school club's first river trip...

This weekend saw the first ever river trips by a bunch of new kayakers in Kenya!

The group came from Braeburn Garden Estate International School here in Nairobi, and consisted of Mads from Year 9, Deepshika from Year 10 and Blanes and Zubair from Year 12.

We all had a fantastic time with good levels and lots of sunshine! The guys stepped up to the challenge and paddled really well after only ever kayaking in a swimming pool. Check out the photo's...

Scouting their first ever rapid... do you remember your's!?!

Mads nailing the line on the Tana:)

Bush whacking down to the put in on the Thiba 

With the gang at the put in... let the fun commence!

Blains nailing the line

Mr Ninja himself cruising! (this guy is rolling on flat water and t-rescuing in class 3!)

Scouting The Mission on the Tana... decided to save this for another day!;)

Identifying the line on the last rapids of the Tana's commercial section

Which went swimmingly for Mads!

Blains throws a wave wheel... haha, kidding folks, but he did t-rescue!

A big thanks to Mr Sjoberg from Braeburn for helping start and run the club (and all the photo's). 

Another big thanks to Fluid kayaks for making great boats for us to paddle. 

And the biggest thanks to you junior Jedi's who styled it!

See you on the water!

Kris

Off to the beach!

Last week was spent down at the Kenyan Coastal resort of Watamu. We headed down with 40 (!) Year 6 (10/11 years old) students from Braeburn Garden Estate International School in Nairobi.

The week went super well with lot's of learning and much fun / ice-cream had by all! Check out some pictures of the trip...

Happy to arrive... the first group had been up since 4am!

The first stop on day 1 were the amazing Swahili ruins at Gedi

We stopped off at the Local Ocean Trust's Turtle project  & rescue center

As well as the Bio-Ken Snake Farm, where these lucky / terrified guys got to hold a baby Python

Some great sand sculptures were made by the group

Before we headed out onto the reef at low tide with the girls from the Local Ocean Trust  for some rock pooling

Ben from Tribe Water Sports gave a safety briefing before hitting the water

Some kayaking out to the Coral heads

Kite flying on the beach

Windsurfing... with a good number getting the sail up!

A fun filled beach!

Mida Creek habitat study at low tide

Mida Creek Mangrove board walk... nice and wobbly!

Once again a big thanks to all who made the trip happen...

Ocean Sports Beach Hotel for the excellent service at  excellent Prices... thanks Emilie & Florien!

Rachael & the girls from the Local Ocean Trust for a fun and informative lesson on the reef.

Ben at Tribe for dealing with the chaos:)

Everyone else that helped out on our adventure!

And most of all a huge thanks to the staff at Braeburn for booking with Infinity!

see you soon!

Kris 

Photos: Kris Collyer / Tom Craven / Tribe Water Sports