Nouria Newman

2012-01-24T17:36:00.006+01:00

Paddling in HurleyJanuary 7thAfter almost 4 months in the UK I finally got the chance to paddle on the wave at Hurley.Après 4 mois passé en Grande Bretagne, j'ai enfin eu l'occasion de naviguer sur la fameuse vague d'Hurley.Check the article on the Wavesport Europe BlogMassive queue in the eddy. Local paddler Craig Ayres, going big.

2012-01-06T21:17:00.008+01:00

First whitewater session of the year in NottinghamJanuary 2ndIn November and December I have been coaching some English kids every Thursday evening on Lee Valley's legacy course. That is how I met Noah (12 years old) and his dad Neil who kindly offered to take me with them to Nottingham. As Lee Valley Olympic course closed for Christmas and New year holidays I hadn't paddle any whitewater in two

2012-01-06T21:14:00.002+01:00

Happy New Year 2012

2011-12-24T20:21:00.005+01:00

Training in Cardiff again !December 17th and 18th I spent another Week-end in Cardiff training with the Welsh team. I am very grateful to have met them and really appreciate training with other paddlers and to getting some coaching. I would also like to thanks Ciaran Edward who lend me is Kapsl 2 as it is a bit tricky to bring a 3,5meters slalom boat on the tube and on the train. The boat was far

2011-12-11T17:39:00.011+01:00

NEW TRIBE WEBSITEThe new Tribe website has launched. It will included an eclectic selection of music, videos, athlete blogs and much more. Check it out !http://www.tribealliance.com/

2011-12-10T01:07:00.005+01:00

Welsh training camp in London3rd and 4th of decemberPhoto (c) Hazel RidgeIt is not easy for me to train during the week as I work from 9am to 5.30pm monday to friday. And if I couldn't join the Welsh team I would only get the chance to paddle white water once a week on Saturdays. If I can train properly right now it's exclusively thank to the Welsh who are given me the opportunity to paddle some

2011-12-10T00:24:00.006+01:00

Training in Cardiff26th and 27th of November I have been invited on a training camp in Cardiff with the Welsh paddlers. I had never paddled there before and it was great to discover a new course, especially since it will be a world cup race in Cardiff next season. I also had a great time out of the water, especially when having a foretaste of the Welsh student life. HUGE THANKS TO THE RIDGE

2011-11-19T09:38:00.000+01:00

Fall paddling in London

2011-11-14T23:27:00.004+01:00

Training with the Welsh team 12th and 13th November Welsh slalom paddlers were in London for some training on the Olympic course and they invited me to join them. It was really nice not to have to paddle on own and see all those young paddlers with big smiles on their faces. I'm now looking forward to coming to Cardiff...THANK YOU ALL. nouria

2011-11-12T22:27:00.013+01:00

Olympic Training Camp - The last weekfrom November 7th to 11thFor the last week of the Olympic training camp, some French paddlers came over to London. It was really nice to see them and having some training partners and coaches. It was great week and I almost cried on Friday when I realized that everyone was leaving and that I had used up all my days off. Quelques pagayeurs Français sont venus

2011-11-12T12:19:00.009+01:00

British OpenOctober 28, 29 & 30thKayaking has such a great spirit. When I asked Campbell if he knew of any accommodation in Nottingham, he offered my to stay at his place and a ride to get up there. I had a great time out there. On Friday we paddled for 2 hours on the course. It was great to paddle with Campbell who showed me all the tricks and specific moves on the course. Then on Friday evening

2011-11-10T21:57:00.007+01:00

Stage de rentrée équipe de FranceDu 17 au 23 octobre 2011C’est avec plaisir que j’ai pu participer au stage de rentrée de l’équipe de France sénior sur le bassin de Londres. Il faut dire qu’après un mois à naviguer toute seule sur le bassin, sans portes dans le courant, et en même temps que les rafts, j’étais contente de retrouver de bonnes conditions d’entraînement. J’ai donc posé une grande

2011-11-02T23:23:00.003+01:00

Séminaire dans le Lot14-15-16 Octobre 2011L'avantage de travailler dans le secteur du tourisme c'est que lorsqu'on part en séminaire ça ressemble étrangement à des vacances. En effet, si l'on souhaite promouvoir une destination, il est préférable d'en connaître les principales caractéristiques, et pour cela rien de tel que de s'y balader en touriste. Mais quel voyage étrange pour un bon kayakiste

