Monthly Archives: May 2010

Val sesia Teva contest

by Raphael Thiebaut

I was in Valsesia this W.E. to make a portract of Fred Gilardone, secretary of the comite for val sesia preservation.

Teva Extreme Games - Val Sesia

Fred charging the sesia in his wave hopper.

They now have a 20 year protection plan for the rivers in the area.

And there was a nice event there so I registered because they were pushing me. There was at least 3 to 4 years that I haven’t done any competition. Saturday was a boarder cross were i took the 3rd place not bad knowing the best italien were there. And sunday I finished 5th at the 6mn downriver race, only 10s from the first one without having ever paddled that section of the sesia :D

All in all pretty happy of the W.E. especially as I get to know more Fred wich is a very nice and interesting guy.

A quick photo of me taken by fred on the sorba:

Raphael Thiebaut on Sorba, Val Sesia

Video Ticino is online

by Raphael Thiebaut

Here you can see the video we made for French national TV in April. As broadcasted on May 8th . There’s a few mistakes as always with TV journalists, Ticino is not in Val d’Aoste ;)

But it shows pretty well our sport. And it’s always good to see a bit of kayak on national TV on a Saturday afternoon.

Enjoy:

Soca – Team LL as instructors

by Max Eberl

The day before yesterday we returned from Slovenia, the river Soca had much water as you can see ;-)

Pegel Soca© kajak.at

We just took pictures on the easy sections while instructing the beginners. It was really great to see all these talented and enthusiastic kayakers starting their new sports!
Sers, Max

Gerade gestern sind wir aus Slovenien zurückgekommen, wie ihr sehen könnt hatte es viel Wasser.

Leider haben nur auf den einfachen Strecken mit den Anfängern Fotos gemacht. Es war super diese talentierten und motivierten Anfänger am Anfang ihrer Paddelkarriere begleiten zu können!
Sers, Max

Ein Dank an Sybille Fischer von der jugend-oberland.de für die Fotos!

CORSICA EASTER SESSIONS – PART 3

by Max Eberl

Hey everybody!

All good things come to an end, so here it is: The last part of the Team Liquidlogic 2010 Corsica kayak sessions. The rivers you see in this part are the famous Fium Orbo, Rizzanese and the Travo. Esp. on this steep creeks the Jefe showed up its boof performance and speed to challange big drops and nasty backwashes.

Rizzanese - Jan doing a mega boof with his Liquidlogic Jefe

The sad thing about this trip is, that this year was one of the last ones you could paddle the Rizzanese. The French national energy supplier EDF is building a huge dam with an hydro-electric power plant. So the upper and standard section of this classic Corsican whitewater river will be lost in nearer future!

Nevertheless enjoy some of the last pictures of the Rizzanese.

On a wave, Max

Moinsen,

Alle guten Dinge kommen zu einem Ende, so auch unsere 2010er Team Liquidlogic Korsika Easter Session Serie. Die Bäche in diesem Teil sind der berühmte Rizzanese, der Fium Orbo und natürlich der Travo. Besonders auf diesen steilen Meilen hat sich die Boof performance und die Geschwindigkeit des Liquidlogic Jefe bewiesen und uns vor dem ein oder anderen Rücklauf bewahrt.

Fium Orbo - Max boofing Double Drop

Doch haben diese Fotos auch einen traurigen Hintergrund, dieses Jahr wird eines der letzten gewesen sein in der wir uns nach auf den Rizzanese begeben konnten. Der französische Energieversorger EDF baut einen Damm mit einem Wasserkraftwerk zur Stromversorgung der Insel. Damit gehen die Wildwasserperlen des Rizzanese verloren und der obere Abschnitt und die Standardstrecke werden im Stausee versinken.

Ich hoffe ihr genießt die Bilder dennoch!

On a wave, Max

Liquidlogic Deuce Coupe

by Liquidlogic Kayaks

Double your pleasure, double your fun — thats the motto of this tandem sit on top kayak. Like its solo counterpart, the Deuce Coupe is the most versatile tandem sit on top ever produced and the only tandem sit-on-top kayak with a deployable skeg for tracking. With the skeg tucked away, the Deuce Coupe steers effortlessly from the stern and solo seating positions while paddling rivers and back bays, but with the skeg in the down position, the Deuce Coupe tracks straight and true. This versatile sit-on-top is especially family friendly with three seats and plenty of space for additional gear.

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