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Wairoa Extreme Race 2016

2 March 2016 / / 0 Comments

A great event and a great edit from the 2016 Wairoa extreme race.

Wairoa Extreme Race 2016

Every year on the Wairoa River out of Tauranga the kayaking community gathers for one of New Zealand’s best extreme kayak races. The head to head is an exciting race format where racers are seeded against each other till one athlete is crowned the winner. This year saw Jen Chrimes beat Toni George in the womens final and Jamie Sutton take down Kenny Mutton for the mens title.

Check out this highlights video for action from the race.

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Dart Dash

1 March 2016 / / 0 Comments

After over a year of planning Plymouth University’s Canoe Club’s first Dart Dash took place on the last weekend of January. The Dart Dash is an inter-university white water kayak race with both ‘Advanced’ and ‘Intermediate’ being held on the last three drops of the Upper Dart towards New Bridge and the ‘Beginner’ section-taking place between New Bridge and Spitchwick Common. (The Advanced section also included compulsory slalom poles that had to be made).

Dart Dash

The levels the morning of the Dart Dash race day were high (lapping the steps), however they were quickly dropping, presenting the perfect conditions for the time of the race.

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Younguns Freestyle 2016 – UK

22 February 2016 / / 0 Comments

The dates for the 2016 Younguns Freestyle events have been announced. This grassroot series is well worth checking out either to take part in or to go along and support.

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BUCS Slalom Teesside 2016

17 February 2016 / / 0 Comments

We were at the BUCS slalom at Teesside last weekend.

BUCS Slalom Teesside 2016

A cold and wet weekend but spirits were high.

All photographs taken using a Nikon D7100 DSLR and Nikkor 70-200mm VR II.

No filters, cropping or editing in any way.

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Chapter One Appetiser Quijos Festival

5 February 2016 / / 0 Comments

Chapter One Appetiser Quijos Festival

Teaser for Chapter One from Ecuador. Featuring footage from the first official Quijos Festival held in Baeza, Ecuador.

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GB Freestyle Selection Event Two

1 February 2016 / / 0 Comments

Dale Mears was at round two of the GB Freestyle selection event held at HPP, Nottingham. Here are just a few of Dale’s awesome images from the 30th January 2016.

GB Freestyle Selection

The selection runs were held at the inlet gate at the top of the course.

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2015 SAS Hurley Classic Highlights

10 December 2015 / / 0 Comments

James Bebbington has created this just over 6 minutes masterpiece – SAS Hurley Classic Highlights. It is superb. Jame certainly has a knack for this sort of thing.

2015 SAS Hurley Classic Highlights

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Paddle Expo 2015 – Random

25 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

I took a huge number of photographs at Paddle Expo 2015 and still have many more posts in draft that I am working my way through. There was so much great paddle sport gear on display and talk about.

Paddle Expo 2015 - Random

There are a number of drafts that I will square away and will be posted here over the next few days. However I also have a whole pile of images from the event that many will find interesting to check out.

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Escape Watersports – Werner Odatchi And Camino

25 November 2015 / / 1 Comment

I’m currently looking at the Unsponsored Archives and have found several posts from the 2015 Paddle Expo in Germany last September. I’ll be posting these over the next few days. In addition to the photos and videos that I took I had been sent a few other bits and and bobs. The guys from Escape Watersports were out and about at Paddle Expo. Here they take a closer look at the Werner Odatchi and Camino.

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Hurley Classic 2015 – Day 2

25 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Jack Gunter was at last weekends Hurley classic event.

Hurley Classic 2015 - Day 2

The following images are from the second day of the event, Sunday the 22nd November 2015.

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Hurley Classic 2015

24 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Jack Gunter was at last weekends Hurley classic event. After seeing some of Jack’s superb images I thought it would be great to showcase just a few of them here on Unsponsored. Jack has kindly agreed for them to be posted, enjoy!

Hurley Classic 2015

The following images are from the first day of the event, Saturday the 21st November 2015.

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Green River Race 2015

9 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

The 20th annual Green River Race was held on Saturday, November 7th, 2015

Green River Race 2015

We’ve collected the results and a number of awesome edits of the race right here for the Unsponsored audience. Enjoy.

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