Petewawa River – Ontario

The Petewawa is about an hours drive from the Ottawa Riverrun centre.   The get in is just off highway 17 and the 7K run takes you down through the outskirts of the town.  Starting with a long flat section the first rapid lies below the rail bridge and initial drop followed by some good eddy hopping …

Roy’s Stag

In a complete break with recent tradition we went mountain biking, with Roys forthcoming step into obscurity it was only right that we took some time out to spend with him before he begins his sentence. We rode in the hills south of Leyburn and Aysgarth on Saturday and Nidderdale on Sunday. Tour rules prevent …

Build n Huck

When there are no hills around…………….build one… As part of the York River Festival Jon approached the council and this is the result, good skills, who cares if Jo Public turns up, we had a hoot. A surprinsingly soft landing awaits, land it flat and the speed with which you land takes the power out of …

Italy 2006

Val Sesia 2006  Having paddled in the Alps on a number of occasions the group is well versed in the French and Austrian rivers, no one however had ventured over the border to Italy, we had heard and read the reports and some of the group saw a short video put together by Jay from …

Expedition Boating

by Daz Clarkson Born in 1975 Daz has paddled around the world, including Pakistan, Morocco, France, Italy, Nepal, Switzerland, Norway and Canada, this year see's him journeying to Tibet and tackling the Grand Canyon of the Stikine. If you want to read more then try Daz's first book, Riding the Tears of Everest, published by …

YCC Extreme Race

After a season on dry rivers and cries of when is it going to rain the first YCC Extreme race was party to the highest conditions any of us had seen on the Upper Tees. Organiser X Pres colluded with colleagues and hastily revised his original grand master plan and broke the river down into …

Scotland March 2006

Scotland 24th – 27th March Three cars headed north early on the Friday morning, with the weather man promising rain all day long.  We arrived at the Bridge of Orchy and inspected the guage, the level wasn’t even registering, the short drive to Glen Etive revealed a trickle coming down the Allt Charroiun, so 5 …

Whistler Bike Park

Whistler Bike Park Len Black getting set for a day in the park, beat him to the bar and he might just let you buy the first round. The bike park has been open for a few years now and offers huge potential for fun or injury. Whistler lies 2 hours north of Vancouver and …