11-year-old Sir Ranulph Fiennes fan completes epic 25-mile kayak journey in aid of Polar Museum

After a string of initial setbacks which forced him to abandon the journey in June, 11-year-old Toby Booth, a Sir Ranulph Fiennes fan from Bishop’s Stortford, manoeuvred 20 locks on an epic 25-mile expedition to the edge of the River Thames in aid of a bid to buy negatives from Captain Scott’s final journey.
Booth was inspired to set off in his Cougar racing kayak after admiring the men of the Heroic Age whose feats of bravery are told at Cambridge’s Polar Museum. But his original foray, from the Harlow Outdoor Centre in June, was thwarted when two of his ...more

Kayak Festival at Ortoire River

Forty competitors have already registered for the races and will paddle different types of kayaks including K1s (Olympic style boats), surf skis, sea kayaks (sit-inside), and single and double sit-on-top kayaks. The race begins at 9 am and it features the long course (14 kilometres) and the short course (seven kilometres).

Last year’s winner John Horsfall is expected to defend his title against seasoned surf ski kayaker, Johan Sydow, as well as athletes, Satyam Maharaj, Sherlon Pierre, Matthew Robinson and Keian Huggins. These sprint athletes attended a ten-week training programme in the ...more

Canoe races Calendar

 

Year	Start Date	End Date	Discipline	Event	Location	Country
2014	18/10/2014	19/10/2014	WILDWATER CANOEING	INTERNATIONAL CANOE RACE PRÜM	IRREL, PRÜM, GERMANY	GERMANY
2014	18/10/2014	18/10/2014	CANOE MARATHON	ADIGE MARATHON	PESCANTINA	ITALY
2014	24/10/2014	26/10/2014	CANOE OCEAN RACING	BREIZH OCEAN RACING	SAINT-PIERRE DE QUIBERON	FRANCE
2014	03/11/2014	09/11/2014	ICF	2014 ICF CONGRESS	WARSAW	POLAND
2014	07/11/2014	08/11/2014	CANOE MARATHON	MARATHON INTERNATIONAL DES GORGES DE L'ARDECHE	VALLON PONT D'ARC	FRANCE
2014	15/06/2015	15/06/2015	CANOE MARATHON	LAHTI MIDNIGHT ULTRA MARATHON	CITY OF LAHTI	FINLAND
2015	31/01/2015	01/02/2015	CANOE SLALOM	OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS	MANGAHAO	NEW ZEALAND
2015	13/02/2015	15/03/2015	CANOE SLALOM	AUSTRALIAN OPEN	PENRITH	AUSTRALIA
2015	20/03/2015	21/03/2015	CANOE SLALOM	SOLKAN 2015	SOLKAN	SLOVENIA
2015	22/03/2015	22/03/2015	WILDWATER CANOEING	MONSCHAU CANOE RACE	MONSCHAU, RUR	GERMANY
2015	27/03/2015	29/03/2015	CANOE SLALOM	MARKKLEEBERG 2015	MARKKLEEBERG	GERMANY
2015	03/04/2015	04/04/2015	CANOE SLALOM	2015 SEGRE CANOE SLALOM CUP	PONTS & LA SEU D'URGELL	SPAIN
2015	04/04/2015	05/04/2015	CANOE SLALOM	47TH ILINDANSKI KAJAK SLALOM IKAS 2015	SKOPJE MAKEDONIJA	FYROM
2015	11/04/2015	12/04/2015	CANOE POLO	CANOE POLO INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT	BOLOGNA	ITALY
2015	11/04/2015	12/04/2015	CANOE SPRINT	INTERNATIONAL "TROFEO SPARAFUCILE CITTA DI MANTOVA"	MANTOVA	ITALY
2015	18/04/2015	19/04/2015	CANOE SLALOM	INTERNATIONAL LIPTOV	LIPTOVSKY MIKULAS	SLOVAKIA

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Roll, roll, roll your boat: Bute hosts kayak workshop

 

Kayak rolling - knowing how to right a capsized kayak quickly and easily while you’re paddling in the open water, without getting out of your boat - is a vital skill for any serious kayaker, although it’s not quite as straightforward as Lesley made it look during her two-day workshop in the waters off Port Bannatyne.

Roddy McDowell of Kayak Bute, who invited Lesley to the island, said: “Rolling is the best form of self-rescue when ...more

Good Times At Lumpy Waters 2014

 

Our class of ten sea kayakers bobs up and down in the swell off the Oregon coast. We’re gathered around Sean Morley — a British police-officer-turned-kayak-surfer, expeditioner and world-renowned instructor — who has been charged with the task of honing our long boat surfing skills in seas that are rough even by the standards of the Lumpy Waters Symposium.

The 104 students and 30 coaches who travelled to this year’s event have split into groups to practice skills ranging from bracing and rolling to sea navigation and advanced rock gardening. For the last 45 minutes, however, our group hasn’t seen a soul. We followed Morley out around a stunning sandstone cape near Pacific City, Oregon and have stopped just outside the surf zone where we plan to practice carving down the faces of waves in our 14- to 17-foot sea kayaks.

“Everyone take a moment to plan your line to shore,” Morley instructs the class of intermediate-to-advanced paddlers. We crane our necks, and try to size up the waves from the seats of our boats. The narrow line of beach periodically disappears behind curtains of white foam. The sound alone is intimidating. “Ask yourself if you feel confident about this landing.”

It’s the first morning of the three-day gathering and my first sea kayak symposium. In fact, it’s one of ...more

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Flint River kayak and canoe ramps up and ready

 

Construction of the kayak and canoe ramps along the Flint River is now complete.

There are three ramps now. One is at the Georgia Power dam, one close to the Flint RiverQuarium and another not far from that at Ray Charles Plaza.

Downtown Manager Sharlene Cannon says this is one project to ...more

De Jonge leads Nova Scotia selections to national paddling teams

Fifteen Nova Scotian paddlers, including Olympic bronze medallist

 Mark de Jonge of Halifax, have been named to 

CanoeKayak Canada’s sprint national teams for the 2014-15 season.

The Maskwa paddler was selected to men’s kayak 200 team on Tuesday.

Windsor’s Ryan Cochrane and Halifax’s Alexander Scott 

were also named to the K200 team.

Other Bluenoses on the national squads include: 

Halifax’s Andrew Jessop and Waverley’s Marshall Hughes (men’s K-1,000)

 Dartmouth’s Benjamin Russell and Waverley’s Craig Spence (men’s C-1,000)

 Jason McCoombs of Dartmouth (men’s C-200)

 Genevieve Orton of Lake Echo, 

Kentville’s Alexa Irvin and Dartmouth’s Sam Hall,

 Hannah Vaughan and Una Lounder (women’s K-500)

 Michelle Russell of Waverley (women’s K-200)

 and Dave Waters of Fox Point (Paracanoe).

CanoeKayak Canada also named a senior development and a ...more