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Would your Club President like to come to the SAS Hurley Classic, Saturday (16th Nov) Night Super Finals? This year the Hurley Classic organisers are inviting all local Club Presidents to this spectacular to experience what freestyle is all about. In conjunction with GB Freestyle we have also developed a ‘Welcome to Freestyle’ pack that VIP’s can take home and use to get freestyle into there clubs. It’s all set to encourage more freestyle at club Read more

Built shorter, lighter and aimed towards ease of use, comfort and skills progression, the NEW Rockstar 2014 is the new standard.  EJ and Dave Knight have reshaped its hull to perform with better balance, responsiveness and with easier edging and carving power!  The new ergonomic design, stiffer make, enhanced hull support and customisable outfitting gives paddlers a much more comfortable paddle position, takes advantage of body strengths, lends to a stronger body/boat interface and provides Read more

As part of a number of our assessment courses candidates are required to coach or guide in a realistic environment. That’s where you come in as a mock student.  The coaching/guiding is FREE all you have to do is cover any travel, food & accommodation costs. These opportunities include; 4 Star Kayak Leadership Assessments 5 Star Kayak Leadership Assessments Moderate Water Kayak Endorsements Assessments Advanced White-water Kayak Endorsement Assessments If you are interested in future Read more

All the action kicked off on a beautiful sunny Saturday morning at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham with the ClubChampionship event. Paddlers from kayak clubs across the UK came to Holme Pierre Point to take part in a weekend of freestyle based fun. Starting with coaching sessions lead by GB Freestyle Team Paddlers and World Champions Claire O’Hara and Alan Ward the day then moved on to an array of competitions and events Read more

GB Kayaking superstar Claire O’Hara dominates the ladies classes and wins two gold medals at the 2013 ICF World Freestyle Kayaking Championships. Claire went into the World Championships as the defending World Champion in not just one, but two disciplines. Doubling the double Claire not only defended her squirt boating world title for the third time but also defended her freestyle kayak world title to bring her World Gold medal count to 5, in a spectacular display of Read more

There are a few spaces currently available on our Nottingham Freestyle Development Camp. The week has two general themes; learning to train, and learning to compete – with the aim of working towards achieving the rides that meet your aspirations, both competitive or otherwise. The camps are aimed at both intermediate and advanced paddlers. If you are just starting out in freestyle our coaches will fast track you forward. If you already have freestyle experience Read more

Dates are now available for our Scotland trips & experiences range. Once again we are offering our highly successful, ‘West-Coast Classics’ and ‘Park and Huck’ programmes. We’re also showcasing a new addition, ‘Backcountry’ designed for those wanting to gain experience in multi-day steep creeking. These are action packed programmes offering some of the best paddling in the UK. Our group sizes are a maximum of 4 per guide/coach. We believe that small groups are safer, more fun Read more

There is one space currently available on the Burners Ottawa Freestyle Camp. This is an action packed programme, co-founded by Andrew Jackson (KJO) and Dennis Newton (Sweetwater Coaching) in 2005. The programme is specifically designed for young boaters (aged 13-17) who have a passion for freestyle and river running. With the chance to paddle one of the best play boating rivers in the world – the opportunities to progress your freestyle skills are limitless. Now add world class Read more

2013 thus far has been a whirl wind tour jumping from country to country leading up to the 2013 freestyle kayaking world championships. Creeping into June the UK stage of preparation is coming to a close and in less than a week I fly to America for the final stage of training before the big event. Over the past three weeks I have based myself at the National Water Sport Centre in Nottingham, arguably one of Read more

Here are a couple of photos taken from a recent AWE training course in North Wales. It’s great to be involved in training future coaches; I always enjoy the creative discussions and activities aimed at exploring this amazing sport. The AWE is an advanced white water coaching award for coaches that have come through the UKCC route or are L3 Inland Kayak Coaches with 5Star, or L4 Inland Kayak Coaches. The AWE is an award Read more