Lowri Davies

Due to the reconstruction work at Holme Pierrepont, the National Student Rodeo was postponed until the end of March this year, putting it on the same weekend as Paddlefest. Since I was already due to be working at Paddlefest providing FlowFree coaching clinics and manning the FlowFree stand; this was set to be a VERY [...]

A lot of people wouldn’t know it, but despite having been a part of the British Team for 6 of the past 8 years; I have not competed at a World Championships since Sort in 2001 (back when I was a wee junior and had been paddling less than 2 years)! There were various reasons [...]

With Aberystwyth’s sea breeze and salty air we rarely have heavy snow here; and with reports of snow days from all over the country we were starting to get jealous.  Sitting in a lecture as a blizzard caked campus in a thick helping of the fun stuff, I began to get excited. I practically skipped [...]

It’s that time of year again: exams and dissertations loom… and as always, the rivers have been stonkin’ and there’s beautiful surf. Over the past week, I’ve been breaking up the hours at the PC with afternoon blasts down the local classics, a spot of climbing (and watching a mate almost break his ankles falling [...]

This month I am on the back page of both Canoe & Kayak UK Magazine and the BCU’s Canoe Focus: Last month I was on the front cover of Paddles Magazine as that issue featured in interview with me: According to the photo credit, I took this photo myself. That’s some awesome self timer work! [...]

I’ve finally got around to transferring this website onto server space provided by Netcase and upgraded my version of WordPress. This has meant I’ve lost a couple of months of posts (mainly due to the slow pace I’ve been doing the transfer); but means I’m back and able to add videos, photos and other multi-media [...]

It was my first time at Wet West Paddlefest. I’d heard a lot about it but never been able to make it before, so was excited to find myself in the country with nothing clashing? in the diary. Hucking? off the Falls of Falloch before breakfast -? Photo: Tom Laws Tom Laws on the Falls [...]

After the Europeans, I took? Tasha Isaacs for a holiday in the French Alps. At 14 years old, having only paddled for around 18 months and already junior ladies reserve on the GB Freestyle Team, Tasha shows a great deal of promise for the future. I was keen to make sure she knew there was [...]

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. ? Bouncy backstabs. [...]

I’ve just had the very exciting news that I’ve landed a sponsorship deal with Plain Lady and their sister company Lazy Lady. As a company I’ve admired for years, for both cool clothes and commendable ethics, I am totally stoked! Check out www.plainlazy.com and www.lazylady.co.uk for more info!