Does anyone know of accessible playspots in the south of France in addition to the Ardeche and Hawaii sur-rhone?
Also are there any good French paddling forum websites?
French Playspots in Rhone-Alps and Provence
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French Playspots in Rhone-Alps and Provence
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I think Pierre would be a good contact point for that!
http://www.streamboard.fr/ he is afterall a C1er (standing up on a board) and a squirt boater. good luck!
http://www.streamboard.fr/ he is afterall a C1er (standing up on a board) and a squirt boater. good luck!
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That depends on what you call a playspot... .
From what I heard the Ardèche is rather flat, with a couple "rapids" in it, no idea how "playable" these are. Hawai-sur-Rhone is a huge wave on volume water. Not suited for no matter which boater.
In the "Lyon" area there is an artificial whitewater course "espace eaux vives" 4€/day access or something like that, with 2 play waves, even playable for OC!
The river Orb has a couple of playspots and a really nice slalom area "Réal". But we had quite low water with Easter, I'm afraid levels will be even lower now!
I didn't paddle other rivers out there. But the books of Peter Knowles can give you a good start. The rivers I'm talking about is in the "Central Massif" book.
From what I heard the Ardèche is rather flat, with a couple "rapids" in it, no idea how "playable" these are. Hawai-sur-Rhone is a huge wave on volume water. Not suited for no matter which boater.
In the "Lyon" area there is an artificial whitewater course "espace eaux vives" 4€/day access or something like that, with 2 play waves, even playable for OC!
The river Orb has a couple of playspots and a really nice slalom area "Réal". But we had quite low water with Easter, I'm afraid levels will be even lower now!
I didn't paddle other rivers out there. But the books of Peter Knowles can give you a good start. The rivers I'm talking about is in the "Central Massif" book.
france paddling website =
http://www.eauxvives.org/fr/regions/voir/
to bad it is in france but with a translator you will get the info you want.
it is very good.
if you have more questions please ask, there are so many spots, rivers and courses over there .
where are you looking east or west? there is about a day driving in between.
http://www.eauxvives.org/fr/regions/voir/
to bad it is in france but with a translator you will get the info you want.
it is very good.
if you have more questions please ask, there are so many spots, rivers and courses over there .
where are you looking east or west? there is about a day driving in between.
Propper Writing in English, how do you do that, with dyslexia, bad hand eye coordination, ect. and in a foreign language
sorry fore all the mistakes.
sorry fore all the mistakes.