TV Freestylers Birthday Video

Filmed by Finn this is a great little round up of the days fun and frolics- enjoy!

Thames Valley Freestylers 4th Birthday @ Cardiff! from Finn Burrows on Vimeo.

TV Freestylers Birthday Party

This is the fourth year of TV Freestylers- and as has become customary its time to throw it a birthday party! This great event is usually held at Hurley and is an excuse for paddlers of all abilities to get together, have a laugh and paddle with each other over a diet of light-hearted competition.


This year Hurley was running dry so the whole valley upped sticks and moved west to Cardiff. This, we discovered was a great little course with loads of fun drops and an OK play feature, especially when the flow was cranked up, all that and there is a conveyor belt- brilliant!!


The day had something for everyone- a boatercross race, which for those not in the know is when 4 paddlers race at the same time down a set course- carnage usually ensues and this was no different!!- extreme slalom, which mixed boofs and freestyle moves along with style points, some hilarious runs- 3 move freestyle- what it says on the tin- choose your moves, or have your peers choose them for you and get 2 attempts to nail each one- tag team freestyle- teams paddling with everyone having to tag in the next boater before they can score- great spectator sport :0) King of the Wave- swimmers, pain, carnage.


James made the finals of the boatercross with a cheeky bottom eddy start. Me and Finn made the freestyle finals. Can't tell you how any of us did as we were all having far to much fun to pay attention to the fact it was a competition, brilliant day with big thanks to Dave "scout" Wortley and the crew for pulling off a great day. Creck out the photos and block out your diary for next year, you dont want to miss it!

The long awaited next installment...

A look at how to throw the imfamous Panam-



See you guys and gals on the water somewhere soon!

Matt

ROx Hurley Sessions

ROx have been down at Hurley most weekends for the last few weeks and the level of paddling has been getting better all the time. The following is a vid by James Metcalfe and soe photos of him paddling from a little 2 gate session- he has shown some huge leaps forward this year throwing flip turns, donkey flips and cleans with irritating regularity!









Look out for the next How to Vid on Panams which should be edited pretty soon!

Hopefully see you all on the water and paddling hard soon.

Matt

Slacklining

In the recent drought I've been spending some time learning to slackline- found it to be really addictive, great fun and theyre cheap to buy! Check it out...

Adventures to come...

I have found myself with a holiday and no water, or any real trip organised... a strange feeling indeed!

I have spent the kayaking famine organising the possible years trips. Been meaning to get over to France in Easter to go surf Hawaii-sur-rhone, amongst other things- was lucky enough to be over that way in the summer and there is so much potential in quite a small area- looking forward to the adventure already.

Also looking forward to the summer and a possible trip to the mighty Ottowa- I have been meaning to head back to Canada for many years to sample the joys of this whitewater playground.

And I need a surf trip somewhere- hmmm- one to work on!

All I need now is some water before I begin to loose my sanity- hopefully see you all on the water somewhere soon!

Matt

Summer Sessions at Millau

Spent a few days in Millau and had the chance to sample the whitewater course that runs through the centre of town. The course is real small, with only 1 drop worth playing on and as its the summer the hole is small and a real challenge to paddle- great fun!

Had 3 or 4 sessions with a small group of locals and the kids- really great bunch to enjoy a paddle with. Check out the video and if you are ever in the area go have a play!

Summer sessions at Millau from Matt Attree on Vimeo.