Kayak rookie paddles like a pro
LONEHILL - Resident, Ryan Rodda took part in the two-day SA K1 Championship Interprovincial race on the Klip River.
The race started at Buksies Holiday Resort in Kiblerpark and covered 72km to finish at the Vaal River junction in Three Rivers. The race provided excellent preparation for the Dusi, with massive white water rapids, challenging obstacles, weirs and pipes to shoot through.
Numerous Gauteng paddlers grabbed the exciting opportunity to race against the top world champion river, surf and marathon racer, Hank McGregor in the seeding training race before the Dusi.
Rodda is relatively new to the sport of wild water river racing in terms of experience, however he took on the colossal white water challenge like a pro, and performed exceptionally well in the swollen white water of the Klip River. Rodda said he thoroughly enjoyed the adventure and the thrills of the rapids.
With just over two weeks to go to the Dusi, paddlers will be tapering down their extensive training programmes, building energy reserves and resting aching muscles while remaining supple with light regular exercise and paddling sessions. Rodda said he was pumping with adrenaline and excitement, and was looking forward to the Dusi.
