There’s been some great feedback already on the last post, and I wanted to share this e-mail exchange from my mate Mat Newton. Newts is an ex-slalom paddler like me, lives in Tassy, and is one of the best photographers around. Hey Mally, Just checked out your new blog. We are just back from two weeks [...]
Archives for June, 2011
Val Sesia; What gives you confidence on the river?
Last month I spent a week with my friends paddling rivers in the Val Sesia region of Italy – well known as the steep creeking capital of Europe. Here’s a short video clip of our adventures on the Sesia, Gronda, Sorba, Egua and Semenza rivers. Val Sesia 2011 As well as the paddling, I wanted [...]
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Tags: Psychology, Whitewater
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3 decades on
I paddled my first slalom session at the new Lea Valley Whitewater Centre last weekend. It was only my second time on the course, and a slalom K1 was a bit more challenging than paddling my creek boat during the assessment session the weekend before.After I’d been paddling for about an hour, Dave Florence got [...]
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Hello world!
My name is Jonathan Males, but I’m generally called Mally on the river. I’ve been paddling since 1975 and I still love the sport as much as I did as a 13 year old fat kid. Now I’m 48, and I reckon there’s lots of other people out there like me who are trying to keep [...]
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