Kayaker Andrew Pollock

I finally got the got the full version of my Heroes TV insert that was running on Super Sport last month. Check it out.

So Heroes TV is doing an insert on me in there next show. The show is premiering on Tuesday the 9th of August at 18:30 on SuperSport 5. Check out this preview of my segment. To check out the rest of the air times have a look here

Well since i have been in Canada for a while now i think its about time i did a blog post. Here is just a short little video clip of a little solo session i had at lachine a few days ago. Benny Marr showed me some footage he shot from this angle and i thought i would give it a try.

Here is a little video clip with some shots from a recent run down the thrombosis gorge section of the Umzimkulu. Thrombi is one of natals bread and butter runs during the summer rainfall months and it is also where the “Thrombi Fest” extreme race used to take place every year.

Enjoy the video,

Andrew

Last year a group of fluid team paddlers got together and headed to the transkei for a trip down the umzimvubu river. I made a little video documenting the trip. Check it out.

Ok so i realize its been quite a long time since my last blog update. Anyways i have some news and here it is. I got a call from fellow team fluid paddler Will Clark in early Jan saying he was going to be in South Africa for about a week and was looking for something to do. Luckyly we had had a lot of rain all over the country so the water was up and there was good paddling to be done. On his way down from JHB he stopped off at the fluid factory in Parys and picked up a nice new large detox for me and we were set. We loaded up his little rental car with the boats and headed for underberg, planning to paddle the Polela and thrombi section of the umzimkulu. We met up with some guys and paddled a high level thrombi (no photos) and got quite a few runs down the Polela. Thanks to Will Clark and Guy Anderson for the photos.

Alright guys the wildcoast heat trailer is officially out. If you are keen to read a little bit about the trip click here

Here are a few shots from a recent run down the Polela in the detox prototype. This was only my second time running this section which has quite a few small drops and some technical rapids. It was also my first time running T-bone V-bone (last two pics) which was a good test of how the detox handles the steeper stuff. New prototype arrives tomorrow so ill be heading out this week to see how it handles. Thanks to Philip Claassens for the pics

Philip Claassens

If you haven’t heard yet Fluid has a new kayak in the works, its called the Detox and its a river running creekboat. This last weekend a small group of us went up to Swaziland to spend some time on the water in the latest prototype. We were lucky enough to be shown around by Swazi local Shane Raw who took us down a few sweet sections of the Usutu. The Crew was made up of myself, Shane, Hugh Du Preez, Hendri Coetzee and my mate Rich. Apart from a swim from myself on day one things went smoothly and some good info was gathered on the boats. Here are a few photos from the trip, thanks to Shane Raw and Hugh Du Preez for letting me use them.

Shane in the Detox followed by myself and Rich

Hugh

Hendri