2011-10-26T00:42:00.005+02:00

Freestyle @ Lee Valley White Water course I did quite a few slalom sessions on the Olympic course during the raft slots. The course is nice but I must admit that not being able to use many gates can make it a bit boring. That's why I went down here with my freestyle boat and had much fun paddling my project X even if it was in small holes.J'ai fait pas mal de séances de slalom sur le bassin

2011-10-22T20:06:00.027+02:00

Surfing the "Bitchies"October 1st & 2ndC'est avec grand plaisir que j'ai quitté la ville pour rejoindre mes amis Deb & Tomy au Pays de Galle. J'étais vraiment contente de camper et d'avoir l'opportunité de naviguer sur les fameuses vagues des "Bitchies". Plus de détails sur l'article Wavesport.I was very pleased to leave the city to meet up with my friends Deb & Tomy in Wales. I was very happy

2011-10-22T19:03:00.005+02:00

Moving to LondonSeptember 2011La 3ème année à Science Po est l'année de mobilité. Pour la valider il faut effectuer deux semestres de mobilité académique ou professionnelle. Pour valider une partie de ma troisième année j'effectue un stage de 4 mois dans les bureaux londoniens d'Atout France. Mon stage est intéressant mais il m'est difficile de concilier le travail et l'entraînement. Je travail

2011-09-25T00:13:00.011+02:00

Moments from BratislavaDenis & Fabien getting in the book of legendsDenis et Fabien sont entrés dans l'histoire du slalom en signant des performances individuelles dans deux disciplines différentes lors d'un même championnats du monde. Ils terminent 2ème en Canoë Biplace derrière les frères Hochorner (double champions olympiques). En kayak Fabien repart avec une médaille de bronze et en canoë

2011-09-24T22:45:00.010+02:00

World Championships in Bratislavafrom 1st to 12th of septemberI love Bratislava, this course is definitely one of the best course to paddle on, it's big has holes, waves and of course the final drop. My season didn't ended really well. After a first racing day cancelled because of a crazy strong wind, I paddled well in the qualifications. I was very happy to be in the semi-finals as it seems that

2011-08-26T14:10:00.013+02:00

Living up in the mountains... Lorsque les chaleurs sont caniculaires habiter à 1900 mètre d'altitude et faire du kayak dans une eau à 8°C n'est pas déplaisant. Under a scorching hot weather, living at 1900 m altitude and paddling in a 8°C water is quite pleasant. Sunset from home Flatwater session in Tignes Bourg at 60m3/s crashing hard Beth walking up the course

2011-08-26T11:35:00.004+02:00

Entraînements à Bratislava from 8th to 15th of august Après une semaine comme la semaine dernière, je sais pourquoi j'aime le kayak. j'ai passé une semaine à naviguer pour moi sur le bassin de Londres qui est sans aucun doute un des meilleur bassin au monde. J'ai navigué sans autre but que celui de me faire plaisir en faisant ce dont j'avais envie et non pas ce que je devais faire. Sur le plan

2011-08-19T19:36:00.011+02:00

London22nd to 8th of august 1st strokes on the course – training week After feeling confused and scaring ourselves by driving on the left side on the road, we arrived at Lee Valley white water park. Fortunately the first paddling session went much better then the driving. London’s white water course is definitely one of my favorite slalom courses. It’s big safe white water with many

2011-08-11T08:20:00.005+02:00

Hawaï sur Rhône 22nd of July I got lucky that Lyon's wave was running in the middle of the summer so I could stop there for a session before getting my plane to London.

