Please note: content on this page is under review and some links may be broken.
Climbing
- Australian Climbing Association NSW (ACANSW): https://acansw.org.au/
- Petzl: http://www.petzl.com/
- Uncarved Block – Holds made locally and pictures of New England: http://www.uncarvedblock.com.au/
- Uncarved Block’s – Armidale Climbing pages: http://uncarvedblock.com.au/armidale-climbing
- Australian Climbing Association QLD: https://www.qldclimb.org.au/
- Bureau of Meteorology – North East Districts Weather Forecast: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN10060.shtml
- New Zealand North Island Guide: http://www.freeclimb.co.nz/
- Climbing Magazine: http://climbing.com/
Paddling links
River Levels/Weather
- BoM NSW river levels (Updated daily): http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN60005.html
- DLWC levels: http://waterinfo.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/
- Radar image of New England region(Updated every ten minutes): http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR282.loop.shtml#image
- Pollacks bridge level (Useful for Goolang levels): http://waterinfo.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/hyd/create.pl?sitekey=&adv=&data=y&site=204001
- Paddling Centres/Locations: Nymboida Canoe Centre & Outdoor Education: http://www3.turboweb.net.au/~canoe/index.htm
- The Steps (Barrington River): http://www.thesteps.com.au/
- Penrith Artificial Whitewater Stadium: http://www.penrithwhitewater.com.au/
Canoe and kayak basics
- Basic strokes and techniques: http://www.canoe.org.au/started/paddlingkayak.html
- The five simple steps to the perfect forward stroke: http://www.usawildwater.com/tech/010102.htm
- Good posture to avoid spills: http://www.adventurekayaking.com/tips-posture.html
- The bombproof Brace:
- Part 1: http://www.adventurekayaking.com/tips-brace1.html
- Part 2(High Brace): http://www.adventurekayaking.com/tips-brace2.html
- Part 3(Low Brace): http://www.adventurekayaking.com/tips-brace3.html
- Paddler’s Environmental Code of Conduct: http://www.canoe.org.au/canoe-education/info/mipg.html
- Australian Canoeing Safety Code: http://www.canoe.org.au/started/safetycode.html
- How to create Confidence: http://www.adventurekayaking.com/tips-conf.html
Rolling (Eskimo Roll)
- Best rolling site on the net – by Rob Hignell: http://web.singnet.com.sg/~songhao/Rolling/roll.htm
- Steps to a Bombproof Roll with EJ: http://www.jacksonkayak.com/JKtechniques/rolling.cfm
- Four elements of the eskimo roll: http://gorp.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/pad_bomb.htm
- Kent Ford’s tips on rolling: http://208.55.248.104/Ebook/rolling.htm
- Kayak Rolling Primer: http://www.atlantickayaktours.com/Pages/ExpertCenter/Rolling/Rolling1.shtml
- Different kayak rolls: http://www.rolling.demon.co.uk/rolling5.htm
- Videos of lots of different strokes and rolls: http://www.qajaqusa.org/Movies/movies.html
- Back Deck roll (the Playboater’s roll) by Ken Whiting: http://www.paddlermagazine.com/issues/2001_4/article_125.shtml
- The hand roll: http://www.seacanoe.org/hand.htm
- Eskimo rolling History: http://members.rogers.com/michaeldaly2/kayakRollingXref.htm
Canoe Polo
- International Canoe Polo Forums: http://www.canoepolo.com/
- Australian Canoe Polo: http://www.canoepolo.com.au/
- Official Canoe Polo Rules: http://www.canoeicf.org/canoepolo/rules.htm
Forums/Review/Guide sites
- BoaterTalk (Great site for reviews, forums mostly US): http://www.boatertalk.com/
- Paddle Australia (Great resource for trips and home to most active aussie forum): http://www.adventurepro.com.au/paddleaustralia/
- Playak (Good reviews, vids, and photos): http://www.playak.org/
- Local Paddler (Good US forums): http://www.localpaddler.com/
Organisations
- Australian canoeing: http://www.canoe.org.au/
- Canoe Tasmania: http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/canoetas/index.htm
- Australia Day Canoe Polo: http://www.canoepolo.com.au/
- Official Canoe Polo Rules: http://www.canoeicf.org/canoepolo/rules.htm
- International Canoe Federation: http://www.canoeicf.org/
- New South Wales Canoeing: http://www.nswcanoe.org.au/
- Queensland Canoeing: http://www.canoeqld.org.au/
- Canoe South Australia: http://www.canoesa.asn.au/
- Canoe Tasmania: http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/canoetas/index.htm
- Canoeing Victoria: http://www.canoevic.org.au/
- Canoeing Western Australia: http://www.canoewa.asn.au/
Freestyle Kayaking
- Australian Playboating: http://www.lachstar.com/
- Freestyle Kayaker: http://www.freestylekayaker.com/
- Riot’s old site still documents most freestyle moves: http://www.riotkayaks.com/riot/pages/fr_moves.html
- Playak vids: http://playak.com/moveswelcome.html
- Basic Playboating moves: http://www.midwestmtn.com/TeamMidwestmtn/The%20Moves.htm
- Allan Ellard’s online moves workshop: http://www.riverkore.com/freestyle/moves-workshop/
- Tricky Wu and Superclean: http://prokayaker.tv/howto.html
- Tutorials at FreestyleKayaker.com (Orbit, Loops, Blunt, Cartwheel): http://se.rocsport.com/cgi-bin/show.pl? action=show&page=moves_and_tech_freestyle
- Back Stab: http://www.playak.com/article.php?sid=374
- The Helix and Flip Turn: http://www.stevefisher.net/AB%20secondary%20pages/helix.htm
- Macho Move: http://www.stevefisher.net/AB%20secondary%20pages/macho%20move.htm
- Flip Turn: http://www.electricwater.com.au/howto-flipturn.htm
- Flatwater cartwheel – great site: http://www.kendriscoll.com/archives/2003_07.html#000019
- Flatwater-Loop: http://www.electricwater.com.au/howto-floop.htm
- EJ’s techniques page: http://www.jacksonkayak.com/JKtechniques/techniques.cfm
Crazy stuff that Sam found
- First Descent of the Roa falls: http://www2.rocsport.com/cgi-bin/show.pl?action=show&page=fk_news&marvin_articleid=987
- First descent of Ula Falls: http://www2.rocsport.com/cgi-bin/show.pl?action=show&page=fk_news&marvin_articleid=669
- Steep creeks Video page: http://www.steepcreeks.com/Video_Gallery/video_page.htm
- Dane Jackson – 10 years old and ripping: http://www.jacksonkayak.com/kidscorner/dane-great-falls-run.cfm
- Chile creeking: http://www.boof.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=3055&password=
Commercial
- Canoe Barrington: http://www.canoebarrington.com.au/