Packing up my gear for the seventh time to head to one of my favourite rivers in the world—the Zambezi—I paused and wondered whether taking the ReactR was the right choice…
Category Archive: Trip Reports
18
Dec
Carving Out Time To Play
I used to be able to work for a few months until I could afford a flight somewhere with great water, then live cheaply next to a river, hitching shuttles and spending weeks, even months a year paddling. Now I have to sneak in a quick flood run before breakfast…
15
Dec
The First Descent of Moawhango Falls
The feeling of standing somewhere that no human had ever stood was pretty indescribable, and the gravity of the situation was dawning on us…
08
Aug
Todo Raundalselva
Phil picked me up from Kayak Voss at 7:30am and we headed to meet Riley and Espen to catch the 8:20am train up the Raundal valley. Kayak on a train??? Yep, that’s right!
18
Jul
The University of Bristol Canoe Club Takes on North Wales
This Easter, while most people were busy pretending they liked Cadbury Crème Eggs and dodging family lunch politics, UOBCC did what UOBCC does best: squeezed far too many boats onto car roofs, loaded up a playlist featuring both Taylor Swift and DnB (we’re a club of extremes), and set off to North Wales in search of whitewater…
15
Apr
New Zealand Extreme Whitewater Race Series
Life on the road with Alex Littlechild and Rhys Thompson as they make their way around the New Zealand Extreme Whitewater Race Series and have some bonus fun between!
25
Mar
Huw’s Adventures – Chile
Like any kayaking trip to a new place, my mind was buzzing with ideas of what I wanted to accomplish—from dialling in my cobra flip on the Rio Palguín, where it was invented, to running stunning 20-meter waterfalls with my ReactR and perfecting my technique. However, the first challenge Matti and I faced was simply making it as far as the airport in Santiago, Chile.
24
Mar
University of Bristol Canoe Club – WWSR 2025
After Bristol Uni Canoe Club’s incredibly successful fundraiser earlier this academic year, 12 club members were able to attend a WWSR course in February; double the amount from previous years!
14
Feb
Conquering Austria’s Tallest Waterfall: A Kayaker’s Decade-Long Journey
Austria is famed for whitewater kayaking, with the Salza waterfall being a rare challenge. In 2014, Lukas Strobl and later Daniel Egger successfully descended the 83ft drop. Recently, heavy rainfall allowed another attempt, leading to a successfully planned descent by the author, Huw Butterworth, in his Pyranha ReactR.
10
Dec
Overcoming Challenges when Filming on Iceland’s White Water
The team faced challenges with their plan to film for their Online White Water course in Scotland due to low river levels… and so headed to Iceland instead!