Here's another chance to hear one of Etienne's favourite interviews from the first series. Etienne travels to Manchester to meet Cal Major, who's been so influential in the fight against sewage and plastic in our seas.  Cal talks about her epic world record journey when she decided to take her SUP and paddle nearly 1000 miles from Lands' End to John o'Groats.   Cal talks about the physical and mental resilience needed on this two month challenge and her reflection on the environmental issues she encountered.  She believe's there's a massive problem to solve. Cal decided to go inland on her journey and it helped her to see the connection between what's going on there and the marine litter crisis at sea. There's a great discussion, some fascinating observations and heartening news about the successes of the campaigns against plastic and sewage. To find out more about Cal Major's Paddle Against Plastic go to: www.paddleagainstplastic.com there's lots of brilliant information and blogs.  And Cal's on twitter @PaddlesVsPlastic and on instagram @cal_major You can find Etienne Stott @EtienneStott And there's lots of information about Canoeing and the Clear Access, Clear Waters Campaign www.britishcanoeing.org.uk And to find out more places to paddle this summer www.gopaddling.info Thanks for visiting.

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Etienne Stott's favourite interviews part 2 - Cal Major, Paddle Against Plastics

Here's another chance to hear one of Etienne's favourite interviews from the first series.Etienne travels to Manchester to meet Cal Major, who's been so influential in the fight against sewage and plastic in our seas.  Cal talks about her epic world record journey when she decided to take her SUP and paddle nearly 1000 miles from Lands' End to John o'Groats.  Cal talks about the physical and mental resilience needed on this two month challenge and her reflection on the environmental issues she encountered.  She believe's there's a massive problem to solve.Cal decided to go inland on her journey and it helped her to see the connection between what's going on there and the marine litter crisis at sea.There's a great discussion, some fascinating observations and heartening news about the successes of the campaigns against plastic and sewage.To find out more about Cal Major's Paddle Against Plastic go to:www.paddleagainstplastic.comthere's lots of brilliant information and blogs.  And Cal's on twitter@PaddlesVsPlasticand on instagram@cal_majorYou can find Etienne Stott@EtienneStottAnd there's lots of information about Canoeing and the Clear Access, Clear Waters Campaignwww.britishcanoeing.org.ukAnd to find out more places to paddle this summerwww.gopaddling.infoThanks for visiting.

A summer re-run and a chance to listen again.Olympic gold medal winner and climate campaigner Etienne Stott meets one of his heroes, Steve Backshall.Steve's incredible expedition's have made into dozens of TV programmes and brought paddling to a mainstream audience. It's a fascinating conversation.They start with Steve's recent trip to the Arctic - the wildlife he's encountered, the incredible Northern Lights and his absolute love of the sea kayak. There are some great stories!Steve also talks about his dramatic rescue on a trip to Bhutan when he feared he was drowning.Etienne and Steve discus the climate emergency and their hopes for the future.Steve explains why he supports British Canoeing's Clear Access, Clear Waters campaign and tells us of the problems he and his wife have encountered from the river banks. And Steve and Etienne discover they share two other things - they both started paddling in the Scouts and they've both just taken Open University degrees.You can find Etienne Stott on twitter@etiennestottAnd Steve Backshall@SteveBackshallTo find out where to paddleswww.gopaddling.infoTo find out more about the Clear Access, Clear Waters campaign please visitwww.britishcanoeing.orgIf you have a moment - we'd love it if you could rate and review our podcast.  Thank you.

Etienne Stott's favourite interviews part 1 - Steve Backshall

Olympic gold medal winner Etienne Stott chats with former MP and paddler Tom Watson and the Chief Executive of The Outdoor Industries Association, Andrew Denton.There's some great chat here about the work done to allow canoeists back on the water during lockdown and the transformational possibilities during the recovery from the Covid crisis.Tom Watson discusses his story from junior politician to deputy leader of the Labour Party - and his realisation that his weight had become a problem.  He tells how paddling is part of his journey reversing type-2 diabetes and losing seven stone.Andrew talks about some of his work.  Including his lobbying to extend the Government's 'Cycle to Work scheme' to cover paddling and running.

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott and guests Tom Watson and Andrew Denton

Warning - some topics discussed are of a sensitive nature.Etienne's joined by two paddling adventurers Nick Ray, a sea-kayaking specialist and Darren Clarkson-King who talk about how the water helps with mental health.Darren is the only paddler to have kayaked all the rivers that flow from Everest.  He talks to Etienne about how what he believes we learn from adventures.  He thinkskayaking challenges people in a way that no other sport does.  He's passionate about it for personal development.Nick is very open about his mental health challenges, including an attempt on his own life last year.  He talks about how sea-kayaking and the outdoors helps him.@PLE_AND_ME is where you'll find Darren on twitterand his website is purelandexpeditions.comNick's website is www.lifeafloat.co.uk and you can follow him on twitter @lifeafloatwww.mind.org.uk. for more information on mental healthwww.samaritans.org.ukwww.britishcanoeing.org.uk for more details about paddling

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott - mental health with adventurers Darren Clarkson-King and Nick Ray

