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		<title>Moriston River Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the event that many of the UK&#8217;s prominent river runners were looking forward to; a progression from the organisers of the Etive River Race onto a tougher section of white water with guaranteed levels from the dam. James Fleming, Giles Charter and their crew have to be congratulated for bringing this event to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Falls of Lora</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few times a year the UK boating community is blessed with a selection of truly world class waves in the Falls of Lora, one of the most unique rapids of it&#8217;s kind. Combining excitement with an initial intimidation factor, due to the power and whirlpools it creates, it only takes a couple of rides [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Year High</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realised the other day that it&#8217;s just about to turn five years since I joined the Palm and Dagger Europe Team. With that in mind I wanted to say a massive thanks for all their support and express my appreciation at being involved with these companies which are run by a group of people [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Chasing Rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Smith]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been quite a while since I&#8217;ve posted on here, largely due to finals at uni followed by the move back to Scotland and setting up work. However now that the storm has settled, and I&#8217;ve bought a Go Pro, I&#8217;m jumping back into the online kayaking media with my first clips of head-cam footage [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The London Boat show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Smith]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 15th and 16th of January I&#8217;m going to be talking at the London Boat Show, focusing my presentation on looking at feasible ways in which paddlers of all levels can improve their white water paddling. It&#8217;s a common misconception that leading paddlers always have access to the best white water&#8230; not necessarily the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Falls of Lora</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Smith]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scotland&#8217;s finest tidal race has not been the most consistent of play spots over the last few years but a couple of weeks ago she was on the finest form that&#8217;s been seen in a long while, giving out a solid three and a half hours of wave time and whirlpool fun. The main wave [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The flat water loop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Smith]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just over a week ago I posted up some tips to take you through the motions of the bow stall, as the first stage in nailing the flat water loop, so having had a bit of time to practice its time to start bobbing up and down and going for the full loop! If you [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping your end up.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Smith]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve recently had quite a few friends asking me for tips to nail the flat-water loop, and it seems like a skill that a lot of people are keen to get under their belt. In the build up to doing a ‘floop’ it’s essential to have a sturdy bow stall dialled before hand, so first [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting a carve on</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Smith]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some shots from a surf trip to Machrihanish on the west coast of Scotland. We had a pretty good five foot swell, but a little dumpy so there was a lot of hard edging and down the line speed to try and out run the break before ending up embedded in the beach! Up to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Running drops, an intro</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Smith]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pre-requisites It should go without saying that having solid gear and safety ready, along with the knowledge to use it is a must and if you don’t, getting hands on instruction from full time instructors such as Simon and the crew at Gene17 is a good idea before proceeding. Apart from that, running drops can often [&#8230;]]]></description>
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