Impression of the Cardiff Whitewater Centre
Cardiff hopes to host Olympic Canoeists
Jul 4 2008 by David James, South Wales Echo 
SOUTH Wales’ hopes of hosting Olympic competitors before the London Games in 2012 have been boosted by the news work on a canoeing course will begin this August.
Cardiff council and the Welsh Assembly Government have finalised the […]

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Have you heard about what could happen to the HPP whitewater course in
Nottingham?

Plans are nearly finalised for a £1.2m investment into the whitewater course at Holme Pierrepont in
Nottingham. They’re shutting the course for three months from November this year to get started. Major changes to the river channel will change the face of the […]

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Welsh Canoeing Association announces that paddling is free at the National White Water Centre.
The WCA Board is happy to announce that charges for recreational kayaking and canoeing have been removed at the National White Water Centre located near Bala. Chairman of the WCA Board, Phil Blain outlined “The WCA has made this positive decision in […]

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After a special request, the River Dart Country Park is opening it’s doors to White Water Paddler’s for a single weekend this Winter to host Gene17’s highly popular Adventure Paddler’s Weekend, 6/7th December 08.
Gene17 is currently open to approaches form this years top expeds and adventures in order to arrange the line up for the […]

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Building relationships with local Business’s has always been something that I have been more than happy to do. I am always looking at ways to increase the awareness of tvfreestylers, but at the same time try and increase services available for tv paddlers to use. You may or may not have noticed that recently there has been […]

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My back ground is I started doing freestyle before River running, so most of my experience has been paddling flat hulls with edges.
Where have I used the new Jackson Hero 2008? Firstly I tested the boat paddling upstream against a quick current and then Ferry Gliding across the current before dropping into a river wide […]

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Written by Matt Atree
A couple of years ago Thamesweirproject was shut down and with it went a huge resource to Thames Valley paddling and the community spirit that such a site engendered in the paddlers that used it. Last weekend TVFreestylers celebrated the rebirth of that community with a debauched evening of fun and frolics […]

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Construction will begin 2008-2009, and will be completed in October 2010, however the course will then need to be tested and will be available to the public early 2011. It will be in Waltham cross now and not Broxbourne.
Lea valley parks spokes person stated that they are committed to the park for 25 to 30 years, […]

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