{"id":25964,"date":"2017-10-21T15:34:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T14:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=25964"},"modified":"2017-10-21T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T14:34:45","slug":"home-of-the-viking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/home-of-the-viking\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Of The Viking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/home-of-the-viking\/screen-shot-2017-10-21-at-15-33-14\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14.png\" data-orig-size=\"1066,567\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Home Of The Viking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14-1024x545.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14-1024x545.png\" alt=\"Home Of The Viking\" width=\"676\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14-1024x545.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14-676x360.png 676w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-21-at-15.33.14.png 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Norway has been known as a kayaking Mecca for decades. The country&#8217;s whitewater was explored, pioneered and descended by a dedicated crew of local and international kayakers. They recorded their exploits in a book and passed down their knowledge to the next generation. In the summer of 2017 the Send crew embarked on a Norwegian odyssey with the aim to push hard and progress on some of the biggest and best sections of whitewater in the world.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKNLp3sWsPY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite how epic the classic sections are, there is still so much left to be found in Norway and their trip cultivated in one final descent of the infamous \u201cMegatron\u201d rapid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norway has been known as a kayaking Mecca for decades. 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