sur and Glenwood waves have been at great, high flows for weeks. ... Big Sur was between 24 to 28, 700, which created a good foam pile and steeper shoulder then at 22k and lower when the wave is ...

Cameron River Fraser Valley WW - Cameron Creek is an absolute classic Vancouver Island creek run. This low volume creek run has over 40 rapids and is fun from top to bottom (okay the fun ends at the bottom of the run when the 15 minute slog out of the creek starts). Cameron is low stress class 4 creeking at medium to low flows....

Drinking Seawater – The Bombard Story Inflatable Kayaks & Packrafts - "I claim to have proved that the sea itself provides sufficient food and drink to enable the battle for survival to be fought with perfect confidence. " ...  Many packboaters have heard of Alone at Sea, Hannes Lindemann's famous account of his sail-assisted, mid-Fifties Atlantic crossings, first in a dug-out canoe and then in a production Klepper folding kayak. As a doctor, Lindemann used his expedition to examine the physiology and psychology of enduring ...

From PNG to CALI!!! Jordan Searle - Well after a month of being back in New Zealand cashing up and re-setting we were ready to break out of the cold weather and get some sunshine... fortunately we already has some tickets booked for cali and on June 17th we were on our way. But not before we were interviewed by TV3 news for our PNG expedition...

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