2011-08-11T07:59:00.004+02:00

Home sweet homefrom 11th to 22nd of July I'm always happy to be back home even if it's not for a long time. So I spent a few days home juggling between phiseo appointments, slalom training in Bourg, river runs and watching the downriver French championships which took place in Aime rapids. The weather was terrible for the ten days I was there. It was good though because we had really good water

2011-07-30T21:44:00.008+02:00

World Cup #2 in l’Argentièrefrom the 26th of June to the 3rd of July Right after the freestyle worlds in Plattling I went straight to l’Argentière for my first world cup of the season. L’Argentière is definitely not my favourite course. It’s quite small white-water and I always struggle to remember where all the gates are, as the whole course looks the same to me! Anyway I was happy to spend

2011-07-27T09:10:00.018+02:00

Freestyle ICF world championships in Plattlingfrom the 19th to the 25th of juneFor the last two years I haven't done much freestyle and being at worlds in Plattling made me realize how badly I missed it. I'm not a really good hole paddler and what I love the most in freestyle is surfing big waves, but I really enjoy paddling in Plattling even though it was a small hole. Actually I was lucky to be

2011-07-11T20:47:00.002+02:00

Being in Bourg … and not paddle. from the 13th to the 18th of june After Europeans in Seu, I spent a few days home juggling between two daily physio sessions, doctor appointments and phone calls in order to get an RMI appointment. It was quite depressing because everyone was training in Bourg for the ICF world-ranking race and I couldn’t paddle. Luckily my ex-kayak club

2011-07-11T19:36:00.005+02:00

European Slalom Championships from the 5th to the 12th of june It started well but ended in pain…It’s always a great pleasure to come and paddle in La Seu d’Urgel. The town, the slalom course and the people are nice. And I get the chance to learn some more my Spanish. This year the European Canoe Association decided to make a quarter final run despite the fact that most athletes were against an

2011-06-03T12:16:00.010+02:00

Moving out from Toulouse and Racing at home24th to 29th of May As soon as I got back from Bratislava, I had two days to catch up with friends and pack my gear before moving from Toulouse. Then we headed home for a national slalom race. I was happy to be at home even if it was just for a few days. I was planning to stay on for another week but I couldn’t stay and train

2011-06-03T12:05:00.005+02:00

Exams and Training camp in Bratislavafrom 9th to 22nd of May the team training camp a bit late, I was happy to paddle on Bratislava and crash on Niagara ! Two days after the team trials, I started my university exams which lasted for one and a half weeks. As I didn’t study as much as I had planned during the team trails and the training week, I was far behind with my

2011-05-22T07:13:00.010+02:00

Team Trails in Pau5th to 8th of mayTeam trails are always a hard time but for me this year was definitely the hardest team trails I've ever done. Two races out of three were counting. Selection races were made from a first qualification run and then a final run. I made a 50 penalty on the final run of the first race. It meant I had no more "joker" and if I wanted to make the team I had to throw

2011-05-22T00:13:00.010+02:00

Preparing the slalom team trails22nd of April to 4th of May Before the team trails, I spent two weeks training slalom in Pau. I really enjoyed paddling good white water twice a day. It was sunny most of the time and I was lucky to have my mum and my club coach around. On top of that I was staying at Françoise and Jean Louis's who host me super well each time I come to Pau since I moved out to

2011-04-30T09:18:00.005+02:00

It's all about politics ! 15th of April 2011 It all took place in Paris where the 2011 ICF board was hosted. It was a though competition and it felt weird not to compete in a kayak but about kayaking. We were defending the French candidature for the ICF slalom world championships 2015. It was Bourg St Maurice versus London. We had a 8 minutes presentation which was made

2011-04-21T11:39:00.002+02:00

The MountainsThe Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.This is one of the most beautiful time lapses edit I've ever seen.

2011-04-16T01:30:00.002+02:00

Articles about the Pau Freestyle ShowCheck it out on Wavesport.deInterview for the local newspaper "La République des Pyrénées" (19.03.11) HEREArticle in the local newspaper "La République des Pyrénées" (22.03.11) HEREPhoto: Pierre Mahé.

