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Air Force 1 is Corran Addison’s third playboating instructional video. Searching for the G spot” and “Reaching the pro state” focused on both wave and flatwater moves, but this time Air Force 1 focuses purely on getting air! This includes the basics right through to the most advanced moves currently being pulled. Continue reading
This is my first review and hopefully not my last, for Phil and all at unsponsored, but my aim is to get straight to the point and make sure everybody knows what my reviews are about, in other words I dont intend to waffle on, I was taught KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid.
The Soca valley is the jewel of Slovenia, with its crystal clear waters and awesome scenery, you’ll be glad you made the trip. The Soca consists of all grades, even up to 6, which your given plenty of warning for on the river so as not to rush. The paddle its self is out of this world, the mountains, the clear water and lush vegitation make it one of the most outstanding rivers around, and when its nice and warm after a rain storm, you get a nice mist on the river which restricts your visability to about 10 ft, which can be scarey, but fun, as you can hear the rapids approaching but you cant see them.
As you see from the map, which has been in my car since July 2001 after we had been to the worlds so excuse the creases,the river is twisting and has a few little becks that are fun to do and are mainly 2-3.The map is free from camp sites and is as accurate as you could want, even for all the islands in the river. The boxs which are green and red are the get in/out points and these are easlly found from the roadside by the nice friendly signs that are situated all along the main road, which is not what you’ll get if you travel further south, roads that is. There are also red ! (I forgot what there called) these are the danger areas on the river.
The camp sites are plenty, we stayed at the main one in Bovec but theres loads all the length of the river, the locals are friendly and can speak English and its also very cheap for food but even cheaper for beer and cigs. I never met anyone else who was English out there as most of them are either German or Slovenian, but as I said there friendly.
If you really want to see the river before you go then try and get a copy of Simon Westgarths video,Genotype, which has a nice selection of all grades on the river.
Hope you have a nice trip- Bigjeff
Grade 1
Rivers with long, flat stretches of slowly moving water with occasional simple rapids, waves low, course easy to steer.
Use: Inland touring, instruction of novices and possibly racing and touring events. In flood conditions these sections are often high volume and the ‘normal’ characteristics are replaced by a much higher graded flow. Trees along the normal channel may create difficulties.
Grade 2
Fairly frequent rapids, usually with moderate regular waves or easy eddies.
Use: Touring for proficient canoeists. Moving water skills required. May be suitable for teaching such skills. White-water races and lower-division slalom competitions. In flood conditions the technical difficulty increases dramatically and the river may only be suitable for proficient canoeists. These sections have a steeper gradient and may include obstructions within the channel. Continue reading
The Zambezi river is one of the top paddling destinations in the world. The class V water in gorges below Victoria falls provides 24km of top notch paddling fun. This is a high volume, pool-drop river with little exposed rock either in the rapids or in the pools below the rapids.
The Zambezi is considered to be at its best at low water levels. The low water season lasts from July to January. At other times the Zambezi is still more than worth a go, but some of the wave trains are washed out.
T he put in for both low and high water runs lies just down stream from the bottom of Victoria falls and is know as the boiling pot. The subsequent rapids down the Bokata gorge are separated by distinct pools of slack water. This has allowed the rapids in the one day run to be individually numbered from 1 -18. Rapids #19 to #25 represent a grade 2/3. Rapid #23 is the last rapid on the “high water” one-day run. Continue reading
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