Your invitation to Valsesia River Festival 2012
Issue: # May 2012 Your Invitation to the VRF 2012 Dear Paddler, Do you want to go Steep Creekin’, enjoy Italian food and love paddling? If so, we’ll bring all that together in one place, the Valsesia River Festival. This River Festival is for ALL paddlers; we have races for the competitive, clinics for [...]
WANTED: Sjoa Kayak Camp Manager
Do you want to live by the Sjoa river, right at the end of the fun Sjoa play run and at the start of the legendary Åmot run in Norway this summer? This region is a true paddler’s paradise all summer long, full of great white water with creeks to run and waves to ride. [...]
Considerations on Genes DVD; Advanced WW Part 1 Posture/Body Form
Part 1 Genes; Advanced WW. Covers the need to maintain the body tension, whilst anticipating the WW terrain, absorbing the hits and being ready drop of the next horizon line. When Simon Westgarth, made Genes DVD in 2005, there had not been many technique productions for beyond Class III white water. He attempts to bring [...]
Spring Update 2012
Issue: # March 2012 Spring 2012 Update Dear Paddler, We’re having happy days here in Slovenia. The future staff training week is underway, we joined the Soča River Clean Up last weekend and all the new toys have arrived or will be here this week. We’ve added an extra newsletter this month, as [...]
Places & Spaces this Spring with Gene17′s Trips
We have but a few places left for this Spring’s Teaching Trips in Slovenia and Italy. These include our much enjoyed Steep Creeking in Valsesia Italy and the popular Alpine River Leader Training course for those wishing to obtain the BCU 5 Star assessment. Plus we also offer the River Leader Training Course for those [...]
Andy’s Advanced WWS&R Paddlers Report
In the middle of January I headed down to Dartmoor for a two-day course on White Water Safety and Rescue. It had been a few years since the last course, and since then I’d only thrown the occasional rope in jest. For the many hazards on the river there are some remarkably simple and effective [...]
Exeter Uni gets 5 Star Training
We arrived at Newbridge to find the dart nicely lapping over the slab (a very pleasant surprise, as all of us were expecting to find a fair bit lower). We met Simon and Tom, both of which were to be taking us for one day of the course each, switching between ourselves and a 5* [...]
Also our River Leader Training in Slovenia
Aimed at the Paddler who is comfortable paddling on grade II and III whitewater, but wants the confidence to lead their friends Set in the perfect natural classroom of the Soča river, this course will have you guiding, coaching, and making decisions with confidence on class III rivers. We’ve put this course together for BCU [...]
Gene17′s Alpine River Leader Training in Slovenia
Aimed at the Paddler who is comfortable paddling on grade III and IV whitewater, but wants the confidence to lead their friends. Set in the perfect natural classroom of the Soča river, this course will have you guiding, coaching, and making decisions with confidence on class IV whitewater. We’ve put this course together for BCU [...]
Advanced Water Endorsement Training – a review
Meeting Simon Westgarth from Gene17 and the other trainee AWE coaches at the Country Park we headed up to the Upper Dart for a day of coaching on our personal paddling skills, mainly boofing, forward paddling, reading the water and using the flow. Probably best summarised as tactical, technical, physical and psychological. A fair amount [...]
Images from January’s courses in Devon
This last January we run a lot of advanced courses for qualification training and assessments, these included the brand new and very first BCU Advanced Water Endorsement, which is Advanced White Water Coach by any other name, 3 Five Star Training’s, Moderate Water Endorsement Training and Assessments, Advanced WWS&R courses, and a 5 Star Assessment, [...]
What’s on OFFER in February
Issue: # February 2012 Gene17′s February Offer Dear Paddler, With Europe’s economic outlook not looking too upbeat, we have decided to offer a number of our different trips and adventures at a considerable discount. This spring and summer 3 paddlers go for the price of 2! We did this back in 2008 after the [...]
Dartmoor Search & Rescue Donation winter 2011/12
The paddler’s of Dartmoor, purchased over 100 Tees, in a fundraising drive for Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team (Ashburton), we managed to raise £710.40 Total Sums Tee’s sold 102 including pre-paid Postage £1678 Less VAT at 20% £335.60 Less PayPal Fee £73.72 Less Postage £135.38 Less Tees & Printing (ex VAT) £422.90 Total Subtractions £967.60 [...]
Spaces on 5 Star Assessment 21/22 January 2012 in Devon
We have 2 places left on this weekend’s BCU 5 Star Assessment in Devon. Our assessments in Devon are normally on the upper Dart, Erme or East Lyn, and involves paddling other confident paddlers on Class III/IV, and is a lot of fun, as we just go paddling, and enjoy. See G17K Courses for details, [...]
the River’s Source – a white water symposium
Issue: # January 2012 Gene17′s the River’s Source – a white water symposium Hello Paddler, We like to invite you to a brand new event in Devon, the River’s Source – a white water symposium. Instead of a stuffy weekend of coaching talk, we’ve lined up the top providers, the best manufacturers and UK [...]
Dartmoor Search & Rescue Tee 2012 for Ashburton Team
Normally at the Gene17 Adventure Paddler’s Weekend, we run a fund raiser, with the Devon Air Ambulance being the main focus in the past few years. For 2012, and for our new event the Rivers Source – a white water symposium, and with the help of designer Peter Wood, we are happy to offer a [...]
More Clinics by demand, plus Dave Carroll & Bob Timms from PGL
the River’s Source Symposium Update 29th Dec 2011 We’ve added more Gene17 clinics to the River’s Source Symposium, why because all the other Gene17 clinics are full or nearly full, plus we’ve called up Gene17 old boy Dave Carroll from Ireland, and PGL have sent the rather excellent Bob Timms to delivery some clinics too. [...]
