Mad for the Mountain Biking?
Alright Folks, Summer is long since here in Ireland and for some insane reason it seems to be all bright, dry and sunny…the result being everyone bar kayakers seems to be in great form. I’ve to article / blogs set to go but as they are about white water stuff I’m going to sit on [...]
Say Cheese (River Photography)
Hey folks, As I’m sure you are all well aware boaters seem to be all budding amateur photographers, all you have to do is log onto facebook after a wet weekend and see some pretty pro results. So I dropped my mate Ryan a line who is a Scottish based ( I know he will [...]
Carlsberg don’t do
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 [...]
The Season
Hey, To quote Seanie Byrne over on irishwhitewater.com 2010 has been a disappointment for most Irish paddlers so far I couldn’t agree more with him, in the last 10 or more years I can’t recall a winter dry spell quiet like this, I can only imagine there there will be a few rude awakenings once [...]
Busy busy busy…
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 [...]
Eye in the sky…
Hey all, With what seems to be the driest winter in memory and if the daily updated Facebook & Twitter status of the Irish boating community are to be believed paddlers are being driven to madness and MTB. I’m no exception to this and if anyone who has seen me on a bike they will [...]
Tape……. (what not / knot to do)
Hey, This is just a quick little post about something I was thinking lately. In recent times the latest bit of kit that has become a white water essential is the “open sling” and is in fact a mandatory part of the Irish Canoe Union kit list for some awards. I for one reckon its [...]
“…right tools for the job?”
Hey all, I’ve been rather lazy on the blogging front over the last while up until I saw this thread over on the UK boating site UKRGB. It starts of pretty simple looking to identify a type Prussik knot and as all online forums seem to splits into a couple of different directions with all [...]
Tripping to the South East
The weekend just past brought about the second Colligan Gorge Games which had a huge number of Irish paddlers travel to the unlikely white water Mecca that is Co. Waterford. This year had the one thing that last years event was missing which was near perfect water levels. The event had both team and individual [...]
Level 3 Kayak Skills Assessment
Hi all, Later this month(29th Nov 09) I will be running an Irish Canoe Union Level 3 Kayak Skills Assessment, the assessment will be take place on either the rivers Kings,Nore or Barrow with a final decision being made in the days previous to the assessment pending on water levels. The Level 3 Kayaking Skills [...]