Date registered: January 3, 2012
03
May
A few years ago there seemed to be a widely accepted belief that in order to kayak down harder rivers you needed a creekboat, a big one. Since then the sport has moved on and the Freeride movement has pushed things further and further in half slice kayaks. It is now not uncommon to see …
09
Feb
The season was drawing to an end in Austria, and I was facing a choice between lockdown in the UK or lockdown in Austria when I received an Instagram message from Josh at Bali productions. The tourism board was filming a new tourism campaign based around action sports and were in need of a kayaker…
08
Oct
The Wellerbrücke is fast, steep, and chock-full of places you don’t want to end up. If I’m honest, there’s not very much to taking the Ozone down the Wellerbrücke that makes sense!
22
Jan
The time has long gone when we would use massive kayaks designed for steep rivers on easier sections of whitewater and float easily over the top of all the features or just park and play at one spot. It’s time to enjoy the river!
19
Nov
Another year of the Park Jam has come, the kids I met for the first time have gotten older, taller and better at kayaking but best of all there are new people popping up throughout the countries whitewater parks. The first years tour was a bit of an impromptu rush to make it happen, nobody …
14
Nov
I genuinely didn’t look for food I liked or that would typically be good to have on a multi-day, I looked for the lightest sources of calories possible and walked away with several packs of biscuits.
28
Aug
I have been lucky enough to travel to almost all of my childhood dream kayaking destinations, but there has been one country at the top of the list for a long time.
28
May
It can be scary trying new things on the river, however, I think it’s a large part of why I find kayaking so addictive.
20
Mar
It isn’t as rewarding as the 9R, and it doesn’t feature the learning curve, everyday joy and surprises of the Ripper, but my goodness when the river is rowdy am I happy to be in my Machno!
06
Feb
Don’t let a little bit of cold weather stop you from getting out and enjoying the river, even if you were born south of Warrington.