Worlds' best paddlers competing in New Zealand on Full James wave on the river Waikato near the town of Taupo. INFO
Agenda
21 august : Polo tournament in the medieval
center of Ghent (B). ( nice and wonderful place)
21-22 august :
Surfing in France (Somme) (unfortunately small tidal
wave, due to low water)
28
august : Sadly not going with the White Water Warriors to Tilff
near Luik (B).
29 august : Local polo tournament in
Ghent on the Blaarmeersen. (heard it was great and
sunny)
5 sept. :
3e manche of the Belgian
national "competition" in Veurne ( with or without us ? )
(without, went as a spectator and it looked good)
11-12 sept. :
1.Topo Vénéon "Malafosse" in France, La
Bérarde, only if I find a topo in time?
Extreme party and Extreme paddling.
For those who like party all night long and go the next morning side by side
down some infrans.
18 sept. : 1000 paddles in Luik,
Liège. Meeting of all Belgian paddlers, flat water, white water, rodeo, sea kayak, polo, canadian, ... all. Show the world (especially Belgium) who we
are. World record attempt to form the longest chain of paddlers. (nice seeing everybody again, freaky 7meter high jump, lucky I
didn't win that Samurai!)
25-26 sept. : 1.
Rodeo on the Warche (B). ( Anybody got more info?)
There is a
international competition of descending (speed), therefore there will be water on the Warche (artificial). Somewhere near the railway
bridge is a playspot that is not so clean but very retentative, very. On Saturday
there is free access on the river so everybody can train, thereby also
rodeopaddlers. But beware, get out off the hole when a speed kayak is
approaching, if not **%£¨:+++$$$**. On Sunday there
is no access during the competition, but there is afterwards, I 'll probably
be there from 15.00u 'till 18.00u? (had a great
time, done my first 'no problem'-2-point cartwheels, almost a 3-pointer, funny
to see some beginners get in the hole and being unable to get out, especially
when a 4-meter-speed-kayak is coming down, as predicted)
2. 11éme Rallye international de la baie des phoques,
St-Vallery-sur-Somme (Fr)
Seakayak tour, slalom competition, rodeo by night.
SATURDAY EVENING 20.45 rodeo at the barrage ( There
might be a very little chance that I 'll show up there) (didn't go, maybe next year)
oct. : Opening white water season in Belgium, so
let it rain !!!
2 - 3 oct. : Amsterdam Playboat
Festival 1999 !
International coastal rodeo in Holland, Wijk aan
zee (N), for more info follow the link to the White Water Warriors homepage.
Let
's hope there 'll be some nice waves.
( And it was
great, nice waves, lots of people, some world-top-10-paddlers, ... and a bit of
rain.)
16 - 17 oct.
: 3rd Eifel Rodeo, in Irrel (D) on the Prüm ( info:
Josh Schröder, +49 6 53 42 48 )
( Had a great time Saturday, not much water, but enjoyed the show put on by some experts. Sadly I
couldn't be there on Sunday when the competition took place.)
Take
a look at the Eifel Rodeo picture-report,
for more pics and the results of the competition check out the White
Water Warriors.
| 3 - 6 dec. : World Freestyle Kayaking
Championships in New Zealand.
Worlds' best paddlers competing in New Zealand on Full James wave on the river Waikato near the town of Taupo. INFO |
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11 dec. 19u30 : White
Water Video evening in Niel near Antwerp, Belgium.
Special
video material has been selected in the USA for this evening. Everybody is
welcome, entrance 200 bfr.
Place: Nielse Rupelsneppen
Legastraat Niel.(=>Antwerp, A12, near Boom) More
info: mail Koen, tel 03-2318392
25 - 26 - 27
dec. : Club weekend REWS in Beaufort, Luxemburg.
Let's hope there is lots of water on
the Wiltz, Clerve, Our, Prüm and the Sure for some kayaking and canoeing. If
not, we 'll go walking in 'Little Switzerland' near Echternacht and maybe a bit
canyoning in some of the gorges.
