Boulters Youth Freestyle

The Boulters weekend kicked off with the second British league event on the Saturday, 10th July. I was unable to attend as it was my 17th and wasn't really fit to be competing :) I did however go for the Youth Freestyle series on the Sunday. This was my first time at a Youth Freestyle event and also at Boulters. In the morning there were sessions run by the Junior GB team and Sam Ward working on both flatwater skills and moves in the feature preparing for the afternoons competitions. After lunch it was time for the competitions, James Weight came first in the under 18s and Brendan Orton in first for the under 15s. Full results will be posted once they have been released.

After competitions it was time for the special event organised by Rhys. It was a freestyle event with no boats allowed hucking yourself off the pourover in weird and wonderful ways.  Front and backflips soon got boring with new ideas such as human chains, synchronised moves and downtime being the main attraction.

All in all it was a great day!! Next Youth Freestyle event is the 15th August at the new whitewater course at Cardiff. I won't be at this event as I will be in sunny California at that time :) I should be around for the HPP event on the 12th September.

I am off on Saturday for a weeks coaching with Love It Live It's Sam Ward on one of his Freestyle Development Camps!!

Thanks to Kayakojacko, Pyranha and Squarerock for the organising of this event :D

Chertsey 10-06-10

Went down to a rather flushy Chertsey yesterday afternoon after my last 2010 exam with Mark.
Here's a quick vid:

Chertsey Video

Here is a quick flick from Chertsey weir last Wednesday. Made with my new Mac on iMovie :)

Paddlers:
Jack Gunter
Sam Crompton Brook
Mark Thornton
Richard Evans
Ed Vos
Matt Linley
Mike Scutt

Chertsey Weir 24/04/10

Went down to Chertsey Weir yesterday with Jonny. Had a really great session mucking around in the pourover. No big moves thrown from me apart from a few wonky loops and the starting of learning to cartwheel; was getting the 2nd end quite easily and then just struggling with the 3rd and beyond. Was quite a nice warm day in the sunshine with only us two in the eddy. Looking forward to more summer sessions there when the level improves. Haven't had an opportunity to try out the new H2O Audio gear yet as want to try it out for a bit on flatwater first before I try it out in the weir.

Heres a quick video of the day:

Chertsey Weir 18/04/10

Went down to Chertsey Weir on Sunday for the first Chertsey session of the Season. Had a good session with Harry and a few other people from BCC. First time of trying out the new Jackson Happy Seat/Thruster Combo; really impressed with the Happy Seat part of it as it really holds your legs into the boat and stops the sliding around I was having before. Also put some more foam into my hip pads after discovering mine were empty. Level was still very high as Hurley is on 2 gates.