Rio Negro 2014: Balboa and Guerrero lead the race after Day 2
Last Saturday, this year’s Río Negro Regatta (ARG) began, with the first stage being a 46 km race between Neuquen and General Roca.
Last Saturday, this year’s Río Negro Regatta (ARG) began, with the first stage being a 46 km race between Neuquen and General Roca.
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Today was a long day for all competitors, and the longest of the Rio Negro Regatta, being 59.4km. Both the K2 and K1 starts were called back for a second rolling start.
The World Paddle Awards (WPA) is an award ceremony held annually, honouring the most remarkable men and women from the world of paddlesports along with their achievements from the previous calendar year.
32 feet are damn high. So high, so terrifying, the first sight of the horizon line made me cry. I had read about this waterfall long before, and for even longer, I had been dreaming of running a waterfall this high or even higher. I had run an 8m high drop before, but that 10 m mark seemed magic, like a door to a new dimension.
On the 4th and 5th January 2014, the seventh annual floorball tournament was held in Praha-Troja in the Czech Republic. A mixture of slalom, rafting, downriver, sprint and polo paddlers came to try out their skills in this new sport. This particular tournament was founded in 2008 by Michal Makovský, who passed away unexpectedly last year.
Hey there! My name is Sarah Ruhlen. I am 18 years old, and live in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Olympic kayakers who dip their hands into the water in the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio before they start racing at the 2016 Olympic Games run the risk of contracting serious illnesses. And the tradition of some winning rowing crews of chucking their cox in the water after victory is also likely to be curtailed.
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
With more than two years away from the Paralympic debut of ParaCanoe. Team USA is improving rapidly and has medals in mind for Rio 2016.
“Ok, your drone is linked up, let’s start the session now”. Hearing his coach’s voice, the slalom paddler takes smooth powerful strokes away from the bank, not paying any attention to the tiny battery-powered drone that buzzes 5 metres above his head.
We are humans and we go paddling so inevitably our paddling lives have cultures built around them. These are things that have developed or evolved over the (relatively) short time that kayaking as a sport or pastime has existed.
27 Year-old Jasmin Schornberg from Germany, 2009 World Champion canoe slalom and 2012 Olympian, chats to Sportscene’s German correspondent Sabrina Barm.
U.S. Paralympics announced that that U.S. Paralympian Bob Balk, received the 2013 Paralympic Order from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the highest honor a person can receive the Paralympic Movement at the 2013 Paralympic Awards Gala in Athens, Greece.
An incredible tale of determination and overcoming personal obstacles behind the GB Youth Raft team's New Zealand success.
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
In a Times Online article, Dr Costas Karageorghis calls music sport’s “legal drug”, capable of reducing an athlete’s perception of effort by 10 per cent while increasing performance by 20 per cent.
In 2013 we published numerous articles that discussed performance in sport from different angles. Some were more unconventional than others. Below three unusual ways to race faster in 2014 but, believe it or not, still do have a scientific basis.
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny is a member of the Canadian Men’s Canoe Team, originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. In 2008, Beauchesne-Sevigny represented Canada at the Beijing Olympics as a one half of the Canadian Men’s C2 crew.