Follow link for short daily program
- short tripreport
15-16
jan. : Super Trio Tour
by Team Fokiwa
They're playing in Bad Neuenahr on Saturday and in Irrel on Sunday. They're also going to take a look at
the Enz- waterfall in Neuerburg and maybe they're crazy
enough to jump. You wanna go, contact me, or visit their site.
And yes, they were crazy enough, they jumped 3 falls, check the fokiwa-site.
16
jan.: Visited the playspot at Donchery-sur-Meuse (Fr), known from playak.com.
Spot
partly wave, more roller (rol, rouleau), 1m high, fast, not for beginners.
17
jan : Kayak on TV
National Geographic Channel, 21u00, Explorer's journal.
28
jan : Paddel Party 2000
Mega kayak party in Neuss(G),
Galopprennbahn, (near Köln)
28-29 jan: BoatKayak-show Dusseldorf.
12-20 feb: Belgian
Boatshow,
Flanders Expo Gent
Mega-yachts, cruisers, motorboats, sailing,
surfing, million dollar boats and somewhere along the side some 2 guys selling
tiny little canoes and kayaks. At least if the two big Belgian Kayakshops are
going to be there? Vam-sport - Van Leeuwen Deinze and Delvaux Leuven. Url
Boatshow==>>http://www.flexpo.be/boatshow/index.html
18-19-20 feb: Adventure
affair, Flanders Expo Gent
Outdoors-beurs, exotische
reisbestemmingen, watersport, trektochten, bergtochten, expedities, gps,
wetsuits, surfen, tenten, rugzakken, Ardennen, survival, zeilen, reisgidsen, ...
===>>http://www.flexpo.be/adventure/
4-11 feb: off with the board, skiing in Italy, yeeeegaaah
11-12 march: Nieuwegein kajakbeurs (Nl)
New
and 2nd hand boats and gear, ....
15 march:
Closing of the Belgian Paddling season
No more Upper-Lesse and lots of
other little rivers, so from now on, only playspots...
18-19 march: Rock in Cher (Fr)
The rodeo is cancelled,
due to no permission or not enough water?
All this after they already had changed the place of the event ,
so Rock in Cher 2000 won't
be held in Bléré approximetly 25 km downstream
the Talifiau wave.
This was the old spot: Rodeo on one of the best 'waves' (rouleau-wals) in France, Vague Du Talifiau. Info on
the site or in the agenda.playak.com.
Info on the spot at playak.com St
Aignan, more in French at the Pirouette-site on the
spot, picky's and video's and in the gallery
18 march:
Hohenlimburg Rodeo (Germany)
info Freak Kajaks:
+49 2325 35412, Lettmann Kajaks, pics on the spot Fokiwa.com
8-25
april: Easter holidays and kayak trips
During
this period several rews clubmembers are planning some trips. A group is going to
France, first stop will be the white water course St-Pierre de Boeuf, then
follows the Ardeche.
Another group is also in France
planning a couple of days near the Isere and the white water course of Sault-Brenaz.
Saturday
20 may, 10u00-14u00 : Boatshow Niel, 2de Handsbeurs Kano-Kayak
Buy and sell 2nd hand boats and gear, ... not as
big as Nieuwegein but still lots of stuff. (contact
Niel clubsite).
Place: Clublokaal Kmrs vzw,
Lagastraat, Niel. Once you 're in Niel, there will be signs to the club.
30
may - 4 june : Rews WW-weekend Austria
Some club members are going to Austria, Landeck area. If you want info
or join us, mail me.
1-12 june : Fokiwa tour
Our
Dutch friends are planning their trip of the year, more info on Fokiwa.com
28 june - 2 july : Freestyle-Kayak Pre-Worlds and
Eurocup in Sort, Spain
More info on the pre-worlds'
page.
july
- august : Euro-touring
Lots of Rews club members traveling through Europe going extreme or ... Specially Slovenia, Italy, France.
11- 15
august : Rews Clubweekend in Beauraing on the Canche (Fr)
Lots
of club members spending the weekend together, touring on the Canche, playing
the local spot (playak.com).
A very unofficial,
non-serious rodeo competition will be held on 14 august at 11 o'clock. Rodeo by
night with light spots. The most stupid moves score the most, definably a
joke. (REWS-site)
2 September
: Rews, Gent by night with torches.