2011-04-16T00:45:00.011+02:00

Toulouse9th-10th of April It's really comfortable to race at home. You don't have to drive to the course, you can bike. You don't have to eat a sandwich between your two runs, you can have a real lunch at home. You don't have to worry about forgetting some of your gears, you have it all here.....This week end, Toulouse was hosting a 3rd division race and it was a great pleasure for me to do the

2011-04-15T23:26:00.019+02:00

Regional race & K1W training camp In Pau2nd-3rd of April After the disappointment of the last national race, I decided to race the regional race in Pau. The race would take place at the "Pont d'Espagne" : Pau's natural course. And we were lucky to have a really nice water level. My first run was a quite terrible but I was happy with my second run. I had good sensations even if I was quite

2011-04-01T19:05:00.005+02:00

N1 à Cergydu 23 au 27 marsCette deuxième N1 n'a pas été un grand succès au niveau de ma navigation : de mauvaises sensations, des difficultés a trouver mon rythme de course, beaucoup de touches, des erreurs grossières et du mal a tenir mes fins de manches. Voilà une bonne claque dans la figure. Une claque qui fait mal sur le moment mais qui fait du bien dans la mesure où elle me permet de

2011-04-01T18:56:00.002+02:00

Pau freestyle Show19th - 20th of march Pau is definitely one of my favourite french town. You can walk by the palm trees and watch the Pyrenées’ big mountains at the same time. If you like outdoor sports, Pau i the place to be. In less then an hour driving you can be in a Pyrenean ski resort or on the sea side ready to enjoy big ocean waves. And on top of that it’s also a

2011-03-14T15:54:00.002+01:00

KAYAK FOR SMALL PEOPLECheck out the article on Wavesport Europe .

2011-03-10T08:48:00.006+01:00

K1 Women Training Camp - Pau 3rd - 6th of March J'imagine que ce stage n'a pas été des plus faciles pour Yves. Et pour cause : c'était le seul homme avec un groupe de 9 filles à entraîner ! Mais il a tenu bon et ce stage fut des plus réussit. Nous avons fait de nombreuses séances techniques et la bonne humeur était au rendez-vous (bien que le tapis roulant n'ait fonctionné que le dernier jour)...

2011-03-01T15:01:00.003+01:00

Réponse au sujet du forum d'eaux vives .org"le haut niveau et les dames"

2011-02-25T09:38:00.006+01:00

N1 à Lanniondu 16 au 20 février 2011Après un mois sans naviguer à cause de ma tendinite, reprendre directement par une course n'a pas été chose aisée. J'ai seulement navigué deux fois une heure avant la course. Mon épaule était encore douloureuse lorsque je forçais, je devais donc naviguer tranquillement. Alors pour la première fois j'ai fait une course en étant clame. C'était à la fois très

2011-02-06T11:36:00.005+01:00

Mariann talking about the Utla river expeditionCheck is out : In Between swims

2011-02-06T09:18:00.011+01:00

Hard times - exams and injured shoulder3rd to 21st of JanuaryAfter to weeks skiing I decided to go back to Toulouse for my last "free" week. I could have stayed home but it wouldn't have been such a great idea. I would have been tempted to go skiing instead of studying. So I spent one week studying hard and then I had my exams week. I didn't do any sport for two weeks and hadn't paddle in 4 weeks

2011-01-30T10:56:00.006+01:00

X-mas holidaysFrom 18th dec to 2nd of January It felt good to be back home and spend somme time here especially after 5months away. Actually home wasn't the thing I missed the most...Sure I missed mountains, skiing, chilling by the chimney while it's snowing outside...But I missed my parents so much more and it was awesome spending time together. It was also sweet to paddle one session with the

2010-12-31T19:54:00.002+01:00

Bonne Année 2011Happy New Year 2010

2010-12-25T01:10:00.004+01:00

Henri Coetzeedecember 7th Inever had the chance to meet Henri Coetzee, I wish I would...He was an inspiration to many and I was following his expeditions. He achieved the most difficult kayaking expeditions in central Africa.He won last years Rider of the Year award for the best expedition with an solo expedition in Africa. On dec 7th Henri Coetzee passed out from a crocodile attack on the

2010-12-15T22:18:00.005+01:00

Téléthon from 3rd to 5th of decemberAs any passionate paddlers, being on the river provides us happiness. We roam the world looking for waterfalls, slalom courses, fast waves, nice holes, canyons, slides…and we run them. This is what we love to do: experiencing memorable times in our kayaks. But when winter comes paddling becomes more challenging…Being cold on the water and putting on wet

