Schoorl (The Netherlands), Tauranga (New Zealand). With her father running a kayak school, Martina was destined to become a kayaker. Growing up in the small seaside village of Schoorl, she spent her teenage summers working as a kayak instructor and following the European freestyle circuit. Martina has become a true globetrotter who can pride herself on winning the European Freestyle Championships and some of the highest profile whitewater races in the world, including the Teva Outdoor Games and the Sickline Extreme World Championships four times in a row – her sights are now on slalom competition.
Majestically soaring and almost clipping the grey and white topped waves, forty knots of bitterly cold southerly right in the face. Massive rollers moving in from...
Five years ago I was exploring the world, paddling rivers far away from artificial whitewater courses of canoe slalom. In September 2019, I qualified for...
The sixth edition of the Malabar River Festival took place July 17th and is South India’s only extreme adventure competition. The event, held in Kerala,...
Self awareness and training your mind is as important as training your body. Whether you are a super serious competitor or not, it’s interesting to go...
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