Soo! Paddle season in Ireland is well over, but every now and then we get the downpour needed. To get a beautiful sunny day combined with water in the rivers is such a treat and you can really appreciate the beauty of the place.
Working nights in a bar I was happy to finally get home at 4am Sunday night, only to have Mr. Barry Loughnane on the phone at the crack of dawn the next morning! He rocked up with a boat and some gear for me to use and we headed for Ireland's crown jewel the Flesk river. To warm u we hit up the clydagh which runs unto the harder Flesk section. Felt so good to be back in a boat and on some quality water, no better feeling!
Dave Higgins showed us why he's got to be one of the fastest learning paddlers in the country, on the water since October, he styled his way down no trouble!
Later myself and Barry BoaterX the same river before heading out to another classic the Roughty. Met up with some friends and had a nice spin, running all the bigger drops a few times to squeeze th most out of them. We finished the day with some scouting/paddling of the higher up section of Roughty river although I had to leave early the boys had a bit of an epic with one of the boats getting pinned. They finally got back 4 hours later at 11pm!haha
So 5 rivers in 1 day I can't complain! Gear all held out real well the DoubleDutches were so good catching perfect allowing me to hit the boofs and make the quick turns with ease. Cheaper and lighter then DoubleDiamonds the lads were using. The acute crank really came into play too firing the boat forward with that extra power each stroke :)
Water has left us again so its back to work and hopefully a quick trip to England in August for some freestyle before Nationals round 2!
Thanks for reading!
Tomás
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