The rains of recent weeks have ended up making up the rivers, despite the advanced state of drought in which we were.
Most artificial dams that spoil our beautiful rivers have given way to good waves, to our delight. Aiguillon, last dam before the confluence of the Lot and the Garonne river, gave us a whole new wave, never tested before. And what a wave ! Slide, bounce, and fifteen meter wide. HAPPINESS !!
It rained a lot. It snowed a lot. Spring will be good !
Jo.
Last week makeking nice water fall.I was 6m and 7m.double water fall.
And day 2
after the fall starting endless big water.so excite cleeking day.
HI,
Here is the last video of the C1 Guy’s Corp (Jo and Me).This video Redraw a small weekend of training at Millau. VIDEO
NICO
JO
Next stage this weekend with the French team trial for European championship in Lienz.
See you Nico.
I flew to Jakarta, where I met with the rest of the crew and flew to Lampung. Here our local friends pick up us and with support of army we start to prepare for the first river, Way – semong. They have paddled the lower part of this river many years ago, but nobody did the upper part, which is approximately 13km more. Few years ago, they did some scouting, but most of the information was not usefull. Anyway, it was a very nice river with some box gorges, class IV-V, but everything runable. We did around 25km of this river.
Last weekend saw the first ever Gladiator of the Sluice competition. This comp was held in the evening and ran into the late hours of the night. As the light faded the competition really came to life with the full effect of the lighting and strobes coming into action. The hole was set up with a curtain entry and paddlers began their run under a flurry of fake snow and smoke! It really was the best UK competition I have ever been to and I hope it sets the standard for future ones. The atmosphere was incredible and every aspect of the event was well organised.
Kayaking wise, I was really impressed with the extremely high standard of paddling – particularly in the senior mens class with more 1000+ scores than ever before. A big trick competition was also ran and was won by Rob Crowe (who else!), a king of the wave session happened to finish and James Weight was the last man standing!
I cant wait for the next competition in this style and i can only hope they will become more regular than annual! Jon Best ran the event and the organisers and judges deserve a huge thankyou! If you couldnt make it this time, dont miss out again on the next one! www.gladiatorofthesluice.co.uk/
Here is a video summary of the event from Bren Orton, Jack Gunter and Martyn Butler.
http://vimeo.com/39368051
Results
SENIOR MEN
1ST JAMES WEIGHT – 1146
2ND ROB CROW – 1045
3RD ANDY BRINKLEY – 916
SENIOR WOMEN
1ST JEN CHRIMES – 336
2ND EMILY WALL – 250
3RD ISLAY CROSBIE – 60
JUNIOR MEN
1ST JAMES BENNS – 1166
2ND BRANDON HEPBURN – 856
3RD BREN ORTON – 736
JUNIOR WOMEN
1ST JENNIFER MCGALEY – 76
The first race is behind us. New boat was great and it showed that my paddling really improved. I finnished 4th and I’m really satisfied with that result but for next races I only expect to be better.
Well, this time last week my very own Pyranha Jed arrived and I got the chance to paddle it last Thursday. Heres a video of my first few moments in the boat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxFq32CO-R0&list=UUnBJsPd6EokHdq4U9qX9qww&index=1&feature=plcp
In other words, my 2012 duemstuff gear arrived today and it looks fantastic, can’t wait to get it out on the water.
Winter this year has been fairly quiet for me, especially in terms of kayaking. I havnt done much paddling since December but it is also nice to have a break before the next season and i’m really looking forward to the summer!
In February i went snowboarding in Austria with my friends Richard Chrimes and Matt Chadder. We were blessed with huge amounts of snow and great conditions all week. It was my first time snowboarding and i couldnt of had a better time! I will certainly be returning, hopefully in the near future.
By the beginning of March it was already starting to feel a bit like summer with blue skies and temperatures finally above ten! On several occaisions i have even been able to use my new neo combo which is perfect for sunny days. The season over here really kicks off next weekend though, with Gladiator of the Sluice, a cool sounding event run by Jon Best in Nottingham (not to be confused with the Irish’s playspot!).
www.gladiatorofthesluice.co.uk
Cant wait! I am also really pleased to have joined the Wavesport team and i look forward to paddling the project x more in the lead up to the euros in Austria. I will write again next week with news from the Gladiator event but in the meantime i will leave you with a short video from the weekend… :)
James
Hi,
The traditional photo contest of the French kayak’s forum is launched!
A big thank to DUEMSTUFF for its partnership.
So see you soon on the site of the photo contest to show off your photos and save your favorite!
The contest website: http://www.eauxvives.org/photocontest/
Regulation: http://www.eauxvives.org/photocontest/reglement.html
See you
Fafa
Rains early this year have greatly swollen the waters of the Rhone, the Saone and the Doubs. Despite freezing temperatures, kayakers are given away to heart’s content on the biggest waves of France. So we went in Beaucaire in the south-eastern with a handful of friends.
The water had already begun to decline, but the Roger’s wave, as it is called, was still in water to be really fun.
The first day we had a beautiful wave vertical all smooth but impossible to take the freestyle boat. As a minimum provision of this kind of situation, we brought a surf kayak and a stand up paddle kindly lent by 2Imagine and ABYS Kayak Shop of Pau.
Jo, surfing on the smooth wave.
Nico, surfer mode
The next day, the water had fallen further, the foam has appeared on the wave, freestyle kayaks come in the dance. The wave is not huge, but there is plenty to enjoy and have fun.
Jo
Jo
Nico
Jo
Nico and Jo
Nico
See you soon on the water.
As every year, I went to my family for Christmas. On program , training on Cher river and spending the good time with my parents.
This year the levels of water weren’t at the top, so I train with my stand up. We let you enjoy the pictures.
Stand up Surfing one the Mazelles wave.
Cardio training in feet of the loire’s castles.
Many thanks to the shop abys and 2imagine for the board !
see you
nico
So its winter time and the river are getting harder and harder to paddle with the cold. So I have been taking a bit of my boating to the pool. Summed up in this video:
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
This is my first calendar, I hope you like it. Season is getting closer so the excitement is building up and also my new boat is going to be ready in 14 days. It is kapsl 2, the same that Peter Kauzer has so I can’t wait to get it. I will post a picture of it as soon as I get it.
