We are all Stars

This weekend was spent out on the water, for the adidas TERREX, anyone choosing to paddle an elite boat is required to have at least 2 paddlers holding a 3 star Kayak British Canoe Union certificate.  Windemere Canoe and Kayak organised a coaching and assessment weekend for the 4 of us plus 3 other guests, and I arranged the weather.  Hard call to make a call on what was best the coaching or the weather, both were fantastic. 


Steve Styan was our tutor and very much tailored the weekend to our needs, so we managed to brush up on the skills we don't usually use when we have our heads in race mode and also get some tips to helping us conserve energy on longer paddling stages.  We also had chance to use a variety of boats including, Playboats, Single Sea Kayak, Tandem Sea Kayaks (including our own super sleek and fast Tahe Marine Wind Duo and the rather more beefy, rounded and slower Neky Amruk), Canadian Canoes and a rather tippy surf ski.  The superb weather gave us plenty of chances to brush up on our rescues without getting cold.

During the weekend we even got to see Paul (Haglöfs) without his usual style wearing some more relaxed clothing, I better add this was not his own personal wetsuit!
The weekend was a massive success and to top it all we all got our 3stars!  A big thank you to Steve for the coaching and the fun weekend.

Steve  is running a 3 star white water course later in the year with the weather promising to be just as good