Kayak tour through the medieval
center of Ghent by night with torches. (REWS-site)
Meeting point:
18u30, Club ship "Amiticia", Snepkaai, Gent.
Start:
19u30, paddling to Gent, 20u30 arrival at the "Gravesteen", the famous
medieval castle.
Return: 22u00, lightening of the torches, paddling through
the Medieval center of the city. (end 24u00)
16 -
17 September : Topo Vénéon Trophée 2000
Extreme topo paddling,
meeting high in the French Alps, great party, paddling and on sunday the famous
head to head races down grade 5 rapids !!!! Organized by the 'Casques à Boulons',
info on the TVT-site,
23-24 September
: Kayak
'descent' competition on the Warche, Bullingen-Robertville. (RBKC)
This
is a speed competition with 4m kayaks, :-( , but this means the hole in halfway has
water. So during training, before and after the competition, you can play in the
hole, on your own risk, so watch out for the titanic crashing trough the hole.
Very retentative spot, not a beginners spot. But the rest of the Warche is
pretty calm, grade I-II, with some nice easy beginner waves. (The Warche has water lots of other days, but we don't
know the schedule, more chance of water during the week.)
Saturday 2 December - 20u00 : Vernissage - Opening night
of the scale model kayaks exhibition at Rews
kayakclub Ghent
That's at the Snepkaai in Ghent, club ship 'Amicitia'.
The former president of the club, Walter Kesbeke, made lots of
scale models of different kayaks, come, see and have a drink.
Sunday 3 December - 14u-18u : Used - 2nd hand Kayak Trade fair - Canoe & Kayak Services - Van Leeuwe, Deinze Belgium.
Saturday 9 December - 20u00 : Video-evening
kayakclub Niel
The club is in Niel in the Legastraat, somewhere south
of Antwerp. info : kendokri@planetinternet.be
23 - 26 December : Rews kayakclub Gent - Clubweekend Wiltz (L)
A
hole bunch of people from our club making the Luxembourg rivers unsafe, the
Clerve, the Wiltz, ... And of course there will be a little escapade to Germany,
we couldn't leave out the Irreler Wasserfälle on the Prüm and the Nims and
maybe the 5m fall on the Enz.
20 - 28 January : BOOT 2001,
International Bootshow Düsseldorf
Daily
10u00 - 18u00, how to get there, prices and other info on there site BOOT
2001
10 - 18 February : Belgium Boat Show 2001,
Flanders Expo Gent
Daily
12u00 - 18u00, Friday 'till 22u00, weekends 10u00-18u00, how to get there, prices and other info on there site
Belgian boat show 2001.
And maybe the international première of the new Eskimo Nano ...
10 -
11 March : Nieuwegein
kanobeurs (Nl)
New
and 2nd hand boats and gear, ....Sportscomplex Merwestein in Niewegein Website
31 March
- 1 April : Rock in Cher (Fr)
French freestyle-rodeo contest in St-Agnan
on the Cher, little info their Website,
info on the playspot on Playak.com
St-Aignan.
27 April -7 May : Fokiwa tour 2001
Our Dutch friends are planning their trip to the Spanish
Pyrenees, more info on Fokiwa.com
3 - 5 June: Briançon FeSteve Alpes Kayak
Paddlefestival in memory of Steve, paddle in group together
grade III-V, head to head race. Visit
their site.
End of June : World Freestyle Kayak Championship
The
best of the world competing in the Spanish Pyrenees in the place Sort
on the Noguera Pallaresa, more info
Possible
dates of the French events for 2001
- le Rock in Cher: 31/03- 1/04
- Le Rodéo d’Estaing : 14-16/04
- Billy’s Freestyle 28-29/04
- le Roots Rodéo : 14-15/05
- Tabaze rodéo de Vinon: 2-3/06
- Lyon River Festival : 6-7-8/07
- Rabioux River Festival : 4-5/08
- Sault Brénaz Fever : 11-12/08
- Border Kayak de Bourg st Maurice : 18-19/08
- La Rigole du Diable : Octobre 2001