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I’m leaving the World Cups feeling fired up about freestyle and excited for the World Championships next year. During the first World Cup, I was very happy to build on my rides throughout the rounds. Getting to paddle in the finals is always fun and it was a bonus to finish in 1st place. This is my first gold in an ICF competition. Due to a rapidly rising river and impending flooding, the second World Read more…

The second World Cup ended sooner than expected due to flooding. This meant that results were taken from the preliminary round held last Thursday. I ended up with 2 more golds in C1 and Squirt and took home Silver in K1 behind the incredible Hitomi. My combined results were enough for me to finish the series as the overall World Cup Champion in all three disciplines, which was a rather lovely way to mark the Read more…

I’ve recently returned from a Team FIN pre-season training camp. The team continues show remarkable momentum, bolstered by their impressive results at the World Cup and World Championship in Columbus, USA. Proud of what’s already been achieved, and building on their successes, the Team continues their upward trajectory, whilst developing depth of the Team. As part of this, the ADP programme has been supporting the team to refine the training practices of both individual athletes Read more…

Stoked to have the University of Lincoln supporting GB Freestyle research into the ICF Scoring Appendix. We’re making great progress, which is already providing some interesting insights, we hope to get the main bulk of the research done over this summer. The GBF project aims to identify performance norms in freestyle competition, this will then inform enhancements of the scoring criteria definitions and introduce supporting visuals. University of Lincoln Human Performance Centre GB Freestyle Kayaking

I’m excited to be launching the ‘Riders’ youth programme in partnership with Ottilie Robson-Shaw and Mike Shaw. Earlier this year I reached out for your input to the Riders, with an amazing response. I really wanted to ensure continuity in the programme that would work around our hectic schedules, which led to the partnership. Ottie, Mike and myself will be lead coaches on the programme with guest athletes and coaches joining us. Ottilie Robson-Shaw is Read more…

I have finally had time to sit back and reflect on the past year. I feel lucky to finish the year with so much gratitude. For the people, for the sport and for the life I live. I have spent hours and hours on the water doing what I love most. I have been surrounded by cool people, made new friends and spent time with the people I love. I had the opportunity to travel Read more…

Stoked to welcome Becky Green to the ASP programme as part of our C1 ‘be limitless’ project. She’ll be joining Ottilie Robinson-Shaw and Tamsyn McConchie building on the WC2022 training cycle. Our goal is to explore advanced wave skills, and capture learnings to further enhance the C1W specific performance pathway

It’s been an amazing year for the ASP team, with personal bests and word records smashed. These accomplishments are all the result of their unwavering determination, drive and commitment. It’s a joy to support these athletes, who have also been great ambassadors for the sport, all of them actively involved in mentoring young athletes and/or supporting their national freestyle committees.

ICF World Cup Columbus GA Congratulations to all athletes, event organisers and volunteers! We got to see some amazing performances. For many of the athletes, it was their first experience competing on ‘GoodWave’ or larger wave in general. Often competitions on unfamiliar features can result in safer, less innovative rides, so it was great to see athletes seizing the opportunity to try more risky tricks and ride strategies. This truely showed what is needed to Read more…