Saturday 7 February 2015
Devon Heaven Hampers
Devon Heaven Hampers is a small company from near the River Dart in Devon offering food and drink sourced locally from Devon, specialising in cream teas by post. Their quality Devon food hampers make for an original gift idea, whether it’s for a birthday, Christmas, Mothers / Fathers day, Valentines day, anniversary or any other occasion. They are an ideal present for anyone with a connection to, or love of Devon, so a great gift for any canoeists who like to get a cream tea after paddling the Dart. Their cream tea hampers also make for a great weekend treat for couples looking for a taste of the Westcountry without having to battle the M5 traffic!
Sunday 25 November 2012
Flowerports WAVE
Do first surfs exist? Probably not but I'm claiming it anyway. The flowerpots wave was spotted a few years back by AS Watersports when the river flooded and the second pots weir washed out. It only took about 6 months worth of rain within a week but this weekend i got to surf it. I also got interrogated by sky news who were reporting on the recent flooding and didn't approve http://news.sky.com/story/1016089/flood-scenes-shocking-says-david-cameron (not sure if link will stay up).
The upper part of the weir
Breaking out in the beer garden
Sky news
Saturday 24 November 2012
2012 British Championships Results
The British Championships were concluded this weekend at Hurley.
It was decided by taking the best 3 results from the following events:
Tryweryn - May
Cardiff - Sept
Nottingham - Oct
Hurley – Nov
Mens
1 Sam Anderson
2 Ben Brayfield
3 Matt Rogers
Womens
1 Emily Wall
2 Islay Crosbie
3 Rachel Bovill
C1
1 Sam Anderson
2 Josh Wedgewood
3 Paul King
Junior Men
1 Tom Goddard
2 Jake Boswell
3 Chris Thorne
Junior Womens
1 Kim Aldred
2 Jen McGaley
OC1
1 Paul King
It was decided by taking the best 3 results from the following events:
Tryweryn - May
Cardiff - Sept
Nottingham - Oct
Hurley – Nov
Mens
1 Sam Anderson
2 Ben Brayfield
3 Matt Rogers
Womens
1 Emily Wall
2 Islay Crosbie
3 Rachel Bovill
C1
1 Sam Anderson
2 Josh Wedgewood
3 Paul King
Junior Men
1 Tom Goddard
2 Jake Boswell
3 Chris Thorne
Junior Womens
1 Kim Aldred
2 Jen McGaley
OC1
1 Paul King
Monday 22 October 2012
Wednesday 5 September 2012
Cardiff Freestyle Improvements
Cardiff International Whitewater course has recently had some modifications to it making it pretty good for freestyle.
New Feature – ‘Camera’
Its kind of a new feature, there was a little hole there before but it wasn’t particularly good. Apparently, its called Camera and its in the middle of the back straight. I paddled it on 8 and 10 cumics and at both levels it was a nice retentive hole. On 10 it becomes a bit steeper and stickier but is still fairly friendly. I wouldn’t say left or right moves go any better and even on 8 I wasn’t hitting the bottom so was pretty impressed with this new feature.
Modifications have also been made to the feature on the corner of the course by the centre. I had a few goes in it on 10 and it was definitely a lot better than when I’d previously paddled it on 8 or 12. It seemed more retentive and made it easy to get some big air on loops and godzillas. I didn’t paddle it on 8 but you could see from looking at it that it was more retentive and uniform without any waves kicking up in the middle of it.
Friday 18 November 2011
GB Freestyle Team for 2012
This years Hurley rodeo had to be postponed until February due to low water levels so the GB team for next years European Championships has now been finalised despite not having a date for the Euro’s in Vienna. This years winners of the league series were crowned British Champions and were given automatic entry on the team. Everyone else competed for one less place per category on the team at HPP in Nottingham. Below is what I make the team to be:
Mens
Myself (BC)
James Bebbington
James Weight
Alan Ward
Gav Barker
Womens
Claire O’Hara (BC)
Emily Wall
Lowri Davies
Jr Men
James Benns (BC?)
Bren Orton
Sam Stephenson
Brandon Hepburn
Jr Women
Kim Aldred (BC)
Jennifer McGaley
C1
Paul King (BC)
Dave Bainbridge
Adam Ramadan
OC1
Paul King (BC)
Alan Ward
Mens
Myself (BC)
James Bebbington
James Weight
Alan Ward
Gav Barker
Womens
Claire O’Hara (BC)
Emily Wall
Lowri Davies
Jr Men
James Benns (BC?)
Bren Orton
Sam Stephenson
Brandon Hepburn
Jr Women
Kim Aldred (BC)
Jennifer McGaley
C1
Paul King (BC)
Dave Bainbridge
Adam Ramadan
OC1
Paul King (BC)
Alan Ward
Saturday 29 October 2011
Dublin Sluice Rodeo
This year the sluice rodeo in Dublin was one of six competitions used to determine the British champion. Unfortunately, the sluice couldn’t run due to an issue with a repair to a bridge upstream so it was moved 40k north of Dublin to Stackallen – not great when you don’t have a car. Luckily a local kindly sorted us out with a lift. The feature was a tiny wave that you probably wouldn’t bother stopping to play on if at somewhere like Nottingham. But the event was still good fun and more laid back than most competitions. It was a jam session format with best 5 moves counting.
The UK did pretty well. Kim Aldred won the junior girls with some nice loops. Clairo won the womens landing a mcnasty in a really really flushy feature. Paul King came a close second in c1 and I won the Mens.
The league is your best 4 results from the 6 comps. I’ve won the Nene, Tryweryn, Cardiff and now Dublin so will be British Champion for the second time regardless of the Hurley result.
Thanks to Adrian Durrant for organizing the event.
The UK did pretty well. Kim Aldred won the junior girls with some nice loops. Clairo won the womens landing a mcnasty in a really really flushy feature. Paul King came a close second in c1 and I won the Mens.
The league is your best 4 results from the 6 comps. I’ve won the Nene, Tryweryn, Cardiff and now Dublin so will be British Champion for the second time regardless of the Hurley result.
Thanks to Adrian Durrant for organizing the event.
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