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News from March 2010

Långa tävlingar

Två nya och lite annorlunda långdistans-tävlingar har premiär under säsongen.

M24KC

Först ut är Malmö Kanotklubbs 24-timmarsutmaning M24KC 24 - 25 april: paddla så långt du vill eller orkar under 24 timmar i kanalen runt Malmös innerstad. Enkla regler, enkel organisation, ingen klassindelning – bara ett paddeläventyr i trevligt sällskap. Klubbhuset står till förfogande under helgen för matlagning, vila, dusch, bastu etc.

Så här beskriver MKK evenemanget:

”Detta är en blandning av familjär tävling och ordentligt kraftprov, med lite inslag happening, där alla är varmt välkomna att delta. Det spelar ingen roll vad du paddlar eller hur snabbt du paddlar, bara du tycker om att paddla långt, och då snackar vi långt på riktigt!

Meningen är att alla ska kunna delta på sina egna villkor - sugen på att paddla snabbt och verkligen testa dina gränser eller kanske bara glida runt, lite snackepauser på land och en tupplur under natten - båda funkar lika bra. Den som deltar kommer troligtvis att får ett oförglömligt minne. På ett eller annat sätt..!”

Go Kayak Raid 2010

Go Kayak Raid 2010 går över två dagar – 19-20 juni – i Stockholms skärgård. Upplagd som en raid-tävling med orientering, med tidsbestämda etapper (totalt 22 timmar paddling) och schemalagd vila däremellan. Start och stopp på Lillsved på Värmdö, camping med gemensam middag under den längsta av pauserna. Hur långt man paddlar eller hur många av orienteringspunkterna man hinner med är valfritt.

Organisatoriskt är Go Kayak Raid 2010 en mera traditionell kajaktävling: klassindelning, anmälningsavgift, säkerhetsorganisation, regler om utrustning mm.

Så här beskrivs evenemanget på sajten:

”GO KAYAK RAID 2010 är en paddelorientering för motionärer och multisportare till tävlingskanotister. Vi startar den 19:e juni kl 10.00 och går i mål den 20:e juni kl 16.00. Däremellan paddlar vi under många långa härliga ljusa timmar i Stockholms skärgård. Det är garanterat en upplevelse som som slår det mesta!”

Orust runt med kajak

…och naturligtvis går Orust Runt i år igen (min rapport från 2009). Det känns som om 2010 är långpaddlarnas år!

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Plask i poolen…

Bassängövning

Ute blåser friska vårvindar, men i Burlövsbadets bassäng råder tropiska förhållanden. Som vanligt klämde vi igår ner knappt tjugo kajaker för teknik- och säkerhetsträning. Det är gott om plats i den 50x20 m stora bassängen.

Liksom tidigare år håller Malmö Kanotklubb en bassängövning i månaden under vinterhalvåret. Från att initialt ha handlat mest om kamraträddning och wet exits har fokus i takt med stigande kompetens kommit att ligga mest på rollträning på olika nivåer.

För mig gick det som vanligt. Jag satte alla rollar jag brukar sätta, fixade några stycken av de jag då och då lyckas med och misslyckades konsekvent med dem jag brukar misslyckas med. En typisk mellandag…

Janina råkade visst rikta kameran åt mitt håll: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhZf_W1Ink

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Paddling film from the thirties

Greenland´s Icy Mountains

British Pathé, an impressive archive of historical films, have some interesting material from the British polar expeditions during the last hundred years.

One film clip in particular, intrigued me: Greenland´s Icy Mountains No. 4 from 1932. Capt. Bartlett (who sailed with Peary) reach the Greenland coast with the schooner Morrisey and meet the hardy Eskimos.

The film is just over 2 minutes and the part that caught my interest starts at 47 secs – a group of Greenland hunters paddle past the camera in their kayaks. Look at their paddling technique: the high cadenza and the flowing organic movement that indicates high efficiency and minimal effort. A technique whittled down to a necessary minimum. No splash and almost no wake, they look like they could go on forever.

One might suspect that the high frequency could be somewhat exaggerated – the frame rate is not always accurate from old cameras. But those speeded-up old movies were often from hand cranked cameras and before standardization. The Pathés from the thirties were motor driven (a clockwork) and the frame rate was standardized – and looking at other parts: the people running along the cliff, the little boy jumping on board etc, indicates no frame rate shift.

So what I see is an impressive flow in the strokes, that I have seldom seen elsewhere. Looking closely at the movement of the blades I get the same feeling as watching an Olympic 500-meter final – the same combination of beautiful flow and micropaus/acceleration in the same dynamic stroke motion, but here used for effortless endurance instead of short term explosive power. Impressive and inspiring...

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A visit to the the kayakshop in Tranås

kayaks galore

The last couple of days I spent at the kayak shop in Tranås to see how the new line of S&G Black Pearls is developing. Petrus Johansson is running a "pre-production" class with two participants, building two their BPs – Claes from Finland who has initiated a similar shop in Southwestern Finland (starting up in a few months), Magnus from Tranås with plans for a BP since a paddling class this summer in lake Sommen – and Petrus himself planning, helping, teaching and constantly seeking efficient shortcuts, imprevements to make the project as easy and fulfiiling as possible for the coming participants.

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