October 2008

Made it to half term and not died. Bonus!

Teifi Tour in Llandysul. Normally an opportunity to get riotous and not paddle anything good. Luckily it rained loads and we managed to hit the middle Tawe and the Mellte at “classic” levels. Nothing too pushy but plenty of fun, and in the sun to boot.

Hiking to the “cheat’s” puton. Photo by John “Perfect Day” Vincent

Keeping my eye in for SlopeJam 2009…. Maybe. Photo by Mike “Classic Burning Man” Moxon

Lowri resurfacing from some sort of sketchy pitony thing. Photo again by MM

Hopefully some more fun before the week is out!

A few weeks ago I helped the Lowri and the FlowFree gang host the first of many of the revived WCA Freestyle Development weekenders in Llandysul. A great time was had by all despite terrible water levels, and the boundless enthusiasm of so many young and not so young paddlers was great to see! On the second day there was small competition through one of the rapids, with a chance to show off the skills they had been learning and developing from making eddies, busting tailies or going for the elusive Loop…. I took a load of photographs from that, which I have now got round to hosting. You can check them out, and also order prints at www.digibug.com/tlphotography

Youngest on the water, slickest into the eddies, James Cooper gets an end to impress the judges… 

Keep an eye on www.flowfree.co.uk for more info on the next weekender!