KAYAKING & RAFTING

Winter 2022 issue 63 contents Check it out! The Paddler magazine winter issue…
 The International magazine for recreational paddlers Buy the printed copy here… https://paddlerezine.com/printed-subs/ The reluctant pupilDarren Clarkson It’s all in the timingBy Ray Goodwin Dimitri’s rescue 3Third of a series of four by Dimitri Vandepoele EJ’s favourite riversBy Eric Jackson A chat with…Nick

Interview: Peter Tranter Photos: Nick Troutman, Emily Jackson, Dane Jackson, Seth Warren – Heliconia www.heliconia.ca Alec Voorhees A chat with… Nick Troutman We’re really honoured to welcome back Nick, seven years after his first interview for the Paddler magazine. Nick has been kayaking for 18+ years, won a Freestyle Kayak world championship and married the

Ray Goodwin’s – it’s all in the timing My first adventures in the outdoors started back in 1968 with an ascent of a snowy mountain in North Wales. I nearly didn’t come back from that trip up Cnicht when I took a slide on the rather icy snow slopes on the descent. It was a

BY ERIC JACKSON PHOTOS: ERIC JACKSON, JASON AMBROSE, Chris Emerick, Patrick Lynch, Tim Burne, Nick Troutman, Stephen Wright, John Binkley and Peter Tranter 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

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 3) In this series, we will share the

By Adam Evans and Angela Ward Adam’s bio Adam is a professional Mental Game Performance Coach, a British Canoeing Guide Scheme Assessor, Advanced Canoe Leader and Canoe Coach/Wilderness Guide. Adam is kindly supported by Hou Canoes and Palm Equipment. www.houcanoes.com www.palmequipmenteurope.com. www.mental-game.co.uk Angela’s bio Angela works full-time for the NHS as an Orthoptist/Low Vision Assessor

By Chris Brain Photos:Chris Brain, William Hauser, Palm Equipment, David Bain & Will Copestake www.chrisbraincoaching.com Bio Chris has been paddling and coaching for over 20 years and runs his own business Chris Brain Coaching, delivering coaching, safety and rescue courses.  Chris would like to thank Pyranha Kayaks, Palm Equipment, Red Paddle Co and Go Kayaking

By Lisa Dickinson Photos: Phil Bulkeley Photography, Georgina Maxwell and Jamie Greenhalgh Enjoy the rollercoaster! If you’d like to get in touch for a chat, ask a question or share your confidence story and what’s worked for you, feel free to drop a message to @AdventuringLisa on Instagram or Facebook or email: adventuringlisa@gmail.com. I’d love

Mike Krutyansky’s ww river guide to Turkey – the land that straddles two continents Turkey is the bridge between Europe and Asia. We use Turkish Airlines to fly pretty much anywhere in the world with our kayaks, but what of the country itself? Why was it left out of interest for whitewater paddlers? It’s not wholly

WORDS: SARAH THORNELY PHOTOS: Mandy Thomas Bio Sarah has been paddling SUP for nine years, and OC for two. Introduced to the sport by a couple of female friends, Sarah’s love of SUP brought her to running SUPJunkie, covering UK and worldwide races through live feeds and interviews. She was the joint winner of the

By DARREN CLARKSON KING Darren’s bioDarren is an adventurer whose personal philosophy asks what we can learn when we put ourselves in a place of adventure. Over the last 20+ years Darren has explored some of the worlds most challenging rivers. He specialises in running trips across the Himalaya in Nepal, India, Bhutan, Pakistan and

[embedded content] Published on January 26th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow Mylo Nicholas throughout 2021!: « 2021 was an insane year for me and boating, I got to tick tones of new rivers off the never ending list and kayak outside of Europe for the first time in Kenya! » Category: ProSponsors: Lettmann, Level Six, Zulupack, Passion

[embedded content] Published on January 26th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow Ukrainian paddler Yevhenii Ivanov throughout 2021: « Kayaking is a great way to discover the world, when you have no class 5 in your country, like we in Ukraine. I have kayaking only 4 years, but I’m very glad that I can fell pleasure

[embedded content] Published on January 26th, 2022 | by Kayak Session Follow Norwegian paddler Yngvar Kjønnås throughout 2021: « A 40 year old man living in Norway, started paddling at a age of 35. Paddling every day, winter and summer, as long as the river is open. Always keen to paddle, no matter if it’s class

To hook up with a fish you need to spark the urge to feed, and swimbaits work by mimicking the motion of a swimming baitfish. But just how well do they do it? Dr. James Liao is the host and head investigator of Fish Code Studios. He uses fish biomechanics to explore how many segments

Ah, les voyageurs, short on height but legendarily long on suffering and strength. What of those happy-go-lucky little gnomes chanson-ing across the country, paddling 60 strokes a minute and tumping two 80-pound packs across freshly chewed goat paths, their bowels pushing through rotting abdominal walls. Behind their cheerfully colored ceinture fléchée, how tough were the