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Wet Season Part II: the Fearful One 23 MAY 2008
It had been over a month since my little incident with the siphon on the Mac Mac, my body had sufficiently healed but I wasn't so sure if my mind was still in it. Of course there is only one way to find this out. Bags and boats packed I headed back to the Lowveld, this time on my own. It was a week before the first annual Induna Extreme Festival....
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Wet Season part 1: A siphon experience!!! 19 MAY 2008
2008 has been a fantastic season for paddlers in South Africa; we had such an abundance of rain that for the first time in many years it was actually difficult deciding where to go and paddle.....
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ELEMENT GALLERY 02 MAY 2008
Gallery of my second paddle EVER in the Fluid Element.
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THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO THE ESKIMO ROLL(TECHNIQUE) 29 MARCH 2008
Personally this is the Eskimo role that I teach people, I find it the easiest for people to grasp. However, I do not personally use this technique. I find to too slow to set up, but it is a basic move for learning any kayaking move. When learning to Eskimo role it is....
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PUNCHING THE BIG ONE (TECHNIQUE) 04 MARCH 2008
.....This is attempting to drive your bow down with lots of speed to catch the under current and pull you through. Paddle as fast as possible and as you get within a meter of the hole take a hard stroke and throw your weight forward. You want to use a diagonal here to get some speed in the water.....
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Website facelift 19 February 2008
Apart from the change in the website Life By Water.com is now proud to be supported by Hunters Extreme energy drink and will.....
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1st full descent of Dante’s Inferno (Gradient: dropping 85ft in 65ft) 7 January 2008
The Elands River is a small tributary to the Crocodile River and does not boast world class whitewater; save for one stretch that is about 50m long. In those 50m the river drops roughly 30m and I would argue it to be one of the best sections of whitewater in the entire country.
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