70-year-old kayaker crosses Atlantic Ocean for third time
GRIND TV - That’s right: A 70-year-old man decided to paddle some 4,000 miles across open ocean – completely solo and unsupported – in a craft smaller than most lifeboats.
Not to mention, it was his third time completing a transatlantic...
Olympic medallists head field at 2017 ICF U23 and Junior World Championships
ICF Media - Olympic medallists Emma Jorgensen and Isaquias Santos head a list of more than 900 athletes from 62 countries in Romania this week to contest the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint U23 and Junior World Championships.
Jorgensen, a K1...
World Games attracts best canoe polo teams in the world to Wroclaw
ICF Media - It’s not called a World Championships, but the canoe polo competition at this month’s World Games in Wroclaw is as good as the very best the sport has to offer.
Seven of the world’s best teams, both...
Rio 2016 Illness Rates Lower Than Previous Games
Around The Rings - A study of illnesses and injuries from the Rio 2016 Olympics shows overall athletes stayed healthier than the previous two Summer Olympics.
The study published on July 29 in the British Journal of Medicine “recorded daily incidence...
2017 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Racice a wide-open affair
ICF Media - Three Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallists will be among athletes from more than 60 countries who will be competing in next week’s ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.
Many countries are using the first World...
Szeged ready to show why it’s the home of Sprint Canoe
ICF MEDIA - For a city that considers itself to be the international home of sprint canoeing, the past two years have felt like an eternity.
Of course the criteria can be moulded to suit any argument, but on sheer weight...
Behind the Lens: Faces of Freestyle with Peter Holcombe
Canoekayak.com: Can you take us through the technical side of the shoot. What gear did you use? Any challenges?
Peter Holcombe: This shoot took place at the Arkansas River in Buena Vista, Colo. I was set up on the large...
You know that Canadian myth about having sex in a canoe? Well, about that...
BY JIM RANKIN | THE STAR
“A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe.” — attributed to Pierre Berton, 1973
Pierre Berton was fairly certain he never uttered this oft-cited line about a highly specialized Canuck...
Woman Pleads Guilty in Fiancé’s Kayak Death on Hudson River
The New York Times - A woman accused of killing her fiancé by tampering with his kayak and then leaving him to drown in the cold and choppy waters of the Hudson River pleaded guilty on Monday to a reduced...
Rio’s example: Why no city should bid to host the Olympics
YAHOO SPORTS - There were 27 world records set at the Rio Olympics last year – from swimming to weightlifting, archery to cycling. These were as thrilling as they were expected. “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” is the Olympic model after all...
OPINION
Elements for a solution to doping in the Olympics and paddlesports
Writer: Bill Endicott | Sportscene
As we have seen, doping is a serious problem in Olympic sports including Canoe/Kayak. It’s also becoming clear that the...
