New rapids in Prague

Artificial Whitewater courses are growing in number and popularity, offering paddling groups a community hub, somewhere to paddle when there’s no natural flows and for those who wish to train, consistency in conditions.

Eastern Europe has long been the envy of those elsewhere, with courses offering testing conditions and playing no small part in the competitive excellence that comes from these nations. But it’s not only the conditions created that have been interesting, the methods used have been innovative too like the tyre solution found at Troja in Prague.

But now, technology is moving on and developments introduced at new courses like the Lee Valley Olympic venue are being added to some Eastern European sites. The Rapid Blocs (which are made here at our Clevedon HQ) have recently been put in at the Troja course in Prague and under the guidance of course designer Vojtech Bares they have been testing the systems adjustability to great effect to get the feature they want.

We’ll keep you posted on more spots where Rapid Blocs are being added and for regular updates check out the facebook page.