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With the winter kayaking season now upon us and it looks like the serious drought of 2010 is now over people are dusting of their boats and getting ready to hit the water again. The folks in Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club are no different and looking forward to getting out on the water as much [...]

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Don’t do places to learn the basics of free style kayaking, but if they did they might start with somewhere like Kilkenny!     I’m sure most paddlers have heard of the river Nore which flows through Kilkenny City but I’d be fairly certain only a small few are aware of the little gem of [...]

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With spring now here and the Irish Winter Kayaking season now over without even a hint of any sustained paddling to be had its time to look ahead and to all the bright evenings and after work boating. Apart from my some what random departure into robotics I have finally gotten around to  start making [...]

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Hey, So I have broke the onlyish kinda rule I set my self when I started this blog thin up, “to keep it updated regularly”. The only positive is that I’ve had loads of stuff on as of late which included some boating & good times. Clifden Fun Rodeo 09 So for the few weeks [...]

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Just a quick note on this: So of you may know I am currently part of the Irish Freestyle Committee this year and part of our job is to help promote freestyle kayaking and help introduce new people to the sport. I decided to run a “river freestyle” training  day on the river Boyne. Now [...]

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The guys over in NUIG / GMIT Kayak Club with Bowsie’s help decided to run a freestyle event in Tuam which was open to students and folks west of the Shannon. The day consisted of two parts, with some coaching on the cards first and then after a quick it was down to the competitive [...]