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River Tees – Abbey Rapids

20 May 2013 / / 0 Comments

Abbey rapids is a popular rapid on the River Tees just downstream from the market town of Barnard Castle. The rapid has been used for many years as slalom site, but also provides a number of play spots for the freestyle paddler. The run from Barnard Castle to Whorlton Lido (grade III) holds plenty of nice little playspots as well as being a great run.

The rapid has a fairly steep gradient with number of small waves along its length. At the bottom of the run there are two large waves which can be surfed and spun on. But there is also a nice little hole which is fairly rententive and where cartwheels can be pulled. Continue reading

The BIG Paddle

11 May 2013 / / 0 Comments

Unsponsored will be at the The BIG Palm Paddle Tour at Teesside on the 23rd of June. Lots of great stuff happening over the weekend. More news on that later….

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Lee Valley Freestyle Event – UK

16 April 2013 / / 0 Comments

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High Sierra Safety (a full length film) – Upper Cherry

9 April 2013 / / 0 Comments

High Sierra Safety (a full length film) from 7 Finger media on Vimeo.

British Universities Creek Race – The First Of Many?

9 April 2013 / / 0 Comments

After weeks of waiting, it was finally time to get driving and go north for the first British Universities Creek Race!

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The one thing nobody thought to pack…board shorts! Made do with boxers instead! – Photo by Josh Cartwright.

Scotland mixed with the Earths very half-hearted attempt at spring should be cold and horrible. So it was a pretty big surprise when it turned out to be gorgeous and warm! Everyone had their drysuits and cags, but the one thing nobody remembered to pack was board shorts! Obviously, an opportunity to do a few practice laps of the course couldn’t be turned down, so Ben and I decided to go back to basics: helmet, BA, deck, and boxers. Continue reading

Northern Territory – A Celebration Of Northern British Whitewater

8 April 2013 / / 0 Comments

Northern Territory is a great piece of writing from Nathan Butler of Endless Adventure North East and is well worth having a closer look at.

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Falls of Lora

5 April 2013 / / 0 Comments

Unsponsored’s little brother River was at the Falls of Lora (Scotland) last week for some awesome surfing on this tidal race.

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The falls are generated when the tide level in the Firth of Lorn drops below the level of the water in Loch Etive.

Falls of Lora from Tom Hodge on Vimeo.

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Canoe & Kayak Guide To North West England – First Look

22 March 2013 / / 1 Comment

The 2nd edition of what was the White Water Lake district landed this week. Now called Canoe & Kayak Guide to North West England it is a completely updated and much larger guidebook than the 2003 first edition.

The guide covers around 150 rivers in the North West of England and includes coverage of the borders, Lake District, Cumbria, parts of the Yorkshire Dales and Lancashire. Continue reading

BUCS Slalom Teesside – Day 2

17 February 2013 / / 0 Comments

Still nice and sunny but way colder today.

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BUCS Slalom – Tees 16th Feb 2013

16 February 2013 / / 0 Comments

A few shots from todays British Universities Slalom event at the Tees Barrage. More images can be found on the Unsponsored Facebook Page and Flickr Stream.

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Wet Winter on Vancouver Island

30 January 2013 / / 0 Comments

In 2008 I spent a few weeks in British Columbia, Alberta and Vancouver Island. Quite simply it’s an awesome place in every sense of the word.

This video from Raphaël Boudreault-Simard and Gabriel Côté-Valiquette is well worth watching.

Wet Winter on Vancouver Island from Quebec Connection on Vimeo.

When I Were Young

23 January 2013 / / 0 Comments

I found this within the Unsponsored archives and thought it might be of interest. Before the changes to the Tees Barrage Whitewater course this is what the course was like. It was so long ago I had forgotten that there even was an island river left at the top of the course! Enjoy.

Inlet gate – Easy Rider

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