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SUP: Thames touring – family river SUP adventures

SUP: Thames touring – family river SUP adventures

Words: Jon Carr

Pics: Lucy and Jon Carr

My wife Lucy and I were in the pub when she said: ‘about our summer holiday next month…how about an adventure?’ So our last minute package holiday plans changed. ‘I was thinking we could go on a paddle board trip’, she said. Within two weeks this had morphed into a 10 day UK holiday, paddle boarding down the Thames from Lechlade to Teddington, with our two…

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Kayaking on a wet day

After a lovely holiday it was back to work today at PYB.  Working with a family of 4 for the week delivering a range of activities.  Today we decided on kayaking given the wet weather.  We started in the morning learning some skills of flat water with a journey around the lake.  In the afternoon they were up for more of a challenge.  We started playing in a jet of water learning skills such as breaking in/out, ferry gliding, reading water, etc.  Once they had a grip on these skills we carried on down the river Llugwy to Jim's bridge.  This offers lots of interesting water finishing with a great grade 2 rapid at Jim's Bridge.  They all did very well picking up the skills quickly and having fun.

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SUP actually descended from the styles of watercraft and methods used by both Peruvian fishermen and African warriors

Writes author Rob Casey in Stand Up Paddling: Flatwater to Surf and Rivers. 

"Stand up paddling is also a versatile sport. Author and photographer Rob Casey, who lives in Seattle and has been stand up paddling for three years, uses his paddleboard for not only river paddling but also surfing on the coast. In fact, his one board has multiple uses, including fishing and overnight camping trips (by attaching gear to the nose of the board). 

'It's really easy [to learn]. You don't need a lesson just play around in a lake,' he says." 

Read more of this in depth article with author Rob Casey in Out There Monthly.