Etienne Stott leads a fascinating conversation about access with two leading writers.Guy Shrubsole is the author of "Who Owns England?: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take it Back.Nick Hayes is the author of "The Book of Trespass"and is a land and rights campaigner.This is an hour's discussion which goes to the heart of British Canoeing's Clear Access, Clear Waters campaign - the vision to confirm access to rivers and inland waters in a fair, shared and sustainable way.More detailswww.britishcanoeing.org.ukwww.clearaccessclearwaters.org.ukThe "don't criminalise trespass petition" created by Guy ishttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300139Follow British Canoeing@britishcanoeing

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott on Access and Rights of Way with Nick Hayes and Guy Shrubsole

Etienne Stott meets 4 of this year's #ShePaddles Ambassadors, just some of the group chosen to promote women in paddlesport.  There's great chat here about their passions for getting outdoors and sharing the love of the canoe and paddling.The guests are Emma Love, Kirstie Macmillan, Katie Pearson and Julie Vidor.Emma's into white water SUP.  India instructs yoga on a SUP.  Kirstie is an outdoor instructor.  And Julie has discovered slalom.  They talk about how they got into the sport, what they get out of it and how they've overcome barriers to become so passionate.  And there's a discussion on how to get more women on to the water.  

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott and the #ShePaddles Ambassadors

Etienne Stott chats with the chair of British Canoeing, Prof John Coyne CBE and CEO David Joy.  This is the audio version of a live video stream which you can find on British Canoeing's social media channels.Lots of topics are covered in this episodes with questions from members.  They talk about how British Canoeing's been working during the Covid crisis and how they're supporting people getting back paddling; what's happening with courses and how the organisation moves forward on environmental issues.The CEO tells Etienne he's thankful for the outstanding support from so many members during this lockdown.And there's a discussion about the challenge to increase BAME participation rates and improving the diversity in the sport.

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott and British Canoeing's Chair and CEO

Olympic gold medal winner and environmental campaigner Etienne Stott chats with Hugo Tagholm the Chief Executive of Surfers Against Sewage.  This is an audio version of the live video streams which you can find on British Canoeing's Facebook Page and YouTube Channel.Hugo is a surfer, environmentalist and award-winning campaigner from the beaches to the Houses of Parliament.  He's been instrumental in getting more than a hundred thousand volunteers out to the rivers and beaches on clean-ups in the fight against plastic pollution.  His work has been widely recognised and got him an invitation to the wedding of Harry and Meghan.Etienne's also joined by British Canoeing's Ben Seal who goes out on the Derwent on a mini clean-up and finds quite a bit of rubbish in his half an hour paddle

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott and Hugo Tagholm of Surfers Against Sewage

Olympic gold medal winner Etienne Stott meets comedian, actor, musician and paddler Bill Bailey.  This is the audio podcast version of a live video stream, which can still be found on British Canoeing's Facebook page and YouTube channel.Bill got into paddle boarding seven years ago and loves the freedom and simplicity of the sport.  He learnt with his teenage son on the Thames near London.There's lots of great paddling chat in this latest episode.

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott and comedian/actor/musician/paddler Bill Bailey

Olympic gold medal winner Etienne Stott chats with the international paddlers Emma Wiggs, Kimberley Woods and Katie Reid.Kimberley was set to make her Olympic debut in 2020 after a successful 2019 season.  She was also hoping to be one of the stars of the European Championships at Lee Valley this year.  She spent the early part of lockdown training in her back garden.Emma is a multiple world champion and won gold at the Rio Paralympics.  She was hoping to be heading to Tokyo this year.Katie was a former karate champion who was recruited from the Girls for Gold campaign.  She was hoping to make C2 in the Tokyo Olympics.Enjoy the chat!

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott, Emma Wiggs, Kimberley Woods and Katie Reid

Etienne meets some of the UK's top people for kit.  Pete Astles from Peak UK, Steve Childs from Tootega, Paul Robertson of Palm equipment and Mat Wilkinson from Pyranha.This is an audio version of a live video stream on British Canoeing's Facebook page and YouTube channel.They talk about trends in the sport, life under lockdown and what the future holds.  It's a fascinating insight with plenty of banter too.

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott and the UK's top paddlesport kit makers

The French Kayaker Nouria Newman joins Etienne Stott in this audio version of British Canoeing's special lockdown video streams.  Nouria is a gold medal winner at the World Championships - but there is so much more to her paddling. She's brilliant at freestyle and extreme kayaking and pretty much one of a kind.  She loves competition but also has a thirst for adventure.The video of this chat is on British Canoeing's YouTube and Facebook channels

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott and Nouria Newman

This is an audio version of a lockdown video livestream special.  Etienne Stott meets two great adventurers.  Sal Montgomery talks about how she got into the extreme end of the sport - tackling waterfalls, undiscovered rivers and going on expeditions all over the world.  Sal also talks about a recent trip to Bhutan and her rescue of TV presenter Steve Backshall.  Bren Orton began on flat water and then slalom and now freestyles in some of the craziest places you can imagine.  Bren tells us where he gets his inspiration and what he's planning for post-lockdown.

Paddlecast with Etienne Stott, Sal Montgomery and Bren Orton

Olympic gold medal winner and climate change campaigner Etienne Stott introduces Clear Access, Clear Waters: The Paddler's Podcast. There's so much being done to make sure you can take your canoe or stand up paddleboard in rivers and waterways across the UK. We'll hear inspiring stories of the people who are making big differences to the environment to help others and you'll find out how you can get involved.

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Clear Access, Clear Waters: The Paddler's Podcast

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