Went down for a great session at Shepperton Weir today. It was on 6 gates forming a wave. It proved quite hard to get onto but once you were on there it was a big big wave; much bigger than Hurley. I had two good runs on the feature. First time I took a bit of a beating and struggled to get off the feature. 2nd time was a bit better and managed to pull off a back surf and a spin :)
Saturday 30 January 2010
Sunday 24 January 2010
Marsh 23/01/10
Went down to Marsh Weir in Henley for the first time!! Had a great session and pulled off a few moves. The Thames is very high at the moment so Hurley is washed out and Marsh is a nice change. I actually preffered it to Hurley.
Marsh Weir from Jack Gunter on Vimeo.
Sunday 17 January 2010
Shepperton 16/01/09
Went down for the first paddle of 2010 to Shepperton Weir with Joe and Phil. It was on a high 4 gates forming a wave although it wasn't particuarly retentive and proved quite hard to get onto. Managed to get some footage with the new camcorder although not alot of big moves were being thrown.
The weir quickly moved up to 5 gates just as we got off and then 7 in the evening and 9 the following morning.
Hopefully get down there next when it is on a higher level.
The weir quickly moved up to 5 gates just as we got off and then 7 in the evening and 9 the following morning.
Hopefully get down there next when it is on a higher level.
Saturday 2 January 2010
Camcorder
Have now got a new Camcorder:
It is a Panasonic SDR-SW20 and is waterproof. Should now be able get lots of footage playboating and river running with the use of the Gorillapod to mount it on the weir.
It is a Panasonic SDR-SW20 and is waterproof. Should now be able get lots of footage playboating and river running with the use of the Gorillapod to mount it on the weir.
Hurley Weir 31/12/09
Went down to Hurley Weir for the last session of 2009 on New Years Eve. Had a good session with Brandon and Sam. Was a bit warmer than last weeks session of -4 in the snow. It was on a high 4 gates and all radials including the one above the slab which made it very hard work to get onto the feature. Only managed to get on a few times. Got a total trashing in the 3rd gate, was side surfing the 1st gate and managed to slip into 2nd and then 3rd. Really struggled to get out, tried looping and rolling in the hole but it didnt flush me. Finally managed to spin and get back across to the 2nd gate and hit the radial which flushed me. Was a rather scary thing cause haven't been stuck in a hole for any length of time before. Was in there a few minutes.
Bring on 2010 paddling!!
Bring on 2010 paddling!!
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