2010-11-27T00:20:00.006+01:00

K1W training campfrom 18th to 21st of november We were supposed to go to Spain and paddle in Seu's olympic course but on the last minute the camp location had been switch to Pau. At first we were all a bit disappointed because we are all quite used to go to Pau and it seemed much less fency then Spain. But we still had a great training camp, even if Pau's new WW stadium was closed. We went

2010-11-18T01:05:00.011+01:00

Memories from the Norway expedition "A journey is a fragment of Hell."- Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines - Check out the Video made by Heather Herbeck. This expedition definitely seemed like hell at some point. I remember... struggling to cary my 35kg boat full of gearsI remember...how hard it was to get good lines with a heavy boat. I remember being disappointed each time we had to portage (once

2010-11-16T13:02:00.005+01:00

SWEET times in Pau !6th and 7th of november This competition WE in Pau could have turned like any other racing WE at this time of the year. If we had a rather crapy rainy weather and a small regional race, the kayakinpy team made our WE unusual. On saturday night it was the first edition of the KAYAKINPY RACE which turned to be a big show as the race was at night time under the spotlight with

2010-10-31T18:30:00.005+01:00

Training camp in Spainfrom 27th to 31st of octoberAfter's Holland rainy weather, Seu's sun would seem like a bit of summer but it wasn't. On the first sessions, we would be mistaken not wearing our warmer gears. If the morning warm up on the flat was alright, the first waves would take us back to reality : winter is coming. Anyway, as soon as we understood it would be better wearing our winter

2010-10-26T22:39:00.018+02:00

Dutch Open 23rd- 24th of october After such a difficult season, this race felt like a success even tho it wasn't. This year was quite hard for me I failed most of my races and each time I would get back on, train again and failed again. As far as I remember my last good run was at the French championships in Bourg on my qualification run. Here in Zoetermeer I had a really good semi-final run, and

2010-10-17T15:13:00.018+02:00

Spéléologie

2010-10-17T13:45:00.026+02:00

Stand Up paddle Quentin DazeurHugo Biso (blog ici)John Marc (blog ici)Estelle Mangin (blog ici)Thomas Rosset (blog ici)$Céline BoucharincFred RibeyrolPaul Graton Vivien Colobert (blog ici)

2010-10-15T15:09:00.002+02:00

Stage de rentrée11-12-13th of october 2010 With Toulouse's Pôle France we went to the Dordogne area for the first training camp of the school year. It was so much nicer then last year where we only struggled biking, running or hiking. First of all this year was physically much easier and also a lot's of fun. On the fist day we went mountain biking-orienteering. The second day we went Stand up

2010-10-02T21:39:00.020+02:00

Manifestation 2 octobre 2010C'est près de 3 millions de français qui sont descendus dans la rue pour exprimer leur mécontentement vis-à-vis du gouvernement Sarkoziste. À Toulouse, 125 000 manifestants ont défilés de la Place St Cyprien à Jean Jaurès pour protester contre la réforme des retraites. Cependant, la préfecture à annoncé 28 000 manifestants. Comment expliqué une telle divergence sinon

2010-09-30T10:14:00.004+02:00

Article in the web school newspaper. September 2010Check it out. LE PERFORMATIFDes champions à l’IEP (2/2) : Nouria Newmamenvoyé par Le_Performatif. - Regardez les dernières vidéos d'actu.L'article est ici.

2010-09-19T15:50:00.004+02:00

Back to school 13-14th of september

2010-09-19T09:53:00.002+02:00

WORLD's TEAM RACE11th of september 2010Our team race did't felt really good. In fact it felt so wrong from top to bottom. After screwing the first drop we kinda changed the order Emily and I went 1 and 2 as we were supposed to go 2 and 3. Then I went down the course on my own after gate 9. Emily and Carole switched the order again at gate 8. And on top of that we had +10 sec penalties ! So After

2010-09-10T14:04:00.022+02:00

People

2010-09-10T13:48:00.010+02:00

Flood

2010-09-10T13:39:00.004+02:00

TACEN day 2 9th of september 2010The race have been delayed because of the flood, and so the K1M will be racing tomorrow.THANKS everyone for wishing me my B-day (even I wasn't really into it after what happened yesturday.. =S) .

