Kayaking down the best river in the UK!

Of all the great places to kayak in the UK, I think North Wales might be my favourite. Home to several classic sections, many gnarly waterfalls that where descended back in the day by some old school savages. There are maybe a few waterfalls here that I would want to go for but I always end up lapping the beautiful classic sections here rather than hucking ditches. One day I hope to spend enough time here to feel satisfied with the amount of laps I have on the Fairy Glen to go exploring. In the meantime, we tried to show David as many of the classics we could.
To get the chance to show him down the Mawdach was incredible, this is arguably our best joy lap river. It's not that hard but it's fall of nice moves, home to a couple of waterfalls and just plain fun to kayak down!
Sadly this is probably one of the last edits from this trip as the water levels dry up and David has to leave for work. Huge thanks to everyone that looked after us and took us kayaking, I think David is impressed with the UK kayaking scene!
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[@juttaweiss9560]

Sehr sehr schön - was mir richtig gut gefällt ist, wenn jemand vor dir fährt. So sehe ich dich - deine Bewegungen und Aktionen und die des Vordermanns - so kann ich mir ein maximal gutes Bild machen von der Situation. Wunderbar - DANKE

[@harrybarrett9653]

Handy thing with the UK. If it's sunny, go hiking, If not go kayaking.

[@lou36heron87]

great video, good scenery and river, always good to see the kayaking in other countries,

[@merlinmess3793]

Absolutely legendary vids from the UK @brenorton ….. thanks :) b st not mention the water quality 😇

[@Senders]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@MatthewBrookKayaking]

Thanks for your honesty about injury. Fantastic video of some great sections!

[@tim__sadler]

Putting North Wales back on the Map - the future of kayaking is safe in Senders hands!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

So many years since I paddled the Glen. Thanks for the trip through so many memories. Found myself tensing as I watched.

[@Senders]

Thanks Ray, hope you're well mate!

[@Truth-Be-Told-USA]

You people in the UK know how to have fun 😊

[@soundwarper]

So good! Love this! 👊😎🤟

[@aaronpahler5410]

UK Seems to be quite an sick at rainy times 🤙🏼

[@feelingjustfine]

Representing! Class video and good to see the home runs getting the kudos they deserve.

[@Senders]

Cheers for watching mate!

[@tomclaremedia]

Love your recent vids - they're all very very well done. Some lovely visuals of amazing places - that Mawddach section was beautiful.

[@Senders]

Thanks for watching man!

[@AngusRobins]

love the door chime 4:24 as the bow points at the sky 😁 excellent edit, great content as always 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@Senders]

Stoked someone spotted that! Cheers for watching mate!

[@beardawgstudios]

Hey Bren! Gotta say the audio / intros / cuts / music work and most importantly storyline are nearly perfect. It is enormous amounts of work trying to master each one of these areas and I just wanted to acknowledge how “clean” this short film truly is and behind it is a mountain of work few will appreciate. I love how you focused on David and his personality… we were on the Futa with him and Aniol and he really is a spectacular human to hang out with!! Lastly, what Microphone do you use to record voiceovers? Do you record and edit within your video eating program or outside and pull in?

[@Senders]

Cheers for the comment and understanding what goes into an edit mate! Catch you on the water!

[@epincion]

Thanks that was a great video - amazing river shots, sick editing, appropriate music and told a story.

[@Senders]

Thanks man, glad you like it!

[@smuir6104]

Super sweet!

[@greg.davies]

Top video 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤙

[@iancampbell839]

Some great water. Done many of them (but not all). Keep them coming. Your first trip down the river in Llangollen must look like a long time ago now.

[@bigpow101]

Awesome content as always. Great to see uk whitewater at its finest.

[@Dylankayaks]

Sick video bren 🤙🤙🔥

[@juttaweiss9560]

10:36 eine grandiose Technik

[@joshedwr]

Thanks Bren, I don’t think I’ve done any of these rivers yet!

[@gailmciver1440]

I use a CBD muscle rub too with stretches! It's really affective. Great video !

[@chanpak8379]

Awesome~~^^

[@db1654]

😮👏👏👏

[@fedster187]

video is awesome bren

[@Senders]

Cheers mate, hope you’re doing good!

[@willhatt5367]

Mint 👌

[@chimps4gimps]

Ahhh yeah, Fairy Glen. Nearly died there 😂

[@simonmccarthy5512]

Nice

[@JF.Rivest]

Another awesome vid with great storytelling! Out of curiosity, are you currently paddling the medium or the large Ripper 2?

[@Senders]

Cheers mate, I swap between the two but for this trip I could only bring one kayak so I brought the Large

[@wavesummit]

How does it compare to the Etive?

[@christopherthomson1978]

i always wonder with kayaking down rivers what do u do once u get to the end or where ever u stop as then dont u have to carry your kayak all the way back to the start where your car is

[@Senders]

Sometimes we leave a friends car a the bottom, sometimes I jog back up or in some places get on the local bus and sometimes someone drives our car for us

[@davidhughes2755]

Have you ever run the Ogwen River in North Wales?

[@Senders]

Yes mate, love it! What about you?

[@davidhughes2755]

@Senders no not yet but it runs through my home town Bethesda. I live in Ireland now but I go back to visit and really want to get a run on it at a nice medium to high level. Do you know of any local people in the area that run it?

[@shortyok]

so what kayak would you have rune the falls in !

[@Senders]

A large Scorch!

[@joereadickins]

Or a Bublik

[@walthanas]

For someone with a recent tree wrestling "ouchie", you certainly seem to be having a lot of fun on those rivers! 🙂 Just watching that makes my hands itch to get back on the water! Great pictures, clearly taken by someone who knows how to get good whitewater action shots! However, I think they look even better with your face showing (now there seemed to be an arm or paddle in front, or you just happened to bow your head down). Having kayaked with a bunch of Czech paddlers, it's funny to see that David isn't the one driving a Czech built Skoda Octavia stationwagon, but the British kayaker in front of him is (I also drive one)!

[@Senders]

Hahaha, David was a big fan of Joe's Skoda Octavia!

[@andrewcarson1435]

tryweryn not releasing?

[@stefanorangeart]

Not at the moment unfortunately.

[@andrewcarson1435]

@@stefanorangeart ahhh dam thing..... was half a plan to go there with camera sat or sun...