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Silvermine River Video 7of 7 Tom and Dale go backwards
The last run before Tom and Tom headed all the way down. Dale and Tom get spun and end up going down backwards. On a flooding river things can go wrong fast. You need to concentrate and know what to do. |
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Silvermine River Video 6 of 7
One of the more exciting runs of the day. |
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Silvermine River Video 5 of 7
Tom and Tom do the first run, me shouting intstructions. |
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Silvermine River 4 of 7 - A little trick I learnt from Bear
You never know when youll need to know this. Bear Grylls showed me how. |
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Silvermine River Video 3 of 7 Tree Block removal
Tree blocks are one of the biggest dangers on rivers. HEre we try and do ourselves and any other kayakers a favour by clearing some of the dead trees in the river. |
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Silvermine River Video 2 of 7 Hiking down
It's not all fun and games but some excercise too. |
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Silvermine River Video 1 of 7 River crossing and preview
Crossing the river at the wooden bridge. This bridge is the indicator. I also let you know the danger and some survival food! |
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The Euro Challenge 09 - SPAIN.
This video clip by Dave Blow in the UK is FANTASTIC! It completely summarises the event and gives you a very realistic idea of what it was like. Enjoy |
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Dubai Shamaal - Paddle with our host and legends
Today Tom and I took out our host Theunis Reynolds for a training paddle from the finish venue. Conditions were great with some fun little swells coming through. We were joined by Ben Fouhy, Erik Larsen, Paul Rosenquist. Tim Jacobs and Mark Andersen were out there too.
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Dubai Shamaal - Training paddle with legends
The week preceding the Dubai Shamaal has been fantastic. the best for me has been to get on the water and paddle with paddling legends Manuel Busto, Corromina, Erik Laarsen, Ben Fouhy....the list goes on.
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Dragon Run - Last Paddler
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Dragon Run - Trucks carrying skis
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Dragon Run - Raging River, Ocean Park
Check Tom's Face on the Pic!!! That was the big drop, not on camera. |
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Dragon Run - Ocean Park Cable Car
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Dragon Run - Cape Diagular
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Dragon Run - The home stretch 2kms to finish
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Dragon Run - The finish venue Stanley Sea School
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The finish of the 76km monster paddle
The finish of the Monster paddle. Dawid Mocke, Jono Neil and two of Spain's most keenest paddlers (and that's VERY keen) set off from La Vila Joyosa to Deilma a distance of 76kms. No wind, headwind, sidewind and FINALLY awesome downwind. Magnificent scenery, sea caves and an english breakfast en-route. Yes thats right! An english Breakfast AND 3 coffees!
This is the alternative finish for the 2009 Euro Challenge surfski. |
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The massive cave on the monster Spain paddle
The Monster cave of the Monster paddle. Dawid Mocke, Jono Neil and two of Spain's most keenest paddlers (and that's VERY keen) set off from La Vila Joyosa to Deilma a distance of 76kms. No wind, headwind, sidewind and FINALLY awesome downwind. Magnificent scenery, sea caves and an english breakfast en-route. Yes thats right! An english Breakfast AND 3 coffees!
This cave was amazing. The water was crystal crystal. And there were more like it. If it wasn't that we still had 25kms to go I would've explored some more
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The first 50km of the 76km beast
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The race in spain happens mainly in the plain
This is some footage from the race I did in Spain 3 Aug 2008. Hope you can understand Spanish. I like it because you can see the scenery of Spanish Coastline. Also take note there is some breeze!! And they get good wind here. |
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The Downwind Taxi Boys!
Clinic 3 of 3 went brilliantly. |
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Dawid's 2nd clinic in Spain with some juniors.
Today's clinic was really really cool. The group of juniors that we had were sooooooo amped. I got to tell you, Espana has a good future in surfski paddling! |
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Dawid Mocke paddling the Mediteranean
Dawid goes for a awesome 2 hour paddle in the Med off Alicante on the Spanish coast. |
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Surfski paddling in Spain
Dawid Mocke paddling at the 2009 Spain Surfski World Cup Venue. The 2009 race in April will form part of the European leg of the Surfski.info World Series |
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Upwind paddling Spain style
Seems the siesta went a little bit too far... |
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Big Sur Morro Bay
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The View on Big Sur
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Paddling Pacific Grove
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Seals on a Bell Buoy
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Point Bonita on the Race Course San Francisco
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What Hank thinks of paddling in San Fran
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Massive currents under the Golden Gate bridge
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More huge current shots under "The Gate"
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A night out in San Fran with Friends...
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Nikki's rattlesnake experience
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Paddle to Alcatraz with Steve and Nix
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Alcatraz Island like you've never seen it.
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Chicago! Downwind on a lake!
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Chicago on the water.
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