2010-09-10T10:43:00.002+02:00

TACEN day 1 (qualifications for C2, K1W, C1M and C1W). 8 septembre 2010Once again I missed up a race. I paddled really badly on both of my qualification runs, I got lot's of 50s. I just have the team race left so the worlds should end pretty fast for me. I feel really bad about it because it has been pretty much the same during the whole season. I would feel pretty good on training but when I

2010-09-01T09:46:00.005+02:00

Creeking in Norwayfrom the 17th to the 25th of august After spending most of my summer in my slalom boat or playboating on my home river, it felt good to be in a creekboat again.It was my first time in Norway and I’ve definitly got to say that it won’t be my last time. Norway offers scenic landscapes and such great paddling opportunities. I enjoyed all the kind of paddling out there. Our first

2010-08-27T17:44:00.004+02:00

European championships in Bratislavafrom 9th to 15th of augustLes championnats d'Europe se sont mal passé du coté français. J'ai fait une plutôt mauvaise course et me suis classée 22ème.European championships went pretty bad on the french side. I had a pretty bad race and placed 22nd.NIAGARAAA ! (photo: RCE) Eva and I with the 2010 K1W european champion : Jana Dukatova. (photo: Marinka Volai)

2010-08-27T16:16:00.008+02:00

Under 23 European Championships in Markkleeberg from the 2nd to the 8th of August After Bourg it felt weird to be in Leipzig, no more strong eddies and big waves. The great thing was that the water was 26°C and I really enjoyed after Bourg's 8°C water. We were staying just above the course which was great because we didn't have to drive and mainly because we would have neighbors such as the

2010-08-07T10:01:00.005+02:00

French nationals from 29th of jully to the 1st of august Bourg is pretty much my home course even if it’s 1 hour drive from where I live. Anyway french nationals where for me the occasion of being home paddling on one of my favorite courses seeing local friends and kayakers from all over France. This would be real holidays if it wasn’t the most important slalom national competition of the year…

2010-07-27T09:19:00.003+02:00

Preparing the French championshipsHere we go ! French nationals are in two days now and there is something like 800 paddlers around Bourg. To train on the bottom section of the course you've gotta share an hour time schedule with another 90 persons so I guess for the next sessions I'll only paddle on the top which is like usually much less busy. Nous y voilà ! Les championnats de France sont dans

2010-07-22T21:44:00.012+02:00

Petite Isère22nd of July C'est toujours un plaisir de naviguer avec les plus jeunes du club de kayak.It's always a pleasure to paddle with the young kids of the kayak club.Jules à l'embarquementAntho l'entraîneur toujours content sur l'eau !LéaTom, premier à s'élancer du seal launchDoriane, 7ans.Anatole.NatachaTomMarjorie

2010-07-22T21:28:00.004+02:00

Training in Leipzig 16,17, 18th of JulyEven if the road is very long from Bourg to Leipzig, Ciaran and I drove up there. And I reckon that was a very good idea, it's so hard to paddle an artificial course such as Leipzig after being used to Bourg's big natural white water. We spent three days training with the Czechs . Big Thanks to the Czech Team. Même si la route est très longue entre Bourg et

2010-07-14T07:19:00.004+02:00

Getting ready for the Norway expeditionMerci à Ferrino d'apporter son soutient matériel et ses conseils sur le matériel de montagne et d'expédition ultra light. Thanks to Ferrino for its help and its advices on the mountaineering and expedition ultra light gears. On the way we stopped in Ivrea for a slalom session.Oh boy ! This course is hard !

2010-07-11T12:51:00.006+02:00

Creeking in Italy8th of July Another great day on the river: a super nice crew (Emily Bakker, Ashley Courtney, Isaac Levinson, Thomas Rosset, my dad and I), a sunny weather and sweet water levels.After having some car problems, we could finally drive to Italy and go creeking on the Urtier and the Grande Evia.Une autre superbe journée sur l'eau : une belle équipe (Emily Bakker, Ashley Courtney,

2010-07-11T12:09:00.003+02:00

Back Home ! After a year studying and training down south in Toulouse and the last 2 month cruising al over Europe it feels good to settle for a few days. Après une année à étudier et m'entraîner à Toulouse et les deux derniers mois à voyager un peu partout en Europe, ça fait du bien de se poser quelques jours.photo: Isaac Levinson

