Olympic gold medal winner Etienne Stott has likened finding a new canoe partner to dating. The 34-year-old won the C2 slalom at the 2012 London Olympics with Tim Baillie, who retired earlier this year.
In the Flow is the latest book by world-leading sport psychologist Jonathan Males on performance for winning in canoeing, kayaking and other paddlesports.
The AP reports that, facing public opposition and allegations of official corruption, Krakow is withdrawing its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. It follows Stockholm, which pulled out in December due to concerns over costs.
The Canadian sprint CanoeKayak team started into their third and final ICF World Cup today in Szeged, Hungary. Three boats advanced in Olympic distances on the opening day of competition.
Peru is savage. One of the world's most biodiverse countries, Peru came at Team Substantial from all angles. Kayaking in a place where the deepest and most remote canyons in the world cut through the second highest mountain range on earth is not easy. We traveled to Peru to do overnight expeditions and paddle great whitewater...what we got was the adventure of a life time. Enjoy the 35 min story of the trials and tribulations we faced on our month long Andean Adventure.
I can normally write at any given moment, but it’s taken me nearly 6 weeks to actually sit down and want to write this article. Selection took place on the last weekend of March and it went badly from a personal view. I knew going into it that it was going to be a tough weekend of racing but tried to put that to the back of my mind and get on with the job in hand. Over the last six weeks I’ve been pretty shy about talking about what went on, it’s tough, it’s like a bad dream which you think will end. But it didn’t.
In August 1989 Colin Thompson writing in Canoe Slalom Magazine described “a masterly performance by Richard Fox and a perfect run by Jon Lugbill – the undisputed champions of the World.”
I have been waiting for this news to surface: “So worried are Olympic organisers by how far behind schedule the 2016 Rio Games has fallen, London has reportedly been asked, in secret, if it could host the event at the last minute”.
Livestream 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup, Racice
For many people, one of the standout memories of London 2012 was watching the incredible scenes unfold at Lee Valley White Water Centre, with Team GB picking up both the gold and silver in the men’s Canoe Slalom. For David Florence, who finished second in the C2 alongside partner Richard Hounslow, it meant adding another Olympic silver medal to his career tally following a terrific performance in Beijing four years earlier. The Scot’s success on the international stage didn’t end there.
A few weeks ago, Paul Reynolds and I went white water rafting down some very cold rivers in Oregon. One of these rivers, the upper McKenzie, can only be run this time of year because of the high water flow. The problem with rafting in the spring is the wet weather and icy waters.
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them.
When a newbie kayaker goes paddling, he discovers a posse of pros on the river and wonders whether someday he could be that cool. A daydream in the eddy transforms the purple-helmeted rookie into a whitewater Adonis. Join kayaker Ben Marr as he takes us to a world where a paddler’s wildest fantasies come true.
Claire O has been a leading force in freestyle kayaking for a number of years. Since winning her first World Championship title in 2009, she has now gone on to win 5 ICF World Championship titles and the Mystery World Championships making her the most successful female freestyle kayaker in the world.
Boatercross Stage Two of the 2014 Whitewater Grand Prix on the Rouge River.
Why don’t we host the Olympics in the year 2016? We have it on the authority of our own John Coates this week that Rio de Janeiro is not remotely close to being ready, and other reports indicate little sign they’ll be able to turn it around soon.
Watch the 'A' Finals from the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 1 in Milan, Italy.
Having taken to the water, not only is he holding his own against New Zealand's top able-bodied canoeists, but he's well on his way to representing New Zealand in para-canoeing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
To the cheers of hundreds of supporters on the water in kayaks and on land holding signs, Polish adventurer Aleksander “Olek” Doba paddled into New Smyrna Beach Marina on Saturday after a more than 6,000-mile journey across the vast Atlantic Ocean alone in a kayak.
Kayakers weren't happy with our story this week about kayaking on the Black River, and they made that clear Saturday. Our report from Thursday described professional kayakers enthusiastically tackling the Black River as it surged during this week's flood emergency. It quoted one of the kayakers describing the safety precautions they take, but also spoke with local fire and emergency officials, who said they were concerned about the activity.
Retirement can be the toughest moment in the careers of many professional sportsmen and women. Life as they know it changes completely; gone is the adoration from the crowds, the adrenaline rush of victory, the camaraderie with team-mates, and the regular pay cheques.
Before you feel guilty about that weekend snooze or falling asleep during a movie, rest assured that napping is actually good for you and a completely natural phenomena in the circadian (sleep-wake cycle) rhythm.
Dentists say elite athletes could stand a better chance of winning gold medals if they look after their teeth.
This one goes out to all the athletes trying to make it in the real world.
SCOTLAND'S first artificial white water kayaking course will be making waves within weeks in the heart of Glasgow.
Olympic sport keeps pushing athletes to find new and nuanced ways to condition their bodies. The same is true with their equipment. Engineers continually look for new refinements that propel the competition to a new level.
If you were under the impression that 3D printers were only capable of printing small trinkets and objects, you might be impressed with this full size 3D printed kayak which has been created by Jim Smith of Grass Roots Engineering, using a home-made 3D printer based loosely on the RepRap 3D printer.
Dean Gardiner has been one of Australia’s most successful ocean paddlers for over two decades. He is regarded as one of the best downwind paddlers by his peers around the World, with his reputation backed up by outstanding results.
2014 Surfski World Series video report of the Doctor in Perth by Greg Kitto
National Team Coach Rob Stott will play a key role in developing Canada’s women’s canoe program. As competition escalates internationally, his duties as a 200 metre National Team Coach have been expanded. Here's Rob with a few thoughts on the program as Canada gears up for the first women’s canoe race in Olympic history.