Lowri Davies

I generally try not to think of paddling as training, but I suppose that is exactly what I’ve been doing this week with the European Championships looming only a week away! I’ve been doing combined wave and hole training with mornings at Sault Brenaz whitewater course and afternoons at Hawaii-sur-Rhone in Lyon.

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Bouncy backstabs. Photo: Chris Georgiou

Happy and smiley (sporting sexy neo-socks). Photos: Chris G

Chris Georgiou styling the wave. Photo: Lowri Davies

As always, it’s people that make a place enjoyable and I’d like to big up the Crosby and McDonald families for a cool few days at Sault Brenaz before Chris G flew out to meet me. The star of the show had to be Morgan the dog, who went for ride after ride in their ducky – despite being capsized in the hole countless times. Legendary!

Thanks also to Chris for coming out, bringing supplies? and keeping me company. There’s more pics from this week in Lyon? here – CLICK!

News from Spain is that the river is now at the level that the competition will be held? on and an eddy has just been dug out with JCBs! The wave seems fairly flushy but blunts, backstabs and other wave moves can be stuck… I fly across on Saturday – so I guess I’ll see for myself then!

Final works to the eddy in Ourense, Spain. Photo: Clarie O’Hara

I’ll leave you with a moonlit Hawaii-sur-Rhone:

Photo: Lowri Davies