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submitted by James Ward Over the past few weeks I’ve managed to paddle at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. This is where the 2022 Freestyle World championships will be taking place. The feature that it’s taking place has been made ready for the competition and I’ve had some time training ready for Team Great Britain selections in October. The hole it’s quite tricky as it’s hard to control the boat with the boiley foam pile. The feature is on a turn which makes it tight at one end and then wavey at the other. On my time training in this feature I’ve...

Submitted by Mike Shaw Being on lockdown since January has meant we havn’t been able to travel to paddle. But with the UK starting to release restrictions we got out on the water over the Easter break where I ran a weeks coaching during the school holidays for kids and their parents. We hit up three different locations in the week. Hurley, Chertsey and Nottingham. We worked on river running moves at Hurley, threw in some rock spins for good measure. Cartwheels and Flat Water Freestyle at Chertsey before heading to Nottingham for plenty of hole boating in inlet gate...

A few weeks back, when the sun was still out I headed to Cardiff White Water Centre to do some coaching and introduce some friends to the centre. I also took with me my Jackson Kayak Rockstar 4.0. READ MORE

I wrote this blog a few months back but forgot to post it, Hope you enjoy… READ MORE

“We could go paddling in Norway” This simple-sounding suggestion by Alex was to lead to a trip unlike any I had been on before. Notorious for its immense waterfalls, hard-core whitewater and lack of useful ferries there from the UK, reaching and then paddling in Norway was already going to be a challenge. So we naturally decided to go via the Alps. While I wouldn’t recommend this less-than-logical route to Scandinavia, it meant we got to start our summer with three awesome weeks paddling in France, Switzerland and Austria with Cambridge University Canoe Club on their annual Alps trip! (Check...