http://www.flowfree.co.uk Kayak Coaching and River Guiding Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:13:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After the success of the first gathering that saw 27 people braving the cold on the Dee... a mixture of novices to GB team, C1 and K1, men and ladies, old and young all having fun messing about on the river. Brandon was elected "winner" of that gathering for general fun ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2009/01/2nd-north-wales-playboat-gathering/ Everyone knows that North Wales is a honeypot for white water kayaking, with thousands of paddlers making the migration here every weekend. With all those paddlers about, are there still adventures to be had off the beaten track? Somewhere up in the hills behind FlowFree HQ, an epic gorge awaited ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/12/exploring/ Inspired by the old Sunday league at Tryweryn and the current league held on the Thames Weirs, an informal playboating league is being set up in North Wales. The basic premise being to get people together to have a play and help and encourage each other while having fun! Times and ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/12/informal-playboating-gatherings-in-north-wales/ I have some hot news for you... I am able to release to you first, here on FlowFree, the dates for WCA Freestyle Development days over the next 6 months or so. Full details of locations and times etc will be announced for each one as they approach. Keep an ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/11/wca-freestyle-dates-2009/ On Friday 24th of October I set out to go and scout Rhaeadr Mawddach... little did I know by the end of the day I'd be one of the few people to have ever paddled it and star on national radio! As I know most of you are just itching to see ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/10/rhaeadr-mawddach-the-big-one/ The next WCA Freestyle Development weekend was due to be the 15th of November. With Stanley Embankment being shut due to works on the bridge (see previous post), I have made a new plan. We'll now be running a single day session at Chester Weir on the 8th November with a more advanced ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/10/the-new-wca-freestyle-plan/ Quote: Contractors for Railtrack are undertaking repairs to the bridge which forms the wave at Stanley. The tunnel is closed for 4-7weeks from 16th October. This means that the wave will likely be out of action until early December. WCA have been assured that the wave will not change as a result ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/10/important-news-the-next-wca-freestyle-development-weekend/ On Friday Team FlowFree burned up the M6 for a very cold and (at times) very wet weekend in Scotland including the first ever Etive River Race. We arrived as the sun went down and got a cheeky run down the race section in super-low water. Rick Foster on Right Angle - Photo: Jon ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/10/etive-river-race-weekend/ A few weeks ago, FlowFree were due to be at the Alpkit Plastic Fantactic / Festival of Freestyle in Nottingham for our official launch and to provide freestyle and river running coaching sessions. We packed up and set off, all the time cursing the pouring rain. As we cruised over the ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/10/wet-weekend-in-wales/ All of Tom's photos are online at http://www.digibug.com/tlphotography/ - select the album "WCA Freestyle Development - Llandysul". Full high resolution copies and prints are available to order. The video from the weekend is online here - Matt Cooke's put it on facebook so you may have to 'make him your friend' ... http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/10/llandysul-development-weekend-photos-video/