So yeh its been the driest summer ever this year in Voss, but you can alway rely on that in September its gonna rain…. and it sure did !! With one good night of rain it was time to pull out a trusty steed from the quiver the Severn O and head to one of the best flows I have surfed on the Milky Wave in down town Voss
23
Sep
22
Sep
Some Pics from the Mighty Nene
Here’s a few of pics from the Peak UK White Water Challenge at the Nene White Water Centre last weekend. The course is a small artificial course with the main play feature being good for pretty much any hole move going. People were hitting Phonix Monkeys, McNasties and all sorts with us C1 boys schooling the kayakers scores in the heats by over 200 points!!
18
Sep
Mighty Nene Peak Challenge
Just got back in from the mighty Nene event in Northampton where they hosted the third Peak Challenge of the year. Blessed with sunshine Saturday start with the freestyle heats to decide who goes through to the semi’s, myself and Jamie making it through. Then Sunday started with the Boater X, which we had to run with our Kayaks 50m to the top of the course then paddle down making various gates and tricks. Jamie took 1st in the C1 and i took 1st in the K1. An hour later and we are both lined up in the eddy ready to fight for a place in the final of the K1 freestyle, Jamie made it through and finished 4th and i made it to 6th place. Jamie then went on to claim first place in the mens C1, so not a bad weekend for us.
 Thanks to the Nene Boyz n Girlz for a great weekend
15
Sep
New Course in Germany
Last week a couple of friends of mine and I were allowed to do a couple of test runs down the new artificial course in Leipzig/Germany. Actually, there are two courses, a little and a big one, but they are not officially open yet because there are still many things to be done at the sight.
Once it’s open though I’m sure it will great fun for all the freestyle and slalom kayakers out there, as the course is pretty steep and has relatively much water on it for an artificial one. When they have finished adjusting the obstacles, there will definitely be some nice play holes and waves on course and international freestyle events could be held there. I’m looking forward to it!
Unfortunately I have no pics so far, I might post some later…
11
Sep
A few pics from this year so far…
Andria and I have had an excellent year on the road so far working on new guidebooks and paddling as much as possible. You can read trip reports of our travels in the NEWS SECTION of our WEBSITE, but I thought I would post a few photos up here for folks to check out.
Me testing out the Burn in April on Little River Canyon Falls, Alabama, USA
Me on Entrance Falls, Vallecito Creek, Colorado in June.
Photo by Chad Higinbotham
Andria on Mesa Falls, Idaho in July
Andria on Callaghan Creek, BC, Canada in August
Andria and Taylor Cavin doing the simul-drop on Rogers Creek, BC in August.
Stay tuned for more, the year is not over yet!!!!
11
Sep
Another Stellar Weekend in Northern New York
With the World Cup of Freestyle Kayaking making a stop in Watertown, New York there was a lot going on, and a lot of new people in town. Everyone seemed to be enjoying all that the great city of Watertown has to offer. The world Cup seemed like a great event and a great idea, but I’ll let Jeremy and Matt tell you all about that.Â
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I managed to sneak off with a few friends to check out the Eagle section of the Beaver River. It is located about 1 hour East of Watertown. I call it the South Silver of the East.  In about a half a mile it drops almost 200 feet over 4 separate rapids. The weather was terrible so the pictures aren’t all that spectacular.  I did four laps, walking back to the top each time. It was so fun I couldn’t stop. Â
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07
Sep
Checking in. Here are some pics from a great year so far…
Taking some time off from school this year opened up my schedule for some epic kayaking trips. Starting off the year in Ecuador with a month-long kayak vacation set the bar for the months to come.
                                                                   
06
Sep
Atlast!
Hello All,
its taken me a few days to work this out, not to sharp with computers! but i think i’m there now. Hav’nt done much this year dure to injury after my van and a Bull conected. But i’m back now!Â
Richard
05
Sep
Loading Up With Ammo!!
Well what a weekend it was over in wet and windy Wales here in the UK for the Coaching Festival at the Tryweryn. Loads of people turned up for the event either for a boat down the river of for one of the many courses going on and the new Ammo and Recoil generated a lot of interest on the stand. It was the first time these new toys had really been seen in public and the Ammo in particular got loads of attention.
Luckily, being fairly short I managed to squeeze myself into the small pre-production boat and give it a whirl. I have to say that I’m not sure I have had so much fun in a boat for ages. Get the Ammo down the river and it’s incredibly manouverable cutting in and out of eddies with ease using those seriously cool edges and short length. Get it on a wave however and it paddles just like a playboat. Spins, small sidekicks, blunts, you name it I’m sure this boat will do it!! In fact, I had about seven, “one last go’s”. I can’t wait to get my paws on a larger one and giving it a spin.
Check out the pic below of me running a rarely run drop in the Ammo. Can you name it?
Photo by: Andy Marsh