2010-07-11T11:11:00.006+02:00

Slalom World Cup #3 - Augsburg (GERMANY)from 28th of june to the 4th of julyAfter Seu we head strait to Germany, it was my first time training on Augsburg course and if I didn't really liked it at first, I loved it by the time I got a little used to it. The good thing about Augsburg was that we could play our usual after training game: "chocolatine" (Southern frenh equivalent of "pain au chocolat

2010-07-10T19:25:00.006+02:00

Slalom World Cup #1 - Le Seu d'Urgell (SPAIN)from 21st to 27th of june Seu was my first World cup and probably one of the worst races I've ever had. I had two really bad run in the qualifications and so I didn't make it to the semi final. Luckily I still had a great week in spain enjoying the sun, the training sessions and trying to work on my spanish (special Thanks to Meri Rodriguez, Nuria

2010-06-17T17:27:00.013+02:00

TEVA games in Italy from the 9th to the 13th of june Après la frustration des championnats d’Europe annulés, c’est avec grand plaisir que j’ai retrouvé mon bateau plastique. Les TEVA games étaient composés de quatre épreuves de kayak l’épreuve classique la descente en rivière sur la Chuisella et le sprint, le slalom extrême, et le boater cross sur le bassin d’Ivrea. C’était

2010-06-08T15:18:00.011+02:00

European Championships (CANCELLED)28th of may to 6th of juneThis was supposed to be my first international race in the slalom senior team. We had a great week training on Cunovo's slalom course. But when the races started, the water had already started to come up, it was no more fall at the end of the course but we could still do the qualification races. I was disappointed with my

2010-06-03T15:44:00.009+02:00

N1 à l'Argentière 22-23 maiAprès deux semaines et demi sans entraînement, je ne m'attendais pas à être transcendante. D'ailleurs c'était plutôt catastrophique mais quel bonheur de naviguer sous le soleil au lieu de rester enfermé à réviser le nez dans ses cahiers !After 2 weeks and a half without training, I wasn't expecting anything good. And I was right because my race terribly bad but I was so

2010-05-03T07:31:00.002+02:00

Sélectif régional à Toulouse25 mai 2010photo: Maurice PubertUne course à la maison, du soleil, des amis et pas de pression.A race at home, a sunny weather, some good friends and no pressure.

2010-04-26T14:18:00.015+02:00

Spring Ski SessionsSkier me manque vraiment depuis que je suis à Toulouse. ET j'était très contente de pouvoir profiter de la fin de la saison après les sélections.I really miss skiing since I'm in Toulouse. And I was very happy to be able to enjoy a bit of the end of the season after the team trails.

2010-04-24T19:23:00.005+02:00

Freestyle session in Lyon 09 avril 2010

2010-04-07T23:16:00.002+02:00

Team trails footageArticles de la République des Pyrénées 04 avril 2010- Estanguet: "Je sais comment j'aimerais naviguer dans deux ans".06 avril 2010- Cinq leçons à tirer des Piges.

2010-04-07T23:12:00.003+02:00

Senior team trails 3 & 4 avril 2010 Photo: Hélène Dessacs Les sélections ne sont pas des courses comme les autres, il faut souvent gérer une pression et une ambiance assez particulières. Si la chose était bien mal engagée au début je ne m’en sors finalement pas trop mal.Après quelques jours sans kayak, je re-navigue à Pau le mercredi afin de reprendre mes marque

2010-03-25T10:44:00.004+01:00

Winter is over ! Derniers entraînements à Pau, dernière ligne droite avant les sélections.Premiers jours du printemps, premières séances en manches courtes.Il semble bien que nous pouvons ranger nos vêtements d'hivers et sortir la crème solaire ! Last training sessions in Pau before the team trails. First days of the spring, first days paddling in short sleeve.It seems that we can leave our

2010-03-23T15:13:00.003+01:00

Rider of the Year"The goal of these annual awards is simply to showcase the incredible things that are done in our sport each year and highlight the people doing them. With your participation we have an international platform to stoke the fire of progression and community in kayaking. We hope that anyone who has done something cool this year will submit an entry if only to let everyone else see

