Bill Anderson

Freestyle Kayak

Favourite Alpkit products:
Filo down jacket

Significant or memorable achievements:
Every new river I paddle is a good new memory

Upcoming projects:
Graduate (hopefully!) in May then spend the summer traveling round Europe.

Best comp results:
7th British Champs 2007
Peak Uk Challenge junior Champion 2000 & 2002

Activities:
I spend all my free time kayaking, whether playboating at Teesside, out on a local river or after the long drive to Scotland to find some water. I can’t wait to graduate this year and am looking forward to going back to Europe with my boat. I’m hoping to visit Slovenia, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany then head up to Norway. The Freestyle World Cup series is in Europe this year so I am hoping to compete in the 3 events in Prague, Augsberg and Thun.

Et cetera:
Hopefully get a freestyle event back to Teesside!

Recent Daring Deeds

A New Year

It’s been a while since my last blog post but the start of a New Year offers a good time to ..

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Posted on 28 January, 2010 by Bill

California 2

Since my last California update, not much has happened. Water levels are poor at present so we ..

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Posted on 23 June, 2009 by Bill

California so far…

We arrived in San Francisco on a hot afternoon and I was glad to be off the plane and excited ..

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Posted on 17 June, 2009 by Bill

Off to California

After months of waiting I’m about to head off to California for 3 weeks to kayak in the Sierra ..

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Posted on 08 June, 2009 by Bill

Bank holiday surfing in France

After no days off work since the new year the double bank holiday weekend was a good chance to ..

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Posted on 17 April, 2009 by Bill

A weekend in the Fort

A flyer from work on Friday afternoon saw a group of us heading north to Fort William for a ..

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Posted on 17 April, 2009 by Bill

A hectic weekend!

After picking Andi up in Nottingham we headed straight to the NEC to help on the Alpkit stall ..

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Posted on 02 April, 2009 by Bill

Tyne Tour

The Tyne Tour is an event I have been attending for years. It’s an event that gets better and ..

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Posted on 12 November, 2008 by Bill

The Mighty Nene

A sunny September weekend saw paddlers from all corners of the UK heading to Northampton for ..

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Posted on 24 September, 2008 by Bill

Monday Mission

At the Festival of Freestyle I was receiving phone calls the whole weekend from friends out on ..

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Posted on 18 September, 2008 by Bill

Festival of Freestyle

After a summer travelling around Europe paddling on beautiful blue water with mostly nice ..

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Posted on 14 September, 2008 by Bill

Thur wave

After leaving Bremgarten early due to high water levels we eventually found the internet in ..

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Posted on 28 July, 2008 by Bill

Bremgarten

After weeks of river running I was itching to get back in my playboat again, especially with ..

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Posted on 28 July, 2008 by Bill

Playboating on the Silz

Since arriving in Austria we have seen water levels fluctuating quite a lot. The weather ..

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Posted on 22 July, 2008 by Bill

Zermatt and the Matterhorn

Zermatt, what an incredible place. At first however, I wasn’t convinced. We arrived late one ..

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Posted on 15 July, 2008 by Bill

France Roundup

I have been kayaking in the French Alps several times before but even still this year the water ..

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Posted on 13 July, 2008 by Bill

Student Boater X 2008

Saturday saw the third, now annual student boater cross on the l’argentiere slalom course on ..

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Posted on 23 June, 2008 by Bill

Stop. Hammer Time

Friday (13th) saw the first ever Slope Jam on the Fournel River, France.  The section paddled ..

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Posted on 21 June, 2008 by Bill

Summer Scotland Uni Trip

With university finally finished for the year, a group of us headed up to Scotland for our ..

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Posted on 27 May, 2008 by Bill

Wasburn PFAKS

The 2008 freestyle kayaking season kicked off with a short journey from Teesside to the mighty ..

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Posted on 27 May, 2008 by Bill

Pyranha Rev

With Jim offering us a go in Pyranha’s new playboat, the Rev, Nic and I eagerly headed to ..

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Posted on 07 May, 2008 by Bill

BUSA No Polo 2008

The weekend of 11/12/13 April saw the annual BUSA Canoe Polo Competition at Hatfield Water ..

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Posted on 07 May, 2008 by Bill

Outdoors Show 2008

After a long drive from Teesside we finally arrived at the NEC on Friday. We had come along to ..

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Posted on 21 March, 2008 by Bill