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Providing paddlers access to learn and train on great whitewater

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How do we provide the next generation of paddlers access to learn and train on great whitewater?
Return from Patagonia and straight to the Alps!

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Many people have written to me over the last few days asking me if we’ve returned from Argentina yet because they haven’t heard anything for ages. Here we are, it’s been a few weeks since we arrived back but the truth is that I still don’t feel like I’m home.
Al Ain - The new place on the white water world map

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A built up area in the middle of the Middle East desert with a modern centre for white water sports seems to be an idea from science fiction. Where else could this idea be realized, other than in the United Arab Emirates. There are famous buildings such as the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, The World - artificial islands, indoor ski centre and many other futuristic attractions.
Sportscene preview 2014 wildwater (downriver) season

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Although whitewater canoeing doesn’t get as much spotlight as it’s more known cousins – the Olympic disciplines of canoe slalom and sprint canoeing – canoeing fans still look forward to the most important competitions in this discipline. This year all eyes will be turned to Italy where ICF World Championships will take place.
Andrej Jelenc and Milan Zadel in Slovenian Sporting Hall of Fame

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Former paddlers, kayaker Milan Zadel and canoeist Andrej Jelenc, were accepted to the Slovenian Sporting Hall of Fame. Zadel and Jelenc are the first paddlers of Canoe Federation of Slovenia to be honoured.
Wildwater kayaking in the Spanish Pyrenees

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The Pyrenees is a well-known kayaking destination for the all round kayaker. The Noguera Pallaresa offers some great white water III sections, a slalom course and a play feature that was base for the the 2001 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships and the 2013 Sort Open International. All freestyle.
Newsletter Rosalyn Lawrence

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I have just finished a training camp in Prague, where the World Championships will be held in September. Despite the entire venue recently being flooded to record levels, the course was completely repaired and ready to paddle on.
First day Junior Worlds Downriver Lofer - Double strike by the Czech

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The first day of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Juniors World Championships in Lofer was also the first day of surprises and a Czech double strike. The individual classic races were on the schedule.
Pumps cause delay as freestyle and downriver comp graces Lee Valley

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The 2-jam freestyle and downriver event on the Lee Valley Legacy course (Olympic's little sister) eventually took place on 30th June following an hour and a half pump hold-up.
Agua Azul, Mexico - Beyond the drop

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Last April I left for Chiapas in Mexico to paddle the Agua Azul with an international team of great paddlers, photographers and filmmakers.
French excel in Solkan: three gold and one silver

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The last competition day of 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan ended with a big win for France. They won three gold medals in men’s C1, women’s K1 and men’s C2 event and a silver medal in men’s kayak event. The Czech paddlers won a gold medal in men’s kayak team race.
Second day Worlds Solkan: Gold medals for Belgium, Germany and France

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The second day of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan gave us the names of three new/old World Champions.
First finals Solkan: double win Slovenia, Hannah Brown World Champion

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The first final results of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan are known. The host nation celebrated a double win in the men’s Canadian double event and Hannah Brown (GBR) won a world champion title in the women’s kayak final.
Slovenians top Friday’s heats in Solkan

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Slovenian canoeists took advantage of the home course on the Soča River in Solkan producing excellent runs in the heats of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing sprint World Championships.
Solkan welcomes World class paddlers

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The emerald Soča River will host another big Wildwater Canoeing competition this weekend. After the European Championships in Bovec, paddlers now await the start of the ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan.
Tension builds as the World Wildwater Sprint Championships approach

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Athletes prepare for the gruelling annual Sprint Worlds which are set to take place on the 14-16th June in Solkan, Slovenia.
Two sides of the same coin: Elite canoe slalom & the recreational paddler

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Put simply, trying canoe slalom could benefit many recreational paddlers today to sharpen their skills. However, while the Olympics has elevated top tier canoe slalom competition, has this made the idea of this discipline more inaccessible to the average recreation paddler?
River Soča hosts European Downriver Championships 2013

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Whitewater meets sprint this weekend at the European Downriver Championships on the Soča River. This year is special for Slovenians – an event has not taken place here for over two decades!
Two sides of the same coin: Elite canoe slalom & the recreational paddler

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Put simply, trying canoe slalom could benefit many recreational paddlers today to sharpen their skills. However, while the Olympics has elevated top tier canoe slalom competition, has this made the idea of this discipline more inaccessible to the average recreation paddler?
2017 World Championships Slalom and Downriver in Pau, France

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Along with Pau-Pyrenees Urban Community President, Martine Lignère-Cassou, and President of the French Canoe Federation Vincent Blanchet, Tony Estanguet presented the French candidature for the 2017 ICF World Championships to the ICF board in Glasgow.
May 14 1967: International downriver race on the river Trebbia in Italy

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14 May 1967: wildwater canoeing was already very popular. A lot of spectators used to go and watch wildwater competitions, that were considered an important event for the entire region involved.
Video 2011 Simme River Race Switzerland

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Video of the 2011 Simme River Race in Switzerland.
Oetztal prepares for 5th Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship

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The countdown is on. In ten days, the best of the best in kayaking will meet in Austria’s Ötztal valley for the 2011 adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship to crown the world champion in extreme kayak sprint on the legendary Wellerbrücke rapids.
Video 1981 Wildwater Racing World Championships Bala

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Watch a summary of the 1981 Downriver World Championships in Bala, Wales, Great Britain.
Video 2011 Worlds Wildwater Sprint C1 Women Augsburg

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All competitors in the C1 Women class at the 2011 Worlds Wildwater Sprint in Augsburg, Germany.
Who will become the World’s King & Queen of Sprint?

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A huge event will be held in Augsburg soon: on the Pentecost weekend the 1st Wildwater Canoe Sprint WC is going to take place from June 11 to 13, 2011. The long standing Eiskanal is not only tempting with high performance to be expected, but also a great program will be performed by the Canoe Schwaben Augsburg co-ordinators.
2011 World Championships Wildwater Canoe Sprint

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From 11th till 13th June 2011, once again it is Augsburg where Canoe history is going to be made. With premiere of the FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WILDWATER CANOE SPRINT on the traditional 1972 Olympic race track on the “Ice-channel”, canoe sport is breaking new grounds.
WildWater North Fork Payette Teaser

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WildWater is a journey into the mind and soul of whitewater, into the places only river runners can go, places of discovery, solitude and risk.