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Michele Ramazza

About Me:

EXTREME KAYAKING

Running a river is for me a wonderful and unique way to get in contact with nature, that you can't reach in any other way. In the river you can feel the power of nature...feeling part of it. I love the challenges, first with yourself, you have to face in front of a difficult rapid or a big waterfall. All my mind is concentrate in dominating the fear and focuses on the right line to take. When I finally get to the bottom of the drop and I look backward I can feel pure happiness. River life allowed me to know a lot of myself, as well as many different people who share with me this passion and lifestyle. My best memories have a river as background.

TECHNIQUE

Beside this aspect of living the river, I never lost my attention on the kayak technique. Whitewater extreme kayaking is a relatively new sport and there are so many things to discover and improve. The kayak itself changed a lot in the last 10 years, allowing new moves and new drops. How is the better way to move in different situations and how many things modern kayaks can do are the questions I'm trying to answer training everyday focusing on any little detail of my style.

RACING

Racing in extreme rapids is very important for me. It feeds my hunger of challenges like running big drops. In races I need to do my best, use all my concentration and strength. There are not many other ways for me where I can feel to use all my resources, physical and mental, to reach an aim. Moreover, international races have become the place where I can find all my friends and enjoy paddling with them.

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By: Michele Ramazza Here you can find a detailed list of the most important river signal internationally known. A short guide to help the communication in the noisy river environment. One of the most important rule about river signals is: simplicity, clearness and only...

By: Michele Ramazza Lots of creek kayakers want to buy a slalom boat to start training to get a better paddler. Is that a good idea or not? Slalom kayakers have a better technique rather than any other paddlers but, is this enough to prove the slalom training is...