JK’s Comedian Nouria Newman shows us Uganda: Video

 
2min in... #2 White Nile (Uganda) from Nouria Newman on Vimeo.

You will always remember whether or not you have met the kayaking worlds own, Nouria Newman. A character on and off the water you are sure to see her ...more

Stage 1 Whitewater Grand Prix- “Freestyle Big Trick”- Gladiator Wave

 

Stage 1:  Whitewater Grand Prix- “Freestyle- Big Trick”- Gladiator Wave”

35 paddlers (27 men and 7 women) competed today on Gladiator Wave.     The Ottawa Valley gave us a wonderful spring day with Sunny weather and high of 55 degrees.     The format for today’s competition was fun, and an all day event.
The Women of this year’s Grand Prix are here in force:
Martina Wegman, Nicole Mansfield, Adrienne Levkneckt, Sandra Hyslop, Mariann Saether, Louise Urwin, Hanna Kertesz all competed yesterday…   Looking forward to watching them compete!  They had some great moves yesterday!
The  Men are:

Dane Jackson (USA)
Nich Troutman (CAN)
Kalob Grady (CAN)
Ben Marr (CAN)
Tyler Curtis (CAN)
Marcos Gallegos (CHL)
Aniol Serrasolses (ESP)
Anthony Yap (AUS)
Bryan Kirk (USA)
Devyn Scott (CAN)
Eric Jackson (USA)
Galen Volckhausen (USA)
Gerd Serrasolses (ESP)
Jakub Nemec (CZE)
Mat Dumoulin (FRA)
Rush Sturges (USA)
Steve Fisher (ZAF)
Tino Specht (USA)
Joel Kowalski (CAN)
Chris Gragtmans (CAN)
Bren Orton (GBR)
Casper van Kalmthout (NLD)
Sam Ward (GBR)
Louis-Philippe Rivest (CAN)
Tyler Fox (CAN)
Lane Jacobs (USA)
Jules Domine (FRA)

1. Meet at 9am to check the water levels and location of event based on those levels.
2. Meet at Gladiator Wave at 11am for competitors meeting and heat assignments.
3. Begin heat one at 12pm- two hours of round robin surfing-  which worked out to be 6 rides each.
4. Begin heat 2 at 2pm- same format… still ...more

Naéco Kayak Surf

Naéco Kayak Surf from GVS Video on Vimeo.

2014 Home Town Throw Down Events

 

 Get fired up !

For the 2014 HTTD EVENT SERIES in DURANGO, CO !
Wednesday May 21st at 6pm
Wednesday June 4th at 6pm
Wednesday June 25th at 6pm
Wednesday July 9th at 6pm
Whatever the flow, Whatever the weather
Prizes for participation
Bring your friends
Surf it up in your home town !


The HTTD event series is designed to provide local boaters an opportunity to compete with friends and meet new ones in a no stress environment.  Although points and prizes are awarded, the intent of the event series is to ...more

Kayaking the Zambezi river - Mat Dumoulin

Kayaking the Zambezi river - Mat Dumoulin from Dumoulin mathieu on Vimeo.

Is this how a training session looks like in 2020?

Jonathan Males | Performance1 - “Ok, your drone is linked up, let’s start the session now”.  Hearing his coach’s voice, the slalom paddler takes smooth powerful strokes away from the bank, not paying any attention to the tiny battery-powered drone that buzzes 5 metres above his head.  The drone’s HD camera gives a birds-eye view of him as he paddles, and is streamed live to the coach’s I-Pad 9, along with the video stream from his helmet mounted HD camera.  His coach can switch between the two video streams, watching and recording in high definition as the paddler takes his first run down the Olympic course.  By the time he’s finished the run and paddled back to the elevator, the coach has beamed an edited version back to watch on ...more

A Look Back at 2013

 

This year was a fun year for paddling got on a few new rivers. Got to meet some new friends and paddle with some folks I hadn’t seen in a little while. I had hoped to get out more in the fall but we have had very low levels of water on Vancouver Island. Hoping for more rain/snow as we head into 2014. Look forward to more missions and adventures, some new festivals, new rivers, exploring, and friends. Big thanks to ...more