This is Canoe Marathon! 🏃🛶
A true challenge of a paddler's endurance, tactics and athleticism.
Mass starts, wash riding, strategy and portages are all part of the fun of marathon racing. Fun to do and great to watch!
The upcoming Paddler Winter Series and Marathon Champs in October are the perfect events to pick up your paddle and give marathon racing a crack! 👊
#pickupappaddle #kayakmarathon #canoeracingnz
This is Canoe Sprint!
Fast, exciting action-packed racing 🚀
Canoe Racing NZ hosts three major Sprint regattas each summer that caters for all ages, kayak craft and abilities. #PickUpAPaddle and join us this summer.
This is Ocean Ski! 🌊😎
Adrenaline pumping, wave riding adventure using the power of nature. 🌬
Downwind paddling is what ocean paddlers dream of but ocean skis are the most versatile kayak craft, suitable in all conditions and waterways. The NZ Ocean Ski series is made up of 8 races per summer. But you don’t need a race to experience the thrill of ski paddling. #PickUpAPaddle this summer and ride the wave.
#Oceanski #downwindpaddling #partywave
The kayaking community this week is remembering Simon McLarin, a legend and figurehead in the sport and especially at his home club, the Waitemata Canoe & Multisport Club.
Simon tragically suffered a medical event while out paddling on Saturday morning from the club in Auckland.
Simon was a true paddler in all senses of the word, competing locally, nationally and internationally across all disciplines for decades, taking home innumerous titles and deeply involved in all aspects of kayaking and his club.
Memories around Simon have focused on his passion and dedication to the sport, what a formidable and fearless competitor he was and how welcoming and generous he was with his time and wisdom to newcomers. He was rarely seen without his trademark plastic bag pogies on his hands, and always ready for a laugh and some banter off the water. He was a loving family man, with his family often involved and present at events and club activities.
Canoe Racing NZ offer our condolences and thoughts to Simon’s family, friends, club mates and all that knew and loved him. His loss will be deeply felt in kayaking community and he will be sorely missed.
We recognise this event is particularly distressing for those involved, including fellow paddlers and members of the wider on-water community who assisted. We acknowledge and thank those who responded quickly to assist. CRNZ have offered support to those who would like it through the club.
Final day of racing in Brandenburg tonight.
Watch Kurtis Imrie, Finn Murphy and Quaid Thompson wrap up this ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup- tune into the livestream on the Planet Canoe YouTube channel.
Some more finals racing tonight in at the Brandenburg Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup, including medal races for Aimee Fisher and Peter Cowan.
Watch the livestream on the Planet Canoe youtube channel from 7pm NZT or live on Sky Sports 6 from 11pm.
Canoeing with an amputation ain’t easy but Finn Murphy makes it look that way 💪😮💨
More racing on tonight at the World Cup 👉 @canoeracingnz
#ParaCanoe #CanoeRacing #ParaSport @finnmurphypara@hpsportnz
Day 2 over in Brandenburg sees finals for our K4s including an A final for the women, and semifinals for Finn Murphy, Peter Cowan, Aimee Fisher and Quaid Thompson.
Then we'll see Kurtis Imrie in his K1 500m heat and the K2 men in action in their heats.
Tune into @skysportnz tonight or the @planetcanoe YouTube channel to watch it live from 7pm
