“Consistency is key and working on technique in a boat is a worth while...
By Tom Noble | outfitsport.co.uk
Name: Matthew Fletcher
Age: 26
Location: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Work: Rhenus Logistics Ltd
Education: Durham University
Club: Pennine CRC, previously Tees Tigers CC
Tell us a little bit about your Canoe Polo career
I first started water...
Depression and comeback in (paddle)sport
Jonathan Males | Performance1 - It takes resilience to compete at the highest levels of our sport, and even the most successful competitors will experience the pain and disappointment of failure at some time in their careers.
Normally the...
Interview with British canoe polo athlete and World Champion Alex Lowthorpe
By Tom Noble | outfitsport.co.uk - Interview with Alex Lowthorpe, a GB Canoe Polo player who recently competed at the 2016 Canoe Polo World Championships in Syracuse, Italy. The team won Gold and I am excited to have had the chance to...
Already working towards Tokyo 2020 – interview with Špela Ponomarenko Janić
Interview and photos by Nina Jelenc.
The best Slovenian canoe sprint athlete Špela Ponomarenko Janić had an excellent season, which started at the World Cup race in Germany, continued with great results in Račice and Montemor-o-Velho, where she won two...
1977: “Mr. Nobody [Albert Kerr] Wins the World Championships Canoe Slalom”
Written by Graham Mackereth | Pyranha
Albert’s super-human performance was a surprise to many, though not to those of us who knew him; the local paper the next day was headlined, ‘Mr. Nobody Wins the World Championships’, but Albert was far...
Stepanka Hilgertova – “World Slalom’s Lady of the Gates”
Written by Ettore Ivaldi | Translated to English by Tessa Forliti | Thank you to Marie Řihošková
It immediately struck me as odd, but her smile in response to my greeting made me forget this detail which would come back to me...
Kayaking over Niagara Falls with Rafa Ortiz
When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz decides to chase his dream to paddle over Niagara Falls, he can't imagine the journey he'll take to get there. As he and his friends prepare for their new adventure, they realize the path...
No doubts for Florence as he sets sights on Tokyo
TEAM GB - Three Olympic silver medals would be job done for most people. But David Florence isn’t most people.
For him, it’s a case of unfinished business, and gold at Tokyo 2020 is in his sights - but it all...
How To Live Beyond Your Life
JOE JACOBI - One of my more memorable whitewater slalom competitions didn’t take place at an Olympic Games or in a far away, culturally unique world capital.
Instead, it is one particular race: our 1996 U.S. National Championships — a big deal for...
Czech canoe marathon star Mojžíšek back for another Berg crack
By Dave MacLeod | Gameplan Media
Respected Czech Republic marathon paddler Petr Mojžíšek has added his name to the entry list for the upcoming Berg River Canoe Marathon, joining Hungarian former world champion Adrián Boros in a strong looking international...




















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