The draft slalom and kayak cross selection policy for 2025 is now open for public consultation from today until 23:59 on Wednesday 17 November 2024. The policy covers Senior, U23 and Junior selection for the 2025 international season. Please take time to tell us what you like about the policy as well as dislikes, errors, … Read more
kayaks, thinking what the athletes were attempting was a tourist activity. say to them, ‘Don’t do it.’” Lake Taupō Harbourmaster Jamie Grant said while kayaking over Huka Falls was not illegal, it was “strongly discouraged due to the significant risks involved.” “The falls present extreme challenges even for experienced kayakers,” Grant said.“Rescue operations are near … Read more
Andrew McAuley, an Australian mountaineer and sea kayaker, had his heart set on becoming the first solo kayaker to travel the tumultuous Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand, spanning some 1,000 miles. The 38-year-old was no stranger to taking on extreme adventures, having completed peaks across the world with a preference to making his own exploratory routes … Read more
But sometimes you don’t want peace. Sometimes you want excitement. Intensity. Danger. (Okay, maybe not that). That’s why CANOE also offers overnight trips, ranging from canoeing in the Boundary Waters over the three-day midterm weekend to backpacking in Utah during spring break.And if you want to lead your own, you can become a trip leader … Read more
A search and rescue operation for a kayaker who went missing off the coast of County Donegal has now moved to a body recovery mission, the Irish Coastguard has confirmed. The alarm was first raised when a man, aged in his 50s, failed to return after setting off from Gweedore pier in a kayak … Read more
Authorities in Green Lake, Wisconsin, say that a local man who went missing while kayaking this summer may have staged his own death and fled to Europe.“We believe that he is alive. We know that he’s not in our lake,” Matthew Vande Kolk, Chief Deputy Sheriff for Green Lake County, told the BBC. Ryan Borgwardt, … Read more
In a packed auditorium one early autumn night, I sat and listened to ten older students give a presentation about the Carleton Association of Nature and Outdoor Enthusiasts, or CANOE. Two things immediately crossed my mind: one, I suspected that some of the other first-years present thought it was actually a club about canoeing (it … Read more
Bay of Plenty surf lifeguards were kept busy on Thursday, rescuing 27 kayakers in Whangamatā and clearing the water for a shark swimming between the flags in Tauranga. The kayakers were being swept out to sea by strong offshore winds, which had been catching people off guard in recent days, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand Eastern … Read more
Search and recovery efforts began as the case of the missing Wisconsin kayaker was immediately considered a likely drowning. Meanwhile, Borgwardt’s wife and three children mourned the loss of their husband and father.The search included the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, The Green Lake County Sheriffs Department, and Bruce’s Legacy, a nonprofit dedicated to … Read more
Close friends have confirmed that 40-year-old Denis Fontaine from Deep Cove,and 50-year-old Richard Juryn of North Vancouver, both experienced adventure racers, died after their kayaks flipped in the stormy waters of Howe Sound on Sunday at about noon. Fontaine’s common-law-wife, Cheryl Beatty, and another man, Graham Tutti, were also taken to hospital following the … Read more