Links
From ICCC
This is a selection of links to kayak-related sites. Anyone can add to it - just click 'Show wiki' and 'edit'.
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ICCC elsewhere on the web
- on imperialcollegeunion.org - Just some official gubbins and link to here
- Felix On-line - Our student newspaper regularly features our frolics
- on facebook - Join the club 'group' on this social networking site.
Homepages & Blogs
Homepages & blogs of various club members / related people. approximately in order of most interesting/regularly updated
- Rory's twitter feed
- Adam Holland's blog
- Harry Wood's blog
- Paula Volkmer's Blog
- Patrick Clissold's blog and Patrick's photos site (see also Patrick)
- Dave Fairweather's blog (been on a few trips with us)
- Claire Browne's Blog out of date (see also Claire)
You can find out more about some canoe club people from their user pages on this wiki. Want one? See Help:Wiki Collaboration#User names
Information
General
- BCU - The British Canoe Union
- Boof.com - Including guide to the Sierra Nevada
- Canoeing Ireland - official webpage of the Irish canoe union
- Canolfan Tryweryn - Gives Tryweryn release info
- Cumbria Tourism Board - Glossy guide to the lake district
- Dartcom - Dart Weather Station - shows amount of rain on Dartmoor in past 24hrs plus a webcam
- Dartmoor weather camera - Useful for determining as the riverdart webcam updates infrequently
- Freesport.tk - FreeSport is an online community for people involved in sport to communicate with each other in a hope of getting together for events sharing news
- KayakWiki - A wiki about kayaks & yakking. Everyone can contribute.
- Met Office - general weather forcasts
- Paddles and Pathways - Canoeing page for the upper mid-west US
- paddling.no - The Norwiegan paddling association
- Playak - The best info source on playspots around the world
- Rainchasers - Various water info including Kent Cam
- River Dart Cam - New Link for the dart cam. White lines from 1-6. Normal club trips happen at ~-2
- River dart webcam - Scale 1-6: the poles on the left of the photo. 3 or more in water = great level
- Scottish Canoe Association - More Waterlevels and Access info
- sepa.org - River Levels in Scotland
- StudentZone Canoe/Kayak - List of Uni clubs in the UK
- Thames Weir Project - Accurate water level indicators for the paddleable Thames weirs, and an active message board (if populated by 12year olds!)
- Welsh Canoeing Association - With some advice on co-existing with fishermen
- Yorkshire organisation - New year 2004
Safety
- Outdoor Action - canoeing & kayaking - Safety, Hypothermia and guide to decision making
Surfing
- a1 Surf - Forcasts, Webcams, big photos
- Kayak Surfing Moves - Illustrated guide from the BCU surf.
- Kayak surfing, A psycological perspective - I think this is actually a psycology essay
- Surfing Etiquette - Magazine article from '97. Etiquette for kayak surfing (and board surfers)
- Surfsystem.co.uk - Surf forcasts for the UK (a.k.a. Surf Lies)
Environmental
- American Whitewater - Protecting public access to American rivers
- Rivers Access Campaing Website - ...it affects us all
On-line river guides
- Online river levels in Wales
- Eauxvives.org - The guide to french whitewater... you may find bablefish.altavista.com useful
- Forsguiden - The guidebook to tonking Swedish rivers
- Hurley Water Level - Contributed by Playboating, the accuracy of this is questionable
- Kayaktour.de - Guidemaps to all of the alps, with grade and seasons
- Paddleguides.com - Guide to West coast, Midwest and central North American Whitewater
- UK Rivers Guidebook - A free on-line guide book to UK rivers, and a whole bunch of interesting articles, photos, videos, links etc, contributed from a community of kayakers
Cool Sites
- Feed The Rat - Extreme sports focus from all over the world
- Freestylekayaker.com - Watch the first decent of Röa falls here
- Riverkore - Crazy Norwiegans in action
- Xackers.net - cool paddling lexicon on this central european site
- ChrisJ's page of articles, including a particularly good one on flatwater cartwheels.
