June was a great time for us here in the kayak school, the water levels were great and of course we were fully paddle fit since returning from our epic adventure in the Indian Himalayas.
Our home river - the Rosanna was now up and running and with optimum levels we hit the Upper section for some slides, drops and boofs.
We were also extremely privileged to have Himal Naroula come and visit all the way from Nepal (via the Allgaeu Region in Bavaria!).
He got to kayak our home run and of course the chance to experience a river that had rocks in it rather than the HUGE volume of his homeland!
It was a first for Himal to be working on his creeking techniques but he was loving it and of course kayaking his first river in Austria.
Himal was also getting some serious air time on the Sanna
The sun also came out in June too and we were running all sorts of coaching courses.
The Beginners and Improver courses were a hit and the Lech proved again that Austria is not all about big water with powerful rapids that will scare you senseless!!
It seems strange that the Western part of Austria has this fear factor to many English speaking kayakers, maybe it is the old guide book?
New this season we have Peak UK's latest pfd's and really have set the standard.
Ran came to visit and got put through his paces running all sorts of rapids, rivers and really working hard on his technique.
Ran also got to kayak on the Swiss Inn up in the Engadine region and it certainly did not disappoint with amazing colour and of course all set in some of the most spectacular scenery the Alps has to offer.
I also managed to get an evening session on the Rosanna, walking up to kayak the last few drops of the Rosanna Gorge.
When the Rosanna comes up there are some great little moves to make
It is pretty non-stop all the way to the village of St. Anton am Arlberg and is a gem of a river.
July was looking was already looking good and our Kayak School based in the heart of the Austrian Alps is going from strength to strength…
Ram Ram
Steve
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