We have been lucky enough to have had a great winter full of snow, and now we bask in summer’s glory. Always good to be lucky. These days we have been updating the forthcoming Sjoa River Festival programme, adding some new events, and sadly taking a few away. Always ones to be fresh, we have …
Our return from a soft two years of a low key event, meant that this year’s Sjoa River Festival was always going to be one to remember. From the controversial finish on the Sjoa Raft Race, the French domination of the kayak competitions, the stellar Sjoa Juniors Foam BoaterX, the all new Friends Float…..there were …
NOR: “2022 starta dramatisk for alle med hjerte for elvene: Flere sentrale politikere tok til orde for å bygge ut vannkraftverk i varig verna vassdrag. Etter iherdig innsats fra mange, ble det heldigvis raskt klart at regjeringa ikke kom til å sette verneplanen til side, og i juni parkerte også Stortinget saken. Hva var det …
Due to the low water and poor weather forecast on Rondane tomorrow, the Ula Slides Race 2022 is cancelled. We will run this year’s Sjoa River Festival Individual race as the Washing Machine Slalom. Race Format: 1 Run on the set course Start Times: Race course set by 1630 Competitors Meeting 1730 at Sjoa Kayak …
Sjoa River Festival Cohost & Organiser Simon Westgarth has a small performance coaching venture, Gene17Kayaking. Operating for 20 years across Europe, with spring in Slovenia on the Soča River, steep creeking for May in Valsesia Italy and then all summer long on the Sjoa, they offer a full programme for all levels of paddler. During …
We welcome the rafting companies from Heidal collaboration to organise this year’s Sjoa Raft Race. Sjoa Rafting, Go Rafting & Heidal Rafting have been busy coordinating this year’s race. There is a passion to see whose the fastest team in the valley. This year see’s the baton of organisation pass from Ine Skjørten Wilson, Norwegian …
Lots of the same and many new additions this year in Sjoa. We of course welcome back open borders for paddlers from afar to join us again in Heidal for our 25th Edition of the Sjoa River Festival. Since 1997, we’ve hosted a blend of competitions, guided trips, clinics and evening fun. In 2022 we …
We’ll be coming back again, hoping for a normal event after more measured times in 2020 & 2021. See Our Facebook Event page for frequent updates, and more context to what is going on at this year’s event.
Sjoa River Festival Juniors 2021
Sjoa River Festival 2020 Update 12th June 2020 – #sjoasummer2020 After consulting with the Sel Kommune public health advisors regarding events in 2020 and the current global pandemic, we have decided to NOT run the Sjoa River Festival this year in the traditional format. Whilst this is extremely disappointing, we can still go paddling, with …