Clubs
London Clubs
- Battersea Canoe Club - In battersea 2 miles from South Kensington
- Putney Bridge Canoe Club - Formerly Hammersmith & Fulham Canoe Club
- New River Rats - London River Rats is a club which organises informal presentations, formerly in Shepherds Bush but now in Stoke Newington, in which expert paddlers will talk about their spectacular worldwide kayaking expeditions. Not active
Uni Clubs
- Aston University Canoe Club - They 'love it moist'
- Bath University Canoe Club - Good Canoe Polo team,
- Birmingham University Kayak Club - Whitewater, racing, playboating & polo
- Bradford University Canoe Club - In Yorkshire
- Bristol University canoe club - Whitewater, playboating and polo
- Cambridge University Canoe Club - Whitewater, playboating and polo
- Dublin University (of ireland) Canoe Club -
- Durham University Canoe Club - Whitewater, slalom, polo, freestyle
- Edinburgh University Canoe Club - Whitewater & Scottish creeking need I say more
- Glasgow University Canoe Club - See Edinburgh. Site broken?
- Hull University Canoe Club - Site broken?
- Leeds University Canoe Club - Hosts of the National Student Rodeo and more
- Loughborough Students Canoe Club -
- Newcastle University Canoe Club -
- Nottingham Trent University Canoe Club -
- Manchester Met Canoe Club - It's the future!
- Oxford University Canoe & Kayak Club -
- Queen's University Belfast Canoe Club - In Northern Ireland
- Reading University Canoe Club - Independently hosted website. 30 miles closer to wales then us
- Sheffield University Canoe Club - SUCC
- Southampton University Canoe Club - another SUCC
- Strathclyde University Canoe Club - Not much there at the moment
- University of Limerick Kayak Club -
- University of Teesside Canoe Club -
- University of York Canoe Club -
- Warwick University Canoe Club -
Other Clubs
- Aberfan Canoe Club - In South Wales
- Bristol (non-uni affiliated) Canoe Club - Whitewater, racing, polo
- Civil Service canoe club - Slalom, Polo, Sea kayaking, whitewater etc
- Marlow Canoe Club - Whitewater, freestyle and marathon
- Stafford & Stone Canoe Club - Canoe & Kayak slalom
- Thameswey Canoe Club - Canoeing and kayaking based in the Swindon and Cirencester area.
Commercial Sites
Retailers
- Cheltenham & Gloucester Canoes Do mail order apparently.
- Whitewater The Canoe Centre in Shepperton.
- Performance Kayaks Weston Super Mare
- Sues Canoes Watton and Online Sales
- Totnes Kayaks
- Sea Urchin Online Kayak Retailer based in Snowdonia North Wales offering new 2008 model Kayaks from £245
Manufacturer's Sites
- Bliss-Stick - Kiwi kayak manufacturer
- Bomber Gear - Cags, Decks and kit
- Colemans Canoes -
- Dagger - Canoes & Kayaks
- Dam watersports - Andi Riley, 7 Brampton Close, Bedford, Beds, MK42 0HD, Tel: 01234 267314, Fax: 01234 267314 damwatersports@yahoo.co.uk
- Eskimo - Kayak manufacturer
- Five .Ten -
- Gill - Diversified Sailing kit manufacturer
- Lomo - Soft kit manufacturer - cheap dry cags
- Liquidlogic - Shiny kayak manufacturer
- Mega kayaks - Surf Kayaks
- Necky - kayaks
- Nookie - Soft kit manufacturer based in the SW
- PeakUK - Soft kit manufacturer
- Perception - An easily overseen kayak manufacturer
- Riot - These boats need no introduction
- Robsonpaddles - Paddle and kayak manufacturer, very popular paddles
- Wavesport - US kayak manufacturer
Publishers
- Borealpress - Russian rivers guidebook
- Playboating - Popular UK magazine
- River Publishing - Home to the Peter Knowles Alps guidebooks
- Wavelength magazine - Not to be confused with surfing mag
Whitewater Courses
- Neene whitewater center - In Northampton, tiny but close to London
