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i didnt think it was properly open until after the lolympics.
i know a few people on here who would want to get in that. if you fancy kayaking, the club we work at (laburnum boat club) is just off kingsland road. should be a few trips being booked for summer. plus paddling every weds night if you fancy it (just on the canal to keep things ticking over)I went on sat, 1st time in a boat for a couple of years so only did the intermediate course, olympic course looks amazing although there are rafts going down all the time. Will drop you a pm about paddling on weds evenings.
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Cheers, I'll have to track those down!
Forgot to mention I can actually sail, I go with 6th form atm and have done seamanship+racing awards.
Any Idea if UCL or ULU do any?
ULU has a sailing team, UCL does not. The ULU team is okay... Team racing only obv.
How much team racing have you done?
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Still waiting for an invitation to get drunk on someone's sail boat. Let's go, you poncey fucking bastards.
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Still waiting for an invitation to get drunk on someone's sail boat. Let's go, you poncey fucking bastards.
This weekend pretty stoked for a sail from Cowes to Portland harbour on a Mumm 30, before sailing back on a somewhat less exciting J40 yacht before getting drunk back in Cowes.*
Maybe you'd like to come as a guest?**
*This is not my normal weekend
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Nice!
Spending far too much time sailing at the moment and nowhere near enough time cycling.
This was us delivering the boat to racing the other weekend
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Or, if you want to try your hand at instructing... Try Westminster boat club and volunteer for them.
guy on here already works down there called sam. his forum name is sparrow. you know him? rides a silver frame with a black brookes. takes that bike in monday to weds
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ULU has a sailing team, UCL does not. The ULU team is okay... Team racing only obv.
How much team racing have you done?
Some crewing in a Mirror (so fast!) at my local club when I was a bit younger, then casual races with school, the RYA racing module and some spontaneous races against other schools.
Would love to do more!Any idea where ULU sail?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMmG6rmfXGA
From another forum, its amazing!
Everyone knows that Indonesia shelters the best ocean waves in the world but not a single surfer's soul knew that you could find there tidal bore waves, as powerful as brazilian Pororoca or the chinese Guanchao ? A team of "boreriders" lead by Antony YEP Colas, just found that amazing jungle river wave, which you can't even find listed in the 55 rivers of the Tidal Bore Research Society (www.tidalbore.info).
On the East side of Sumatra, there is the Bono, as the Kampar river dwellers call it, who actually fear that phenomenon since it has taken many lives in the past. Despite the lack of tide charts and any accurate infos, Bagé, the french-Brazilian pro longboarder as well as Fabrice Colas and Patrick Audoy, both very experienced with the Dordogne "mascaret", decided to hit that mysterious bore. Which was supposedly pretty weak during the day because it turned out at the last minute that diurnal inequality would mean that the daily Bono should only remain in the 1-2ft range while the nightly Bono would get 6ft ! Despite its supposedly low power, the diurnal Bono turned out to generate much power with 6-8ft faces peak at its "epicenter". With several sections lasting a few dozens of minutes and one peticuliar ride that has been recorded above the 1hour mark, the Bono also offered the first barrel ride on photo !
But the trip almost became a disaster when on Day 2, both Zodiacs, which had been specially shipped from Jakarta, had been slashed with knives ! Apparently, some guys involved with forestry could not believe that we only came down to ride the bono and thought we were making some scouting for Greenpeace. The fact is that a Greenpeace settlement have been burned last April just opposite the village. Only one of both Zodiacs could be properly fixed then the plywood floor got busted on Day 3 while cruising the Bono waves with 5 heavy guys ! Fortunately, we were sitting next to one of the best tropical wood stock in the world ! At last, we could ride the best tidal bore waves we've ever ridden by far and teach some guys to switch from Bekudo Bono (local riding with dug-out canoes known as Sampan or Perahu) to stand-up surfing : quite a few guys are hooked now !
There will be a movie on french mainstream TV produced by Eye Sea Prod / Maxence Peyras while you can watch the slideshow
www.flickr.com/photos/64357569@N00/sets ... 066218310/
Here is a selection of 25 images by 800 pix wide.And don't forget, that is only 6-8ft Little Bono.
From what the local speedboat drivers tell, the big Bono in winter can reach 12-15ft high !
it on the Kampar river, which if you google it has lots of whitewater rafting higher upstream. If you check google earth, it's situated on the straits of Malacca and the Singapore strait, both which converge opposite the river. The currents in these straits are notoriously strong as the sea gets funnelled down them, think tidal change on the Menai Strait and you'll know what I mean, so this river is where all that energy gets channelled...... It looks amazing, it's incredible that they have found this, hats off to them!!
Looking at the map, I reckon there are several other rivers in this area where there will be bores too.
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Or you just create your own
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While we're on freshwater waves...
Jordy, Bobby and the Oneill crew ripping in Spain.
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artificial wave - YouTube[/ame]River Eisbach in Munich. Took 8" off the nose off my Al Merrick flyer here and left it with a grom. He's still surfing it according to my friend out there.
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Some of the local guys are amazing on it, and they have boards shaped especially for riding it. Super short, noseless with massive channels in the fin area to give the board lift when boosting off the lip. I keep meaning to get hold of one of the old Salomon S Core noseless boards for this kind of thing as I know of at least one, possibly two, standing waves in the UK.
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Some of the local guys are amazing on it, and they have boards shaped especially for riding it. Super short, noseless with massive channels in the fin area to give the board lift when boosting off the lip. I keep meaning to get hold of one of the old Salomon S Core noseless boards for this kind of thing as I know of at least one, possibly two, standing waves in the UK.
There is loads of standing waves in the UK. Not 100% sure whether it's board surfable but there is quite a few locks on the thames.
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