And then there was too much water…..
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 [...]
Free “UR” Style – The prep continues!
Hey, As some of you know this idea was only really conceived in the Sluice car park last Sunday afternoon after a training day organised by Ger O’Reily and to be honest I am surprised how quickly this has snowballed. The premise for this event and the ones that are planned to follow it is [...]
Free Your Style – Kilkenny
Howdy folks, This is a freestyle coaching day which will have some top quality coaches and freestyle paddlers on hand to help you up your freestyle skills. This is happening on the 25th Oct 2009 The day will be in two parts. The first part will be a series of skills work shops and the [...]
Thursday Nights Under Lights…
Enjoy the warm bright evenings while they last….. This November Irelands most dynamic playspot brings you something new. Stay tuned for more details. Adrian
How to initiate the bow of your kayak….
How to double pump 101 from Adrian Shanahan on Vimeo. Hi, A few days back on of the guys from the UKRGB Bren (aka Peakfreak) posted up that there are no videos online that just explain the “double pump” and any that try assume too much previous knowledge from the person looking to learn. I [...]
A basic guide to plastic / kayak welding…
Hey, This is one of those things that always seems to crop up either after the annual pilgrimage to the Alps or after a big dump of rain after a long dry spell. Contrary to what allot of folks seem to thing these days kayaks are large designed to paddle down rivers avoiding rocks and [...]
Bumper Blog update…
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 [...]
As seen on TV……lol
Hey, As some of you might know I am a member of the Irish Freestyle Committee and that our National Team are in preparations for the upcoming World Freestyle Championships In Thun Switzerland later in the Summer. RTE’s magazine program Nationwide decided to do a a small piece on the Freestyle Team and Freestyle kayaking [...]
How to replace a latex neck seal 101.
Hi, So very recently I loan my cag to a client and we had a bit of an oopsie with the neck seal when it was being taken off. This happens loads of folks & and I know people panic and think it will cost a fortune to send it away to be fixed. With [...]
How to know if Clifden is working..
Hi, So a while back I did up a bit of a guide for one of Irelands best play spots Clifden on Irish Freestyle ao I thought I would stick it up here so it wouldn’t get lost in the depths of cyberspace. One of the reasons I did up this post was folks are [...]