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Unsponsored Q&A Series – Nina Csonkova

21 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Nina Csonkova has only been paddling since the age of 18. In the short 12 years since Nina has proven to be one of the best paddlers in the world. A true natural trains and paddles hard thus achieving world wide freestyle success. It is truly a great honour that Nina has agreed to take part in the Unsponsored Q&A series.

Unsponsored Q&A Series - Nina Csonkova

Tell us a little a bit about you accomplishments in the canoeing/kayaking world.

I got two times silver medals and one bronze medal from the Kayak Freestyle European Championships. I was first and third in overall world cup rankings and I have won Euro Cups several times in a row.

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Nowhere To Land

21 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Pigeon Dries - Nowhere To Land

Nowhere To Land is a short clip from the guys at Wookscat showing the most intimidating of the drops on the Pigeon Dries in Western NC. It is well worth the watch. Enjoy!

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Rope Work

20 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Being able to effectively use both rope and tape is an essential skill for any paddler. The best way to gain these skills quickly is to get signed up on a course with an approved provider. The guys at Boreal River Rescue have shared some really useful information that is well worth checking out. This one relates to knots used on both rope and tape used in rescue situations including the figure 8 family as well as alpine butterfly and water knot.

Rope Work

They key to all things like this is to get practice so when/if they have to be used in anger they can be set up quickly and correctly.

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Clean Up Your Mess – Go Left Carnage

18 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

How would you deal with a pin situations like this? There are some scary moments in this great edit from Chris Baer.

Clean Up Your Mess - Go Left Carnage

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Snowdonia National Park Planners – Open Letter

18 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Keep up to date with the proposed hydro scheme on the Conwy in Wales by visiting Save The Conwy.

In recent days is has come to light that a number of the people who have written to the National Park Planners in support of the scheme are folk who either work directly for the company wishing to install the hydro or have a direct link to the same company e.g. subcontractors. 

Open Letter to the Snowdonia National Park Planners

Further details can be found here.

Flying At Lachine

17 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

As camera drone technology becomes that little more wide spread we are starting to see more and more kayak related footage that has been taken with the aid of a drone.

Flying At Lachine

This edit from Bad Productions Kayaking/Leif Anderson uses a drone well to create a number of interesting shooting angles.

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What A Weekend

16 November 2015 / / 1 Comment

What a weekend, the UK took a battering over the course of the weekend with water levels. The Tees rose to just under 3m at Middleton over the weekend. That is almost twice the height normally seen at this time of year.

Friend of Unsponsored Sam Ellis ran Low Force at these super high levels. To put this into context this is what Low Force typically look likes.

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Movie Monday 16 November 2015

16 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Some of the finest whitewater edits around, carefully selected by Team Unsponsored ready for Monday morning. Welcome to Movie Monday 16 November 2015.

Movie Monday 16 November 2015

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HPP – Best Course In The World

15 November 2015 / / 1 Comment

I received many many messages asking about the new summer setup so here’s a video shot in 2 sessions to show just what it’s like and how good it is.

The setup will be back next year! It’s fast, dynamic, and varied. Just what UK paddlers need to develop the skills they need to be competitive!

HPP - Best course in the World

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Searching For The Gee Spot

14 November 2015 / / 2 Comments

Searching for the Gee spot is a video that had a great influence on my freestyle paddling and encouraged me to spend lots of time getting the moves right on flatwater before progressing on to the moving stuff. Corran Addison has kindly given persmisson for Searching For The Gee Spot to be shared online via Unsponsored. Enjoy.

Searching For The Gee Spot

The quality of the video is a little bit sketchy but it is exactly the same as the VHS tape that I have.

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Still Ain’t Rich

14 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

Still Ain’t Rich

My entry for the 2015 Aquabatics Film Competition. Ended up winning the show with it, thanks to the judges for voting for me. Enjoy!

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Stop The Damming Of The River Conwy

13 November 2015 / / 0 Comments

RWE Innogy have submitted a planning application to dam the river Conwy and build a hydro electric power plant. The Afon Conwy is a unique & nationally important river designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a famous salmon & sea trout fishery and classic white water kayaking and canoeing resource.

Save the Conwy – Action required!

The section of the river that will be affected by the dam includes the famous Conwy Falls waterfall a significant visitor attraction and the iconic Fairy Glen.

If you are UK based and wish to help save the Conwy please visit the new online petition page here.

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