Hey, So there it is the year of 2010 all done and dusted apart from a few remaining hours. I had thought about and soon after reconsidered writing one of those how awesome things have been kinda end of year posts including how brilliant business has been for me here at www.adrianshanahan.com. At this stage [...]
This weekend over in the UK at the Gene17 Adventure Paddler’s Weekend there we al sorts of talks and things planned to entertain those in attendance. A friend of mine James Flemming was invited along to give a wee chat and show a film documenting his, Ian’s and Giles’s to Japan during the Summer of [...]
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So last year I did a bit of a write up on "How to replace a latex neck seal 101" which was really popular as I still get loads of search engine hits / trackbacks and emails about it. One of the most common things I get asked is for alternate ways to replace gaskets, [...]
The white water drouth of 2010 is well and truly at an end due to the Ireland catching the tail of hurricane Thomas, the Crana Canoe Weekend has come and gone, the Colligan Gorge Games are only days away. I can’t remember a time when the Irish boating calendar was so jam packed with quality [...]
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 [...]
Categories: Coaching & Instruction, News
Hi, With the 51st Liffey descent around the corner and people hard at the training ready to test themselves against what is billed as one of the top Marathon Races in Europe / World I decided to re post I the highlights program of the 2009 event which was shown on Setanta Sports. It will [...]
Categories: Events
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 [...]
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 [...]
Categories: Coaching & Instruction, Freestyle, Lifestyle, Locations
So the long weekend just past was scheduled for the first “Free you Style” event to take place in Kilkenny, sadly a couple of days before the event was to happen the recent very heavy rain fall had washed the weir out and there wasn’t much of a feature left. As the aim of the [...]
