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Well what a week of paddling it's been. There has been a marathon race, two downwind races, a coaching weekend for the juniors, a Clint Robinson coaching clinic and all the other club activities. The Over 55 groups have been out enjoying the social side of paddling and making news friends.
 

Over in the east the Murray Marathon is taking place and on Saturday there is the famous Doctor Race which has attracted big sponsorship and big numbers of paddlers from over east and around the world.

 

I have been able to get back on the water and I am enjoying the environment once again but taking it easy for now. I have certainly had a good post surgery. My health has been as good after the surgery as it was before it and I feel great. It's as if I didn't have a four and half hour operation to remove my prostate.

Some things won't quite be the same but there is no reason why I shouldn't get back to the fitness I had before the operation.
 

Whilst I can't paddle hard or race yet it's been a pleasure to help out at races and to get back into a little instructing which was my main focus for many years.

 

Before the operation I didn’t have much to talk about now I can talk for hours. Take Thursday night when I was on the river and I met up with two mature paddlers from Ascot who are comedians at the best of times. Delving into are the gory details of the operation and especially the after effects we found there were lots to joke about – man to man.

Then on Friday morning I met two ladies in a canoe who I used to see on the river quite often. Having 8 weeks off they ask, “where have you been”?  Of course I don’t like lying so the prostate story comes out and for the next ten minutes we are have a great little chin wag about all the details of my prostate problems.

Then I paddle back to the Ascot kayak Club and see Doug and Charmaine having coffee. I walk over and Doug tells me a story about his leg and then we get on to my prostate and another story opens up. Only two metres away a wife of one of the paddlers was sitting there probably hearing all our health stories. So now when I’m meet someone there is never a silent moment.

My wife Jenny has always said that the only thing I talk about is paddling. I suppose she will be happier now that I have another subject to talk about.

The Doctor Race
 

this Saturday

Saturday 24th November
 

Paddlers at Clint’s Coaching Course

really got their money’s worth on Wednesday evening.

Not only was the weather near perfect, although a touch windy, Clint Robinson’s coaching course was once again just exceptional. Clint seems to fit in so much over the two hours and he just explains everything so well. As an Olympic athlete he was on top of the world and as a coach he is certainly one of the finest. He has been the best, he has paddled with the best and he studied the best, the result being the perfection of the forward stroke and efficient paddling and a lot of equipment knowledge. Even the experienced paddler would learn a lot from his coaching.

Everything he said made so much sense - the hardest thing for paddlers is putting it all into practice.

If you ever get a chance to take part in a Clint Robinson coaching clinic it would be well worth signing up. Getting the chance to do a 1-on-1 or 1-on-2 like Kris and Steve did is even better.

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If you can't wait for Clint to come back to WA there are some good WA coaches teaching at the moment. I know Ascot and Bayswater have a good coaching program but if you are not in that area contact your nearest club.

Clint Robinson briefing the group.

Clint checking out Charmaine's and Maya's style and giving feedback.

Kris Smith and Steve Stasiuk did a one-on-two course.

 

Thanks so much for organising the session. I thought Clint was an excellent communicator and able to articulate the fundamentals of efficient paddling very well. I'm sure if i continue to apply even a small amount of what I learnt today, it will translate into a significant improvement in my paddling.

It was certainly well worth attending, thanks. Steve

Epic V14 on Special

The V14 is designed to be the ultimate speed demon for small to mid sized water conditions. It’s faster than V10 and V12 with an even sleeker shape and narrower waterline. 

Because the bow of the V14 is much narrower compared to the rest of the Epic ski line it helps the V14 knife through wind chop & small waves.

It is an amazing flat water ski, probably the faster ski on the market and equal speed as that of a fast K1.

If you are a proficient to experienced paddler you will love the V14 on flat water but you will need to be experienced paddler to paddle it on a rough ocean.

The V14 is not for novices.

Specifications:

Length: 6.4m (21’)
Width: 42.9 cm
Depth: 32cm
Weight 15.5kg

Only One Left - What a bargain - Usually $3990.00 Special $1990.00