GORGE DU VERDON by nourianewman | Nov 4, 2019 | Video, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater FeatureIt was already mid April and the spring wasn’t really kicking in. It was cold and dry and the Pyrenees didn’t really have any good whitewater other than Pau’s artificial slalom course. Lucky enough it had rained a little bit in the Cevennes area, so we stopped doing...
HAUT TARN by nourianewman | Jun 18, 2019 | Creeking, France, Internationalisation, Nirvana, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesFrench rivers are no Little White Salmon or North Fork of the Payette. I come from a country which doesn’t have many clean drops or big water. We have good cheese and real bread though ! Our whitewater isn’t the best and the paddling season is pretty short but we...
Magical places – Tree Trunk Gorge by nourianewman | Dec 7, 2018 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, France, Internationalisation, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWhen it comes to whitewater kayaking we often time focus on the hardest rapids, the tallest waterfalls, the bigger tricks, the highest scores, the fastest line…but paradoxically what makes whitewater kayaking so special isn’t necessarily whitewater itself. Of course...
Freestyle Worlds Championships…from shore ! by nourianewman | Dec 14, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesI usually spend more time on the river rather than off the river watching other people paddle. Being both a coach and a spectator at the 2017 Freestyle World Championships in San Juan was way more interesting than I thought it would be and it was interesting to see...
Sickline race starts tomorrow by nourianewman | Oct 2, 2014 | WhitewaterAs the Sickline race starts tomorrow, I took a few minutes to ask my fellow team JK paddlers what was so special about the race course. We’ve all been paddling hard for the last couple days. We did an endless number of laps down both the qualifier and the final...
What makes a good kayak trip ? by nourianewman | Sep 23, 2014 | Whitewater2014 isn’t over yet but I’ve already taken more than 40 planes and drove couple thousands kilometers to go kayaking this year. I have just had a rough time at the slalom World Championships and it forces me to look back and reflect on what I’ve been doing earlier this...
Jackson Duo, Double the fun ! by nourianewman | Aug 11, 2014 | WhitewaterAfter a busy couple months on the road I was super excited to head back home for a few days.My home river ain’t big but I love it. It’s not super challenging or exciting but it’s a good playground and you can paddle any kind of boat. I was initially planning to paddle...
2014 Season- 9 Countries and Counting for Nouria Newman! by nourianewman | Aug 8, 2014 | WhitewaterMy 2014 season so far… It’s been a busy season so far. I’ve spent more hours paddling than in class and it’s probably the reason why I wasn’t far from failing my university exams. I’ve spent more time traveling than beeing at “home”. In fact I don’t really know...
