Mark Lovegrove
Events Officer

Hi I’m Mark & paddling rocks my world!

Number of Years Paddling?

5 total    1.7 recently    3 in strange 2 man things, in military/ dancers in scouts!

Where have you paddled in the world?

 n wales,devon,scotland,dorset, hurley.  norway,guatamarla!!

Current Boats?

Jackson 4fun & Allstar

Current Paddles?

Werner Sidekicks

Other Current Kit?

Sweet Strutter, WRSI Current, Astral Green, HF Weasel, Neo Deck, Crewsaver Drysuit, Palm Switch, IR Board Shorts & Keen River Hoods

What is your favourite bit of boating kit?

Anyones throw line, that reaches me! Plus keen river boots.

Nicknames?

Captain Calamity ( Tom )

Current Wish List?

2010 Medium burn, cranked werners, new drysuit,splits, bomb proof roll :>) and an open boat at some point

Favourite Moment(s) in Paddling?

Talking lins into doing right angle falls in scotland. and seeing her face afterwards, priceless!.  right angle falls ( for the picture ). the first time I made it around the dart loop  dry, (it took many many many attempts !!!! ) watching tom leap into triple fall ( on a line ) on the loop, to fetch my boat… oohh plus tom picking up a dead otter ( and screaming ) whilst searching for lost kit below the grade 4 drop on the river Arckaig in scotland, ha ha ha ha!

River Section of choice?

Tryweryn & Garry

Words of wisdom?

LOVE MANY, TRUST FEW, AND ALWAYS PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE.

What are you most looking forward to in terms of paddling?

Rec L4, Scotland 2010, new burn, ukcc L2, 4 star ww, wwsr, 3 star open and all the trips planned, hopefully with some personal improvement.