18 years ago, I was on a holiday in Corsica together with my parents. I remember that my father paddled a few rivers but I was still too young to go with him. The landscape and even the black pigs with in it were awesome. Today, Corsica still has a beautiful landscape and is well known for its paddling conditions. You have to know that at that time, there was a forest fire in Corsica. I was young and I thought that the pink pigs were black cause they had caught fire. Later on, my parents explained me the real reason for this phenomenon.
Well, I had my first session in Corsica about three weeks ago, where I also joined the ‘Easter Kayak Corsica Sessions’. An event, which was organised by Raphael Thiebault, Joel and Philippe Doux in collaboration with Canoe Kayak Magazine and Kayak Session. The event was simple, but effective. More than 400 paddlers from all over the world (USA, Italy, Germany, Canada, Norway, Belgium, Great Britain, France etc…) were paddling on all of Corsica’s rivers. The organiser’s goal was to bring together as many paddlers as possible and have them all paddling in Corsica. An easy object, considering the fact, that Easter surely is the perfect season to go paddling around here. The Ernella base camp in the east was 20 minutes away from the city of Corte, where the campsite ‘Prat de Milou’ is located. A place, where all the guys met each other and exchange their information about the rivers and water levels. In the evenings, there always was a big bonfire and everyone told their story of the day and counted the pieces of skin being torn off their fingers.
During this week, a local TV team, called FR3 sera, was filming a group of kayakers on the Restonica river. The broadcast was about the general development of kayaking in Corsica. http://www.vimeo.com/4372652
my video :
Easter Corsica Kayak Sessions from Kayak TV on Vimeo.
Have fun with them!
Many thanks to ‘Milou’ for the nice reception at the campsite.
See you in the water
Stefun
photos : Valentin Grollemund and Stefun
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| Easter Corsica 2009 |
