Youth Freesylin’ Nene

Palm and Dagger Europe are a main sponsor of the Youth Freestyle Series, which sees huge numbers of 18&under paddlers participate in coaching and fun competitions in various whitewater spots across the country. 

 

 

 

 

The most recent event was on the Nene whitewater course. Thankfully this year we had exclusive use of the course as nearly 80 youngsters took to the water for ‘bungy racing’ (head to head creek boat racing with the boat attached to the shore with a bungy cord!), tips and advice on freestyle paddling and of course the freestyle competition. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheese and I helped out with both the morning coaching and judging in the afternoon.

 

 

 Cheese demonstrating how to tricky whu. 

 

 

 

 

Cheese got the crowd geared up and cheering loudly for all of the participants who competed on the ‘pool C’ feature (a slightly less intimidating feature than the pourover of ‘Pool A’ – where the rest of the paddlers competed).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huge points were awarded for big grins, pop-outs, paddle spins and air guitars!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The winners and those who entertained the crowd the most were later awarded for their efforts with spot prizes from all of the sponsors including Palm and Dagger Europe. 

There are still 2 more Youth Freestyle events of this year’s series. Visit  youth.ukfreestyle.com for details.

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