Life on the banks of the Happines(blyde river)

With the connections here in the South African bush it is rather difficult to load everything onto various sites so here are the links.

Photo Album

Blog post

Enjoy and hope to see many new faces next year!

Me getting some nice lift for a wee air blunt

Thanks again to all our sponsors for helping make Blyde Xfest 2010 the biggest and best yet. Remember 2011 Blyde Xfest starts Friday 25 Feb 2011.

Here is a little ad we recently paddled for. Shot on the As River, Clarens, South Africa.

Very cold weather&water but great humor as can be expected.

Hi Folks.

This years Blyde Festival (13-15 Feb) will have a couple of new events on the menu.

The usual events of Beginner and Expert/Open Kayak races. Beginners on the Lower Blyde and the Experts/Opens will be paddling the Blyde River Canoyn (largest vegetated canoyn in the World, and the only way to see the inside is to paddle it) racing 3 of the biggest rapids in the canoyn. Then there will be a Croc Raft race and Gecko Tube race on the lower Blyde as well. (to see the race rapids http://playak.tv/view_video.php?viewkey=39fe37995fed127d7df4 )

New events hitting the festival will be a Night Freestyle Comp at Bura’s hole (trust the Blyde Boys to build a whole because there wasn’t one) and then also a Kayak Ramp Comp.

There will also be some MTB action for the folks that like sweat&mud.

 If you are not from South Africa but are in the area and would like to come join in the Festival fun drop me an email or get hold of the other event organizers chris@extremelimpopo.com or lelani@extremelimpopo.com between the bunch of us plans can be made to get what you need to join the fun.

Hope to see lotsa new faces at this years event.

deon