Well it was a pretty long day today as I started my packing and also drove from the Snow in Palmerston North up to Rotorua. There were a few delays as the Desert Road was closed for a while and then re opened later in the day. It was a cool drive up though with heaps of freshly dumped snow! I have a few more pictures from the snow in Palmerston North, Taupo and Taihape that ill put up on my facebook page. Thanks also to Skins New Zealand for hooking me up with some new Skins. Im [ Read More ]
Yip as the title suggests, Im down to my last few days at home and soon the travels will begin. Its been a long year at home in Palmerston North but finally I begin my travels north. First stop is Rotorua, for a few more days of training and to pick up a few items for my Europe campaign. I have already been sent some pretty cool products from my sponsors Skins, Contour, Raiseys Sports Supplements, Massey University and have a few more items to come…. Ill keep you posted once I get a couple of photos together. Share on [ Read More ]
I have had a few people ask me in the past where I train in Palmerston North when the slalom course in Shannon doesnt flow. Well Palmerston North Lagoon is one of the most well used training venues in New Zealand that I have ever been based at. Its always good to paddle where there are a few other people paddling (even when its freezing outside)! However there are not that many slalom paddlers down here but a huge amount of canoe polo paddlers, a few flatwater and a bunch of multi sport paddlers. Also thanks to Brent Argyle for [ Read More ]
After about a week of storms and heavy rain the weather cleared enough for me to get out to Mangahao for a bit of white water training. Even 2 days after the rain stopped we still saw a heap of flooding and some SNOW or hard core frost was on the top of the hill above the slalom course!! (Even though the pictures from Stephs phone didn’t really show it that well…) Yes it was pretty cold out on the water but after 5-10mis I was nice and warm… I was also pretty lucky as the water turned off as [ Read More ]
Well I know the picture in the title doesn’t match the post title but this one does… On Friday I headed to Napier as there was no water in the river where I train in Palmerston North. It needed a big load of rain for it to start generating and I think the picture speaks for its self. I had a good weekend at home and the weather was awesome for training and its always good to paddle where I spent so much time as a youngster training for surf lifesaving and flatwater racing… I cant wait to get to [ Read More ]
