24-year old Joe Morley from Leeds in Great Britain put in a commanding final run on Ötztaler Ache River today, outpaddling a field full of the best extreme kayakers in the world, one which included the seemingly unbeatable 3-time world champion Sam Sutton from New Zealand. Almost a half of a second faster than the next competitor, Morley impressively demonstrated that he is one of the fastest extreme paddlers on the planet.
The African Canoe Polo Championships, to be held in Windhoek, Namibia, on 22 and 23 September 2013, will see a development team, the Western Cape Under 21 team, take part for the very first time.
Some people take many years to find their calling in life -- but for Adam van Koeverden, it was right in front of him in black and white. On a small section of his local newspaper, the Canadian boy who would become an Olympic champion saw his future flash before him. An advert, in the otherwise unremarkable Oakville Beaver, had caught his mother's eye. It was calling out for the next kayak superstar -- and her son had already tried everything else without much success.
A few days ago, Hein van Rooyan, CEO of Carbonology Sport sent me a photograph of a stunning wooden surfski. “Ok,” I thought, “Looks cool. Bound to be heavy though. How much does it weigh?” “11.5kg! It’s a proper racing Carbonology Flash!”
After nearly two years of development the new company SupR paddles in cooperation with former World Champion in White water racing, Olaf Schwarz developed a Stand Up Paddle with the distinctive Ergologic shaft. The reason to develop this shaft was that we were convinced that the ergonomics of the existing straight shafts was not right and a lot of energy put in strokes was spilled.
On the back of claiming his third Flatwater Marathon World Championship title in Copenhagen over the weekend, South Africa’s Hank McGregor will now lead a horde of world-class South African and internationals from Denmark to Cradock for Friday’s opening stage of the 2013 Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon.
JESSICA Fox is upside down, grasping desperately for her paddle. She is quickly running out of breath as the white water churns around her. She fights the urge to panic. It is July. Fox, 19, and the K1 silver medallist at last year's London Olympics, is at Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia, for the under 23 world championships. The first outing in a new canoe for the C1 event she is dominating has just met a disastrous and desperate end.
Thousands of Tokyo residents celebrated their city's winning bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games - but for Kohei Jinno, the win means losing his home for a second time.
Mr Jinno and his family were forced to move after Tokyo first won the Olympic Games in 1964, to make room for a new stadium.
Fifty years later, it has happened again.
Olympic Gold medallist Ben Hunt-Davis discusses the difference between performance and results and how by taking a performance focus enabled him to achieve the results he so desperately wanted.
Fancy racing on a tiny city centre stretch of water in Paris, London, Berlin or some other high profile location? Well you should do, according to the German Canoe Federation. It’s raised the prospect of an international city-based 200m canoe sprint series as part of a bid to spice up the sport and make it more dynamic and appealing for the general public and TV audiences.
If not for an uncharacteristic mistake – a slight touch on Gate 18 of 25 – veteran paddler Fabien Lefevre’s run would have earned a K-1 silver medal for the United States at the ICF World Championships on Saturday. Lefevre incurred a two-second violation and finished fourth, 1.34 seconds behind Czech silver medalist Jiri Prskavec.
THE GUARDIAN | ARTICLE - Chrissie Wellington may have won four World Ironman Championships – the ludicrously tough 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle ride and full marathon – set possibly unbeatable world records, have a handshake that can crush diamonds and be the closest living being to superwoman, but she is reassuringly approachable.
RED BULL | VIDEO - Nació en Girona en 1991 y con tan sólo 12 años comenzó a practicar el deporte que hoy es su vida: el kayak. Aniol Serrasolses es uno de los referentes del kayak extremo tanto en la escena nacional como internacional. Una pasión que le ha llevado a recorrer medio mundo en busca de las mejores caídas y los ríos más peligrosos y rápidos.
BBC BUSINESS | ARTICLE - Whoops and cheers greet Shavannia Williams, who steps onto the conference floor with an agility unfettered by her 6in (15cm) stilettos.
THE AUSTRALIAN | ARTICLE - Australia's Jess Fox has created a world first for women paddlers by collecting gold in two events at the same World Cup.
TIMES | ARTICLE - Usain Bolt’s speed. Michael Phelps’ dominance. Serena Williams’ court savvy. What drives these athletes to rise above their competitors, to push the limits of human ability and achieve what no one before them has ever accomplished? Is it their endless hours of training, or are the endowed with a special recipe of DNA that destines them to greatness?
ICF | VIDEO - Preview for the 2013 Worlds Freestyle in the US. Recorded in Sort, Spain.
VIDEO - "Kayak Free Kayaking" is the latest outdoor adventure parody from Mark Odlum & John Dabrowski of the sketch comedy group "The Smart Department".
Join us as we follow the world's greatest kayaker, adventure icon Trip Deacon, while he pushes action sports to new limits and creates the concept of kayaking without a kayak. Follow Trip as he searches for life's meaning and attempts to conquer his dream of being the first person to ever kayak down Lombard Street in San Francisco... without a kayak.
Nick Harding | @HardingNicolaas | Sportscene - In the first of our new Legends series, Sportscene talks to Ivan Lawler (GBR), multiple marathon World Champion, 1-time K2 10,000m sprint World Champion and participant in 3 Olympic Games from the late 80's to the end of the 90's.
STEPHEN FRY - Dear Prime Minister, M Rogge, Lord Coe and Members of the International Olympic Committee,
I write in the earnest hope that all those with a love of sport and the Olympic spirit will consider the stain on the Five Rings that occurred when the 1936 Berlin Olympics proceeded under the exultant aegis of a tyrant who had passed into law, two years earlier, an act which singled out for special persecution a minority whose only crime was the accident of their birth.
BBC | ARTICLE + VIDEO - A businessman has come up with a novel way of dodging Birmingham's traffic - by using paddle power to kayak to work.
THE TELEGRAPH | ARTICLE - Olympian Ken Wallace, with one gold medal and a week-old baby, says drug testers can come to his home every day of the rest of his life if it means people recognise him as a clean athlete.
ST CATHARINES STANDARD | ARTICLE + VIDEO - A sea of flaming firepots lit by paddlers in two Metis canoes provided a spectacular backdrop when Welland welcomed the world to its “house on the water.”
KHON2 | ARTICLE + VIDEO - Yoshida, 34, is an elite athlete. As member of the USA Canoe/Kayak National Team, she’s getting ready for the International Canoe Federation (ICF) World Championships in Germany next month.
TIM JACOBS | RACE REPORT - My preparation for the race was done in the months before at home with my training buddy Ando. We had smashed out some great sessions together and now it was time to enjoy the run in to the race.
SPORTSCENE | PRODUCT - It’s the invention you never knew you needed. It’s certainly a world first – a paddle with a built in power monitor, to tell you how much effort you’re putting in and whether you need to put, well, a bit more in.
JR TEAM FRANCE | MUSIC CLIP - 'I Love It' by Team France's juniors in Bourg St Maurice.
RED BULL | PHOTOS - Photo shoot with Silver Olympic Medallist Vavra Hradilek.
IOC | VIDEO - 1 year on from the spectacular London 2012 Olympic Games we re-visit where it all began with Danny Boyle's 'Isles of Wonder' Opening Ceremony. This amazing display of British history and culture featured appearances from names such as Queen Elizabeth II, James Bond and Mr. Bean in London's Olympic Stadium.
IOC | ARTICLE & VIDEO - The 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom Junior and U23 World Championships concluded last weekend in Slovakia. Making their debut on the world stage was a whole range of new junior faces, some of whom could be future YOG champions as many of them hope to qualify for next summer’s Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.