What's been happening, Christmas time and upcoming events...

It's getting into that time of the year where things are heating up! Christmas and NY's are quickly approaching, with Xmas at the Kaituna being held last weekend on the Kaituna river, a day of racing with downriver, freestyle and some crazy activities such as the river swim. Flow Addict, Carl Whitehead raced well to finish 3rd equal with Willz Martin in the main event, the down river sprint, just behind Jamie and Sam Sutton who took out the category. Sam is the Adidas Sickline World Champion from 2010 and 2011 which goes to show what we were up against. Cole O'Connor Stratton was just a few placing behind Carl. Cole who is still in the under 18 category managed to win all of his categories coming out with best Junior paddler at the event.

With Summer approaching so is the Slalom season in NZ, with Selections only 4 weeks away! Selections will determine and decide who will make the NZ Junior, U23 and Senior Teams who will travel to Europe or America/Canada to race at the World Championships and World Cups for their age groups. The races will be held in Kawerau (Race 1 & 2) and down in Shannon just out of Palmerston North (Race 3 & 4). To find out more information on dates etc head too www.slalomnz.org.nz .

The Kayak Session 'Short Film of the Year Awards' have come to an end with heaps of awesome entries and finalists producing edits from all over the world. The winner was the film named "Raindrop" with some awesome editing and shots.



To have a look at the rest of the films head to.. http://www.kayaksession.com/best-short-film-awards-2011.php

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