Pro Diaries: British White Water Rafting Team – Interview

Aaron    The Professional's Arena     Best White Water Rafting UK, British White Water Rafting Team, Guide to White Water Rafting, White water Rafting, White Water Rafting Guide

Hi there, thanks for talking to us today. So, what has 2010 been like for you guys in the Rafting world?

Hi Extreme Element. 2010 has been good so far, we’ve been busy promoting rafting in the UK and getting our teams ready for a summer of races around the world.

We have some great races coming up with our Youth Teams making their first entrance into a World Rafting Championships and our Senior Teams heading to Holland, Italy and China.

So what do these competitions consist of?

The International Rafting Federation are the Governing body for Raft Racing and they set out the race rules and format. There are four current types, which are: read more

To Zorb or Not to Zorb?

Aaron    Experience Guides     Air Sphereing, Aqua Sphereing, Harness Sphereing, Hill Rolling, Sphere, Sphereing, Zorb, Zorbing

Whether you call it Sphereing, Zorbing, Orbing or just plain madness; Hill Rolling has lasted over a decade now and is showing no signs of losing momentum just yet.

Descending from the giant playground of New Zealand – ‘Zorbing’ was invented by Andrew Akers & Dwane van der Sluis back in 1994 when they bravely hit the slopes of Auckland for the first ever Zorb roll. By 1997 the crazy concept had developed into a fully fledged and publicly accessible activity, and so began the phenomenon. read more