ICF Ocean Racing World Championships: Australia announces team
We are only less than two months away from the first ever Ocean Racing World Championships, which will take place in Portugal. More than 100 athletes are expected to arrive in Portugal, representing a…
Multiple Olympic canoe slalom champion Tony Estanguet is to join the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee and will, in the process, become a Member of the Olympic supreme body.
The Sella Descent, a legendary race with a beautiful history
The Sella International Descent is one of the most well-known canoeing races in the world, it takes place every year on the first Saturday of August (except the 1st and 2nd when the cattle fair is on).
Two sides of the same coin: Elite canoe slalom & the recreational paddler
Put simply, trying canoe slalom could benefit many recreational paddlers today to sharpen their skills. However, while the Olympics has elevated top tier canoe slalom competition, has this made the idea…
Two sides of the same coin: Elite canoe slalom & the recreational paddler
Put simply, trying canoe slalom could benefit many recreational paddlers today to sharpen their skills. However, while the Olympics has elevated top tier canoe slalom competition, has this made the idea of this discipline more inaccessible to the average recreation paddler?
Last week kicked off the 2013 international freestyle kayaking circuit with the Plattling, European Cup event in Germany. The European Cup is a 3 part series that runs the same year as every World Championships.
‘Stop for a moment’ by slalom athlete Urša Kragelj from Slovenia
We go through many stages in life. As teenagers and young adults, many people experience a strong desire to conform, to fit in with other people's expectations. This often shows up as the need to belong to a peer group who dress and behave the same way.
The Sella Descent, a legendary race with a beautiful history
The Sella International Descent is one of the most well-known canoeing races in the world, it takes place every year on the first Saturday of August (except the 1st and 2nd when the cattle fair is on).
Day 3 World Cup Canoe Sprint Racice. Serbian sensation creates shock
The 18-year-old Serbian Marko Dragosavljevic stole the show with an explosive performance, and celebration, in the K1 Men 200m on the final day of action at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup, Racice.
ICF Ocean Racing World Championships: Australia announces team
We are only less than two months away from the first ever Ocean Racing World Championships, which will take place in Portugal. More than 100 athletes are expected to arrive in Portugal, representing a total of more than 30 nations. The event will take place in Vila do Conde, Portugal, between 12 and 14 of July.
Maia looks for bigger challenge after English Channel crossing
Thirteen year old, Maia Wallace-Loizou from Enfield having just become the youngest girl ever to kayak across the English Channel, also has her sights on the 125 mile Devices to Westminster and is also being coached as part of the GB Canoeing’s Canoe Slalom club sessions on the Legacy Channel at Lee Valley.
Multiple Olympic canoe slalom champion Tony Estanguet is to join the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee and will, in the process, become a Member of the Olympic supreme body.
The world media storm looms in September as the 2020 Olympic host city selection fast-approaches. It's a question on the tip of everyone's tongue, “who's it going to be: Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo?' The question ought rather be “which city will do more for the greater good of sport, and more interestingly for us, which will do more for the interests of canoe sport?”
Strengthening Olympic values in the Amazon forest, Peru
Canoe/kayak has been an Olympic sport since 1936 and is very popular in several countries, including as a national sport. It is also a sport that, besides enhancing physical development, can be used for the transmission of social and environmental values and integration between various groups and ethnicities.