Kevin McCabe
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| Location | Belfast, N. Ireland |
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| Introduction | Born and based in Belfast, I paddle anything anywhere. I used to paddle only kayaks, but in recent years I have moved into open boats, C1 and OC1 playboats, and even some squirt boating. I can normally be found on some stretch of water somewhere, as I believe it's always a good time to paddle. I run rivers from grades 1-5 in a kayak, and so far to grade 3 in a traditional open boat and grade 4 in C1 and OC1. I have been on the Irish freestyle team for C1 and OC1 and I travelled to Lienz in Austria for the 2010 European Championships. I compete in many disciplines all over Ireland, including freestyle, boaterx, wild-water racing, marathon canoeing, canoe polo, squirt-boating and slalom. Typically when taking part in wildwater races or marathon races I paddle a tandom open boat with my friend Sonya. At the Liffey Descent 2009 we finished 18th out of 109 finishers and in 2010 we were the first mixed crew home - 12th overall. As well as competing all over Ireland, north and south, I also attend numerous recreation paddles organised by CANI - these are typically done in my open boat with my dog - luckily she still likes the boat when I take it down some whitewater |