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Its been talked about for at least a year now. I’ve heard it from many different people but all of them talked about how good it would be to get a river race arranged in the north east. The Upper Tees has always been the most popular choice for this due to it always having at least some water in unlike any other river in the area but also being a pretty good option if it were to have some water in.
A great little event took place today. A number of like minded friends got together and paddled a great piece of water. The water was low but the day was still superb.
A few more images from last weekends BUCS Slalom event at Teesside.
Ride The Line from Danny Riley on Vimeo.
Thanks to everyone I have paddled with this year (2013). I have met lots of new people and lots of great opportunities have come my way too. I hope this new upcoming year to be even better. Enjoy.
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On the 2nd Jan 2014 Rory Woods ran Cauldron Snout on the River Tees (UK) and ended up taking a bad swim. Having successfully tackled the class V+ Cauldron Snout on several previous occasions Rory broke out of the top eddy and ran the Snout. Here are Rory’s unedited thoughts on what happened when it all went wrong.
Photo: Ben Johnson. Paddler: Rory Woods.
For context, the level is a bit higher than Sam (click to view video) ran it, with overspill on the dam as well as both pipes. I’ve run it a few times before, but always lower. It shook me a bit, and I hope I will learn from it. I’ve always believed in safety coming from the certainty that you will get the moves right, irrespective of the consequences. Of course, if the consequences are bad enough, you need to leave some margin in your level of certainty. Over lots of years of very gradually paddling harder and harder stuff, I really thought that my judgement of what I could definitely do was pretty accurate. I’ve always been a bit proud of my ability to get on and get pressure moves right without headgames getting in the way once I’d made a decision. It shocked me to go back and look at the rapid and think that maybe I’ve been fooling myself for a while in my desire to run stuff.
Loads of competitors, sunshine and plenty of water. Continue reading
This is the promotional video for Teesside University Kayak Club (TUKC)
I had a great time surfing a couple of the waves today at the Tees Barrage. Low water but big smiles.
I just love the combination of the vibrant colours used in kayaking and shapes/forms the water takes. I have always been into photography but I am really enjoying looking back through my kayaking images and looking for the detail in the drops of water and splashes.
Here are a few shots from last weekends The Palm Big Paddle: Continue reading
The Big Paddle took place at Teesside today. Despite the changeable weather the turn out was superb.
Lots of folk trying out paddling for the first time and loads trying out Palm’s and Dagger’s huge range of products on the WW course. Continue reading
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