Sluice is one of the few Whitewater Kayaking spots in the greater Dublin area that works at a high frequency. It has produced athletes that have competed on and position well on the world Freestyle stage. Removing the feature would force dedicated athletes to live outside of Ireland to get in their valuable training. Which ironically was the case with Slalom kayakers.
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Laura Griffin
11 years ago
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Sluice has been one of the most used and most popular playspots in the country. Changing the river to make it more accessible for slalom paddlers is a great idea but this should only have happened with a guarantee that the sluice feature would remain the same. Unfortunately this is not the case now and so work needs to continue to ensure the feature is as good as it was before.
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Yianni Kalogerakis
11 years ago
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The sluice have been a very important place for me and my kayaking skills. this was the place that I was able to head down to as a beginnet and challenge myself, while having great fun. It would be very sad to see this feature ruined, for all the younger generation of freestylers.
Sluice is one of the few Whitewater Kayaking spots in the greater Dublin area that works at a high frequency. It has produced athletes that have competed on and position well on the world Freestyle stage. Removing the feature would force dedicated athletes to live outside of Ireland to get in their valuable training. Which ironically was the case with Slalom kayakers.
Sluice has been one of the most used and most popular playspots in the country. Changing the river to make it more accessible for slalom paddlers is a great idea but this should only have happened with a guarantee that the sluice feature would remain the same. Unfortunately this is not the case now and so work needs to continue to ensure the feature is as good as it was before.
The sluice have been a very important place for me and my kayaking skills. this was the place that I was able to head down to as a beginnet and challenge myself, while having great fun. It would be very sad to see this feature ruined, for all the younger generation of freestylers.