On the River flow – June 2013
Issue: # June 2013 Gene17′s River Flow Newsletter Hello Paddler, Every month we bring you the best of our news, events and developments in a single source, Gene17kayaking’s River Flow. What a month May has been, 3 weeks of full steep creeking trips, and the Valsesia River Festival, a prefect May in Piemonte, Italy. [...]
Valsesia River Festival 2013 Round Up
After a month of near perfect conditions in Valsesia for Gene17′s Steep Creeking Trips, more fresh snow and blue bird days greeted paddlers for the 2013 Valsesia River Festival in Campertogno. Now in it’s third year, attracting paddlers from all over Europe, the Valsesia River Festival has action, excitement and entertainment for everyone. On the [...]
Valsesia River Festival 2013 – Final Update
Issue: # May 2013 Valsesia River Festival 2013 is this coming week 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 [...]
Jan’s Corsica Road Trip
Since Corsica was blessed with an exceptional snow cover this year, I decided to book Gene17’s “all inclusive” Corsica road trip in mid-April. A rental boat and paddle were part of the package, so I was able to fly without much hassle and avoided an otherwise long trek by car and ferry. Coming from a [...]
Valsesia River Festival 2013 – 2 weeks to go…..
With just 2 weeks to go to before the Valsesia River Festival 2013, the final line up is looking impressive. Running over 4 days, paddling in Italy’s finest steep creeks in the beautiful Valsesia is great prime ingredient, add 3 nights of entertainment, a race with your team of friends on the Sesia Alpin Sprint, [...]
“Chilean rivers are so great! Clear water & there are many drops”
Naoko from Japan joined Gene17kayaking on it’s winter trip to the southern sun on a Chilean Adventure, and here’s what she said about the trip….. “Jakub Šedivy was an excellent guide both on the rivers and in the town. He can speak Spanish very well and he knows well the restaurants & locations in Pucon. [...]
Summer Kayaking Fun
Issue: # April 2013 Gene17′s Summer Kayaking Fun Hello Paddler, With the late arrival of spring, the new warmth on our faces brings the renewed hope for a long and hot summer season. Much of our spring programme is booked out, so perhaps it’s time to consider summer if you wish to learn a [...]
Invitation to the Valsesia River Festival 2013
Issue: # April 2013 Your Invitation to the Valsesia River Festival 2013 Hello 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 [...]
Valsesia Snow Pack Update 2013
Looking at the historical snow data for Alagna Valsesia, it would look like this past winter is ahead of the curve, plus with 25cm more new snow due in the next week, matters are rapidly turning from an OK snow pack season to something a little better. The consistent late season heavy snow falls, that [...]
Spring Steep Creeking
Issue: # March 2013 Gene17′s Spring Steep Creeking Dear Paddler, We love spring. And now spring has sprung, it’s time to look forward to dusting off the boating gear and dream of prefect drops and slides. These of course can be found in Valsesia, where we run our highly popular Steep Creeking Trips. Read through [...]
An Interview with Kayak Coach Simon Westgarth
Whitewater kayak Coach Simon Westgarth, of Gene17, delivering kayak coaching Canoe & Kayak UK Editorial – Images by Jakub Sedivy, Nick Horwood, Gene17.com “My advice to anyone wishing to become a full time whitewater coach is go and paddle whilst you are young; if you can pick up some paper qualifications along the way, great, [...]
Considerations on Genes DVD; Advanced WW Part 2 Learning to Boof & Flare
Part 2 Genes; Advanced WW. An overview of boofing technique & the introduction of the idea of flaring to teaching advanced kayaking technique. 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 the age of the dynamic style to [...]
Free Genotype 2 Instructional DVD with Dagger Europe kayaks!
For a limited period only, all UK made Dagger whitewater kayaks will come with a free copy of Gene17′s latest instructional DVD, Genotype 2. The DVD features clear instruction, with countless examples and demonstrations in the modern, dynamic paddling style. Filmed in the beautiful Soca Valley, this DVD is available while stocks last! DVD Content [...]
2013 Greece Offer – Class III Perfection
Issue: # March 2013 Gene17′s Special Greek Offer Hello Paddler, Every now and again, we feel a destination does not get the love it deserves. So for this month until the trip starts on the 23rd March, we’re determined to ensure that this year’s adventure happens. Below we outlined our love for Greece and reveal [...]
On the River flow – March 2013
Issue: # March 2013 Gene17′s River Flow Newsletter Hello Paddler, Every month we bring the best of our news, events and developments in a single source, with Gene17kayaking’s on the River Flow. Spring is but a moment away, many paddlers have already signed up to our Slovenian Alpine River Guide course and Italian Steep Creeking [...]
Valsesia River Festival 2013 – Winter Update
This year’s programme for the Valsesia River Festival has come to life. For 2013 we’ll going to offer more for less. Due to the events growing popularity we’re able to drop the entry price to 25€, that includes 3 nights of entertainment, 8 competitions including the Team Sesia Alpin Sprint & Sweet Rumble, plus a [...]
Learn to fly in Valsesia
Learn to fly in Valsesia, with the sharpest coaching around Do you want to master your boof? Do you want to know how to deal with slides, drops, holes and steep, fast whitewater? There’s no better place to refine your skills than the Sesia Valley, where water and smooth granite come together to form the [...]
February 2013 Offer
Issue: # February 2013 Gene17′s River Flow Newsletter Dear Paddler, Every month we bring the best of our news, events and developments in a single source, with Gene17kayaking’s on the River Flow. The approaching spring is starting to look excellent for us especially in Italy on our Steep Creeking Trips. One area that is often [...]
On the River flow – Coach Training 2013
Issue: # Coach Training in 2013 Gene17′s River Flow Newsletter Dear Paddler, Every month we bring the best of our news, events and developments in a single source, with Gene17kayaking’s on the River Flow. In addition to offering lots of trips and adventures, we also offer qualification training whether that is on BCU courses or [...]
Are you the next Chris Eastabrook or Jakub Sedivy?
In 2012 Chris Eastabrook joined our staff training week in Slovenia. This course hosted at our logistics base at the start of the season, sets the tone for current staff and those wishing to join us down the line. All the current line up, the likes of Jakub Sedivy and Spyros Barbaresos, have been invited [...]
Gene17′s BCU Courses for 2013
It’s been another big autumn and winter for Gene17. We’ve had 140+ paddlers come on 2 days courses, here in Devon. Two thirds of these are BCU qualification training courses, however it’s encouraging that paddlers are looking for more specific coaching, with closed technique course improving in popularity this past season. For many paddlers, solid [...]
Looking to spring 2013
Issue: # Looking to spring 2013 Gene17′s River Flow Newsletter Greetings! Every month we bring the best of our news, events and developments in a single source, with Gene17kayaking’s on the River Flow. Locked in the depths of winter, we hope for spring, and as a paddler we dream of clean lines, blue skies [...]
Learn FUNdamental Whitewater skills
We have the best classroom to learn whitewater kayaking in Europe, the Soča River in Slovenia, crystal clear blue waters in a pristine gorge with clean boulder garden rapids. We have some of the best kayak teachers and coaches around. Winners of awards for their work and instructional productions, masters of the new school style, [...]
a Grade III Paradise – Greece
Calling all intermediate paddlers, there is a land of perfect Class III white water in remote gorges, only accessible in a kayak, and of course world class food & culture, where better to enjoy a paddling adventure? Every spring we run a Greece Road Trip and take in the some beautiful paddling and some amazing [...]