2010-03-23T15:08:00.004+01:00

Femix' Sport Femix’sport is a French organisation that stands for parity in sport. The association’s goals are to promote and defend the access of women in any sport, at all levels, to act against discriminating behaviours, and to have a beneficial effects on the institutions and medias in order to evolve the place held by women in sport.Femix' Sports website HEREArticle on River Angels HERE

2010-03-18T23:44:00.004+01:00

Video of January's K1W training camp<<<>>>

2010-03-03T19:22:00.003+01:00

First national race 27th and 28th of February Me voilà rentrée de Bretagne où se déroulait la première manche du championnat de France N1. Sans surprise la pluie et le vent étaient au RDV. Cette première course a été comme une bonne baffe, un réel échec et par conséquent un énorme coup au moral. En effet, ça c'est très mal passé car malgré des demi-finales plus que moyennes mais qui passent, je

2010-01-08T23:31:00.003+01:00

First session of the year6th of January 2010 Lors de mon retour sur Toulouse, je me suis arrêtée à Lyon pour faire une petite séance avec Martina.On my way back to Toulouse I stopped n Lyon for a short session with Martina.

2010-01-01T12:38:00.002+01:00

New Year ! Year 2009 is ending, 2010 starting.This year has been a very good for kayaking I won the freestyle worlds in junior, I placed 2nd individual and 1st at team race in the slalom junior europeans. It has also been a good year for the studies I had my baccalauréat with a good scoring. I would like to thank everyone who support me : my family and friends, my local kayak club, my sponsors..

2009-12-22T18:58:00.004+01:00

Winter training has now started... december 2009C'est un plaisir de passer l'hiver dans le sud de la France. Le climat y est généralement plus clément. Pour l'instant nous n'avons eut qu'une seule semaine où il a fait très froid. Malheureusement c'est la semaine où nous étions en stage K1D à Pau et les conditions d'entraînement étaient difficiles : des séances d'1h30/2h par des températures

2009-11-08T09:08:00.008+01:00

Vacances de la toussaintDu 24 octobre au 1er novembre Une semaine de "vacances":- Sélectif régional à Neuville sur Ain (2 courses une le samedi l'autre le dimanche en K1, C1 et C2)- Stage à St Pierre avec les jeunes du club (entrainements de slalom et encadrement des séances des jeunes, mais aussi une super session de freestyle avec Martina et une journée de slalom avec Olivia)- Sélectif régional

2009-11-07T11:01:00.004+01:00

Stage de rentrée du "Pôle France"12, 13, 14 octobre3 dures journées mais heureusement, je les ai passées avec ma partenaire d'entrainement et amie Laure Udari ce qui a rendu cet horrible stage amusant.Le premier jour nous avons fait 106 km de vélo sur route avec nos VTT avec environ 3000m de dénivelé positif. je n'avais jamais vraiment fait du vélo avant et maintenant je comprends pourquoi ! Avec

2009-11-07T10:41:00.003+01:00

Life in ToulouseDésolé de ne pas avoir donné de nouvelles. Mais comme on dit "pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles".Ces deux derniers mois, ma vie a complètement changée. J'ai quitté mes montagnes, mon petit village pour venir m'installer et faire mes études à Toulouse. Je suis plus ou moins constamment en train de courir entre l'entrainement et les cours. C'est parfois difficile mais je

2009-09-21T19:53:00.002+02:00

Supporting Norway in the 2009 slalom worlds ! september 11,12, 13th It was nice to go in Seu to watch the best slalom paddlers, but the nicest thing for me out there was to give a little help to the Norwegian federation. Norway was represented by two K1W: Mariann Seather and Valerie Bertrand. Both women have a lot's of skills in white water. I think Mariann is the best extrem women paddler ever

2009-09-08T22:55:00.004+02:00

World Freestyle Championships-Thun (Switzerland)from the 1st to the 6th of SeptemberThun was better then what we've been expecting, the organisation was great; Thanks and Congratulations to Simon Hirter. The river side was always crowdy and a lot's of non-paddler spectators were there. The wave wasn't big but it was pretty hard and I really enjoyed it. It was very nice to do some freestyle after

2009-08-28T22:54:00.003+02:00