KAYAKING & RAFTING

Descent Published on mars 23rd, 2022 | by Kayak Session The headwaters of the Gauley flow out of the Monongahela Forest around Richwood, WV. These Class II-III+ runs offer dozens of miles of approachable whitewater. However, the Headwaters are easily overlooked by the vast amount of world-class whitewater downstream. For Shane Groves, growing up in

By Chris Evans Photos: Plas Y Brenin The key to visualisation is to disengage the brain and go Visualisation is the ability to ‘imagine’ situations and how they could or should be managed when faced with them in real life. To see positive actions and believe in the reality of the vision. Techniques used to

By Aaron Rolph @aaronrolph Featuring Ed Ghilks Photos: @britishadventurecollective Supported by: Zegul Kayaks Kayaking Scotland’s wild isles For most, the UK is hardly synonymous with wilderness. Leading the agricultural and industrial revolutions meant pretty relentless deforestation for fuel and land use change, all in the name of productivity. With such intensive industries historically, our population

Words: Eric Jackson Photos: Eric Jackson, Filip Nagy/Red Bull Content Pool, the International Canoe Federation and CanoePhotography Bio ‘EJ’ won the Freestyle World Championship four times – in 1993, 2001, 2005, and 2007, finishing second in 2009. He was given the Everest Award in 2005 and 2007, given to the top freestyler kayaker in the

Words: Richard Harpham Photos Richard Harpham & Ashley Kenlock Bio Richard Harpham, FRGS, is a human powered adventurer, coach and inspirational speaker who has completed over 11,000 miles of expeditions by kayak, canoe, SUP and bike www.richadventure.com Richard runs the award winning Canoe Trail watersports and adventure business with his wife Ashley. Thanks to BAM

Early Spring 2022 issue 64 contents The Paddler early spring issue has sprung… The International magazine for recreational paddlers How to spot rocksBy Ray Goodwin Dimitri’s rescue 4Fourth of a series of four by Dimitri Vandepoele A chat with…Adrian Mattern Scotland’s wild islesBy Aaron Rolph Extreme slalomBy Eric Jackson Couch potato paddlingBy Elaine Farquharson Canoe

Words:Elaine Farquharson Photos:James Farquharson,trek6500 – Adobe Stock, photolifepnw – Adobe Stock, Ammit – Adobe Stock Elaine’s details www.dorsethealthandwellbeing.co.uk or www.dorsetsupcoachingandguiding.co.uk Big thanks to Dagger UK, for their help Spinal alignment Couch potato paddling We think of sitting down as a restful sedentary posture, but it is not. As paddlers, we need core strength, proprioception, spinal

Interview: Peter Tranter Photos: Jens Klatt/Red Bull Content Pool & Kalob Grady Huge thanks to David Bain of NRS, for his help in organising the interview A chat with… Adrian Mattern We’re honoured to have an in-depth chat with an athlete for whom kayaking is a way of life: Germany’s Adrian Mattern. Mattern and his

Ray Goodwin’s – how to spot those pesky rocks I had joined the staff at an Outdoor Education Centre in Wales. I was almost purely a climber/mountaineer and a wet day off was just an excuse to do climbs that didn’t really dry out. So, after adventures on routes such as Soap Gut on the

Loch to loch – Morar to Nevis Kirston and I had spent the year trying to arrange diaries to coincide with each other’s availability, and almost by accident, we found ourselves with a spare week in the north of England in early December, where the stars seemed to align! We decided to focus our efforts

BY DIMITRI VANDEPOELE NORTHSEAKAYAK In this series, we will share the first-hand experience, my NORTHSEAKAYAK team, and I gained while training together with the Coast Guard, search and rescue assets and other vessels that may come to aid when the need arises. DIMITRI’S RESCUE TRAINING SERIES (PART 4) In this series, we will share the

Contest Published on mars 22nd, 2022 | by Kayak Session Check out the top 10 winners for the 2021/22 Reel World Video contest Vol.6 presented by NRS. Congrats to Isaac Hull (USA) for taking top honours in the Pro Category this year, and also to Kurt Zonteck (USA) for winning the amateur category. Rules: Films

In some quarters, tandem kayaking is synonymous with dull paddling and poor technique. But where is it written that tandems must be paddled conservatively? In any kayak, we should be safely pushing our limits to improve our skills. Double kayaks are no exception. We should be out there surfing in plastic doubles, doing huge seal

While targeting smaller panfish and such, getting towed around isn’t a concern. For this type of fishing you can hold your position by sitting at anchor or planting your feet on the shallow bottom. It doesn’t get much easier. But it takes some skills to put the brakes on a small kayak when you hook

events Published on mars 22nd, 2022 | by Kayak Session The 26th Green River Narrows Race had a lot of records, though not necessarily the one many were hoping to see. Though racers all hoped for a push at the four-minute race lap, what they saw instead may be more encouraging for the sport itself.