2007 British Championships

The 2007 British Championships was held on alongside the Plastic Fantastic Alp Kit Kayak Series at Nottingham. The top ten paddlers from the Saturday went through to the semi final of the British Champs on the Sunday, then 10 dropped to five for the knock out final.



The comp was held in the Muncher at HPP. Due some changes on the whitewater corse the muncher has not been the same as it was in the good old days, still with the water level raised the hole seemed to take form and start to resemble it's old self. Air loops, Tricky Wu's, Phonix Monkeys and McNasty's were the choice of moves for the day, seeing some amazing rides from James 'Pringle' Bebbington, Ross Montandon, the Brayfield brothers and many more.

David Bainbridge showed why he's European Champion by pulling some awesome moves to take the C1 title.

In the Womens, Flea Jarvie pushed into first place with some very consistent rides, with Jen Chrimes hot on her tail.

Flea cleaning up

Ross Montandon managed to pull it of in his final ride even with a popped deck to take the win in the junior men's class.

Ross on a roll

The Men's was tough seeing Ed Smith, Me and Pringle down to the top 3 in the knock out final having said goodbye to Adam Norfolk and Chris Chapman in 5th and 4th place respectively.
Ed went out in 3rd seeing some big air loops and very consistent rides. I came 2nd and therefore it was a well deserved 1st place for Pringle, every Phonix Monkey and Mc Nasty done to perfection.
Also well done to Emily Wall and Pringle for winning the overall Alp Kit series 2007.

Me and Pringle in the final

Thanks to Jim from Alp Kit, Sneaky pete and Tim Raa for judging.

The Prize giving

Photos provided by Peter Meares and Ian Burt

Next Ticket Trailer

Here is a sneak preview of the film 'Next Ticket' by Pommie Productions and crew.
Due to be with us this winter.

Check it out.

2nd Technique vid, the Pan Am

The Pan Am

When water is scarce concrete is 2nd best

It's been quite a strange year for kayaking in England, when the sun should have been shining and the rivers drying up, we have received more rain this summer than I can remember. The playboating and river running has been epic.
But now the summer has seems to have shown it's face at last, and the rivers seem to be back to normal summer levels. It is becoming quite a struggle being stuck in the UK trying to earn some cash to go away for the winter, with not much boating to be done, so instead of using the lack of water have resorted in making the most of using the vast amount of concrete.

Me demoing the grab


Pringle on the ramp


180 grab


Pringle rips on skates too

Photos by Emily Wall

European Cup round up

European Cup round up.

The 2007 European cup was held in 3 different countries situated in 3 different locations around Europe.

The first was held in the beautiful ski town of Lienz, Austria. A challenging hole brought many different European nations to battle it out for a head start in the series.
British, French, German, Austrian, Czech, Slovakian, Polish, Finish and Swedish were amongst the competing nations. The competition went well, and everyone was very grateful for the friendly welcome and hospitality.








The Second leg of the series was held in the north of Sweden on the Palt wave. An awesome braking wave which allowed all the moves in the book. The river reminded me very much of the Ottawa with sweet rapids in between beautiful still lakes.
The competition was tough, seeing some great rides from the locals, the Polish and the Fin’s. I hope to see more competitions held on this spot in the future, all the guys did a great job in organizing the event considering the hard logistics of the venue.











The last competition in the series and also the Pre European Champs and was held in Galicia, Spain. The competition was held on an interestingly sticky hole at the bottom of a very impressive Dam. The event was not the best I have been to, and all the paddlers did very well to put up with the lack of organization (none), a shame as this competition was set to show case the spot for the European Championships 2008.














All in all the European cup went well, seeing some amazing displays of skill from Peter Csonka, Nina Halasova, James Bebbington, and many more. Check out the pics.

The final results for the European cup are as follows:

K1 men:
1st Peter Csonka (SVK)
2nd Jon Best (GBR)
3th Jan Spindler (CZE)

K1 women:
1st Nina Halasova (SVK)
2nd Maria Lindgren (SWE)
3th Ingrid Schlott (GER)

K1 junior woman:
1st Hanna Vackova (CZE)
2nd Flick Mears (GBR)

K1 junior man:
1st Jiri Langer (CZE)

C1 :
1st Lukas Cervinka (CZE)