Sean Rice and Lizzie Broughton win 45th Amsterdam Waterland Marathon
The 45th edition of the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon has been won by South-African Sean Rice. He beat the 2016 winner Leonel Ramalho from Portugal and Adrián Boros from Hungary to the finish line in tough weather conditions. Lizzie Broughton...
Schedule World Masters Games New Zealand Canoe/Kayak
Auckland pulled out all the stops to welcome the more than 28,000 participants from around New Zealand and across the globe, to compete in 28 sports at 48 WMG2017 venues for the next 10 days.
Paddlesports are represented by...
No Sleep, Keep Paddling: Kayaking 300 Miles In ‘Everglades Challenge’
‘I’ve been hallucinating, talking to a tiny spirit baby hanging onto the boat.’ Our editor paddled through glory and despair in the 300-mile Everglades Challenge.
TWELVE HOURS INTO THE RACE we encounter our first manatee. Our kayak stops with an abrupt thud, the...
Visualisation, a crucial skill to aid success
Elite athletes embrace this skill as a crucial aspect of their preparation for important events. Having done all the groundwork – be it physical preparation or training - is simply not enough unless you have also developed the skill...
The KayakPro Compact Ergometer
Advertorial - KayakPro is one of Sportscene's advertisers and a supporter of the World Paddle Awards.
The Speedstroke Gym Kayak Compact (KPC) is designed for any location where space is at a premium or easy transportation is preferred. Ideal for...
Olympic medal winner Thomas Schmidt develops the “intelligent slalom gate”
"Intelligent slalom gates" - A revolution in canoe slalom? Thomas Schmidt, Sydney 2000 Gold medal winner in the K1, has developed an intelligent slalom gate by putting movement sensors in the poles. The challenge is to distinguish between the...
A paddler’ paradise? Tropical Islands in Berlin
The biggest waterpark in the world lies 60km south of Berlin, inside a former airship hangar. An area of more than 16 acres, which is more than the size of six city blocks. So plenty of space for a...
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...
Rio 2016 venues are left in disrepair just six months after Games
“The legacy is incredibly poor,” said Theresa Williamson, executive director of Catalytic Communities – a Rio-based non-government organisation providing support to favela communities – in an interview with AAP in February.
“This all coincided with the economic recession but in...
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