Archive for the 'wales' Category
Rain, rain and more rain!
0 Comments Published by Lowri November 18th, 2009 in General Life, Kayaking, carnage, doorstep gnar, wales, white waterFor the past couple of weeks we’ve had consistent rain in North Wales which has kept the rivers at lovely levels, but last night’s rain was fairly epic. All across North Wales people woke to find rivers over their banks, towns flooded and roads closed. My Mum was unable to get work and my brother [...]
And the rain arrives…
1 Comment Published by Lowri November 10th, 2009 in GB Team, General Life, Kayaking, World Championships, coaching, doorstep gnar, freestyle, wales, weekend adventures, white waterI have been back in the UK for 2 months now and have been keeping myself very busy. Here’s a bit of a photo-based summary of what I’ve been up to. I arrived back just in time for Pyranhafest in the sunshine and was able to catch up with friends and compete in the fun [...]
Snow Epics
0 Comments Published by Lowri February 3rd, 2009 in Aberystwyth, General Life, aber uni canoe club, carnage, mishaps, walesWith 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 [...]
Surf Breaks
1 Comment Published by Lowri January 26th, 2009 in Aberystwyth, General Life, Kayaking, aber uni canoe club, exams, freestyle, sunsets, surf, walesIt’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 [...]
Breaking the silence
1 Comment Published by Lowri December 19th, 2008 in General Life, Kayaking, doorstep gnar, wales, weekend adventures, white waterI’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 [...]
WCA Freestyle Development
0 Comments Published by Lowri August 27th, 2008 in Kayaking, WCA Development, coaching, competition, freestyle, wales, white waterAs the WCA’s Freestyle Development Officer I am putting on a series of development weekends with demo freestyle? boats, free coaching and a fun competition. If you or someone you know in Wales? is wanting to get into freestyle, then there’s never been a better time to try it. We’re also looking for budding rodeo [...]
