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Palm's main man Mr. Paul (Cheeze) Robertson working Shepperton's 4 gates like only he can. Long boats do rule. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

posted by Pete @ 5:42 AM 0 comments

Ho Ho Ho Christmas time is here

Merry Christmas every one. Thank you for a great year we hope to see you again soon.
Have a great Christmas break see you all in 2010.



We are back open on the 29th....

posted by Pete @ 5:25 AM 0 comments

Christmas Opening Hours

Christmas Opening Hours.



Happy Christmas everyone, Thank you for a fantastic year. And as I write this the snow is coming down hard outside! how very Festive....

posted by Pete @ 3:15 AM 0 comments

A word from our man in Africa.

From a cold, wet, dark November to an action packed hot December back on the Nile.
The water level is pretty low at the moment but that’s not such a bad thing as different waves and rapids appear and disappear as the day goes on. Club wave works in the morning from about 7am till 1pm.

The Legend of Best...

Club is a large piley wave, pretty consistent but as the day goes on it becomes more and more trashy and surgey, until it hits about 1pm then it’s not worth paddling. There’s a gap of about 3 to 4 hours where neither Club or Nile Special work properly, and then at around 4 pm Nile Special kicks in, a large peaking wave with a pile. When Nile Special kicks up you get an awesome steep green wave where any big wave move is possible. The Gui-Gui Prod is an incredible boat the air you can generate is substantially more than any other boat on the river, landing a big move flat is violent and your back defiantly knows about it…but its so worth it.

I’m seeing the river from a different perspective this time round as I am working as a raft guide, so it’s not just my self I have to navigate safely down its also 6 or 7 others as well. Big white water, sun, pineapple, flips and broken bones are the order of the day on the river and none of that gets boring. The money I earn from rafting pays off my tab at NRE so its happy days.

Life off the water consists of mainly eating, drinking, socialising and trips back and forth to town to buy a new pair of sunny that broke on the river the day before.

Photo by Julian Stocker.

For this and other exciting stories from the life and times of Jon Best have a gander at http://www.jonbest.blogspot.com/

posted by Pete @ 1:37 AM 0 comments

Lots of new things in store.

Lots of new things in store this week!



Check out the on-line store for great deals on these new items *SHOP*
for the Rebel LooK HerE The 2010 Burn *HERE*

For Palm's new B/A's Go have a peek at THIS...

And If you need to keep your feet warm and well coved over the Festive season then I think you should probably have a mosey at this little lot! RIGHT HERE.

Hope to see you all soon. Merry Christmas Ho Ho Ho Ho......

posted by Pete @ 7:52 AM 0 comments

Todays level.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Shepperton today.

posted by Pete @ 9:21 AM 0 comments

Crisp Start.

Scraping the frost off your car is never a great way to start your paddling session. But if Shepperton is running then morning and night sessions are rather the norm. Shepperton this morning is running on 7 gates with a fairly high pool level making a good fast wave / hole type feature, good size shoulders for throwing big blunts and that kinda jazz. We have managed to excel our self in one way particular way today! Quite possibly the worst collection of photos I’ve ever seen of Shepperton, give you an idea of what it’s like I guess. As for Sunbury weir how knows? There aren’t hot showers and Tea for when you get off so I haven’t been. Think there is a bit of a wave though.









So there you have it. A cold start to the day, but a good one! Now it’s back to the shop to drink lots of tea and eat my new favorite food CLIF BAR Energy Bars (Yummmmmmm) back tonight for the late session, if your there, Guess we will see you there. Have a good day all,

posted by Pete @ 1:57 AM 0 comments