{"id":2010,"date":"2012-05-18T17:54:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T16:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2013-06-12T21:36:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T20:36:09","slug":"tees-barrage-happy-eater-17th-may-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/tees-barrage-happy-eater-17th-may-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Tees Barrage &#8211; Happy Eater 17th May 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night a merry band of paddlers spent a few hours at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tbiwwc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tees Barrage International White Water Course<\/a> moving some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapidblocs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blocks<\/a> on the long course. After a few sessions making adjustments to the Rapid Blocks on the short course it was great to get the OK to take a look at the main part of the course.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7215\/7222295236_ccf193636f_z.jpg\" title=\"unsponsored_undewater\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We based ourselves at Happy Eater with the aim of creating a good all round play feature. We started by removing all of the blocks that had been in place pretty much since the course was back in action.  Putting the water on full flow showed some interesting results.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8021\/7217809532_0d2e27d016_z.jpg\" title=\"unsponsored_rapidblock9\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next step was to try out some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapidblocs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">wedge blocks<\/a> in various configurations. Tom had taken delivery of a new set of fittings so we had enough to fit all of the available wedges.  Getting the wedges and fittings lined up correctly did take a little time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5195\/7217819238_b57d62f6ec_z.jpg\" title=\"Unsponsored_rapidblocks1\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7073\/7217821116_49f96ca75c_z.jpg\" title=\"unsponsored_rapidblocks2\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7215\/7217825186_e30835cf6e_z.jpg\" title=\"unsponsored_rapidblocks3\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7102\/7222315338_01b4ed9213_z.jpg\" title=\"unsponsored_rapidblocks6\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Further <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapidblocs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blocks<\/a> and a kicker (river left) were added. 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