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Reports for those colourful freestylers who seem to do crazy things in short stubby kayaks.
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Trip Reports -
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Written by Stuart Williams
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Sunday, 12 September 2010 21:23 |
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NACC Youth Freestyle paddlers have won the club the honour of being the first to be awarded the "Champion Club" trophy for the 2010 Youth Freestyle series
The series provides masses of encouragement to young paddlers, boosting their confidence and developing their skills on moving water. With encouraging participation in mind the trophy is awarded to the club whose paddlers, taken together, have amassed the highest number of series points across the series - and this year... that was us.
Congratulations to all our YFS paddlers for taking part in the series; to their parents for their support; and to the NACC coaches, particularly Nigel and Anna, who have encouraged and supported all of our participating paddlers.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 13:11 |
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Read more... [NACC Youth Freestyle Winners]
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Written by Josh
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Friday, 10 July 2009 17:39 |
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 At the Nene YFS Matt Chadder invited me up to HPP on the weekend of GB team training to be a BCU guinea-pig (this time for the 4* freestyle) and get some coaching with the team. I said yes, so Mum and I found ourselves driving up to HPP on a chilly (for the summer!) Saturday morning. This was my first experience of team training. In the morning we did the theory for the 4* (reminded me of why I am pleased I have done all my star awards) and in the afternoon we hit the water. I thought it was a great award and anyone who is looking to get into freestyle who can do some of the basic moves such as loops and cartwheels will really enjoy it.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:10 |
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Read more... [4* Freestyle and GB team training]
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Written by Josh
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Friday, 19 June 2009 15:55 |
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 Some say freestyle is dieing, but only those who have not paid a visit to the Youth Freestyle Series. The series is growing in popularity each year and at some events attracts over 100 young freestylers. This year there are 5 events; Llangollen, The Mighty Nene, Boulters Weir, River Washburn and Nottingham White Watre Centre. Josh Wedgwood reports from the latest event at the Nene.
The sun was shining and the pumps were pumping. The scene was set for the second event of the youth freestyle series 2009 at the Nene White Water Cource. With 50 youth kayakers taking place it was busy on the course but everyone took terns and everyone had a great time in the morning practice. There was coaching on hand for everyone who wanted it as there were lots of expert volunteer coaches on hand.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 June 2009 21:27 |
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Read more... [Nene Youth Freestyle Series 2009]
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Written by Josh
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Saturday, 04 April 2009 18:03 |
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 When we arrived we expected to head over to Boulters but no. Jacko decided to make the most of the 1 gate. We walked down to the weir and we had a discussion about using different features and making the most of what we had. After a quick warm up we all jumped in our boats and headed over to the weir. A canoe club was there so I don't think 1 gate has ever been so busy but they left after a while so we had the wave to ourselves. Because the feature was limited we had to be imaginative... Felix entry moves, rock spins and donkey flushes were all on the agenda. After a play Jacko got us onto the bank and he showed us another metal rehearsal technique. We had another play before filling up our boats and going for mystery moves...Todd got the best on and was under for about 5 seconds! In the theory session we did some competition reviewing techniques.
Thanks for a great session Jacko!
See you on the water.
Josh |
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Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2009 22:48 |
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Written by Josh
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:40 |
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 When we arrived at the first event of the youth freestyle series 2009 we found the car park already 3/4 full so we headed up to the cafe for a bacon butty before the queues got any bigger. The YFS is a number of one-day events aimed at under 18 paddlers who want to take part in a freestyle competition. The events are always a laugh and a great chance to hang out with mates and enter a fun freestyle competition. For this event Sam, George, Ed, Stuart, Jonathon, Luke and I entered. In the morning there was coaching for those who wanted it. I chose to hang out at the bottom wave with Sam and George. The levels were low (about 1.5 on the gauge... much lower than last year's 11!) so it was quite hard to throw ends as everybody kept hitting the bottom.
After an hour for lunch it was competition time. I decided to get my runs out of the way with quickly. I did the middle stopper run first... I managed to get most of the moves in I wanted and even had time for an attempt at a ninja wheel (spinning your paddle while cartwheeling)...I hit myself in the face with my paddle and floped on my head. More practice on that move needed! The second and final run was in a little drop in the river right channel next to the island. My run went excellently I got all my moves that were possible... cartwheel, splitwheel, clean cartwheel, tail squirt and even a Luna Orbit!
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Last Updated on Friday, 24 April 2009 20:54 |
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Read more... [Youth Freestyle Series Llangollen 2009]
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Written by Josh
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Monday, 30 March 2009 20:00 |
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 The time had come... the opening of the new HPP. As the car stopped in the car park we all rushed out to have a look at the new course. It looked great with about 5 new features (any suggestions for new names?). One of the ideas behind the paddlefest was not to paddle your own boat but demo others, I could not wait to try the new biscuit (it is definitely a wave boat) and Big Dog Kayaks. The National Student Rodeo was also running which meant lots of students (all majorly hung-over by the looks of them) were also at the course. A few of the young burners were already on the course so we joined them and cartwheeled, splitwheeled and looped our way down the course (trying avoid all the swimmers from the duo final of the NSR)! After lunch we found that you could try a sprint C2 (queue scary music). It is a lot harder than they make it look at the Olympics. We decided it was definitly a summer sport. Sam and I managed to get about 20 meters before falling in for the first time and about 50m the second time (that was your fault Sam).
I thought it was a great day and I will definitely be going next year!
See you on the water
Josh |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 19:42 |
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