Hi,

The traditional photo contest of the French kayak’s forum is launched!

A big thank to DUEMSTUFF for its partnershi

So see you soon on the site of the photo contest to show off your photos and save your favorite!

The contest website: http://www.eauxvives.org/photocontest/

Regulation: http://www.eauxvives.org/photocontest/reglement.html

See you Fafa

Rains early this year have greatly swollen the waters of the Rhone, the Saone and the Doubs. Despite freezing temperatures, kayakers are given away to heart's content on the biggest waves of France. So we went in Beaucaire in the south-eastern with a handful of friends. The water had already begun to decline, but the wave of Roger, as it is called, was still in water to be really fun.

The first day we had a beautiful wave vertical all smooth but impossible to take the freestyle boat. As a minimum provision of this kind of situation, we brought a surf kayak and a stand up paddle kindly lent by 2Imagine and ABYS Kayak Shop of Pau.

There were long sessions of pure pleasure, combining slides, speed and big carving.

The next day, the water had fallen further, the foam has appeared on the wave, freestyle kayaks come in the dance. The wave is not huge, but there is plenty to enjoy and have fun.

The rain has yet to speak of her in the south-west of France, apart from early November, but it did not last. The water level of the Garonne is similar in summer. The cold water in more !

Sunday, the outdoor thermometer displays a temperature of 10°C. .. Not much to do this afternoon. So I load the boat on my van, I picked up my stuff of boat, and off I went for the small hole next to my house. It’s really small, but it holds, there is enough water to have fun and work some moves. 

This will certainly be my final session of kayak freestyle before the Christmas day but surely not the last of the year. 

The year ended well for me, most of my sponsors will support me again in 2012.

See you soon.

Jo.