News from the Road

Welcome to the Euro Kayak Experience blog!
Here we’ll be sharing all the news and updates related to our European exchange project.
Trips, meetings, activities… everything that’s happening, you’ll find it here.

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EuroKayak Experience Announces Its First 33 Clubs

EuroKayak Experience Announces Its First 33 Clubs EuroKayak Experience — Announcement EuroKayak Experience Announces Its First 33 Clubs Twelve countries. Eleven exchange groups of three. One first network, ready to travel. News from the Road EuroKayak Experience’s first batch of kayak polo exchanges is complete: 33 clubs, in 12 countries,…

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Telmo taking a group selfie with a club's players by a lake, two of them holding 'EuroKayak Experience - We're in!' signs, everyone smiling.

The Harvest Hasn’t Come Yet

The Harvest Hasn’t Come Yet EuroKayak Experience — Origins The Harvest Hasn’t Come Yet Thirty-three clubs said yes a year and a half ago. None of them have traveled. This is what the waiting actually feels like — and why Telmo still calls it a harvest already underway, just not…

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A small green sprout growing from a cracked terracotta pot beside a closed laptop and a folded map of Europe, morning light through a window.

33 Clubs, 15 Countries

33 Clubs, 15 Countries EuroKayak Experience — Origins 33 Clubs, 15 Countries The dream was never bigger than nine clubs, ten on an optimistic day. By the time the first batch closed in February 2026, EuroKayak Experience had signed thirty-three, spread across fifteen countries, arranged into eleven groups of three….

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Two kayak polo players resting on their kayaks side by side in the water, smiling, at the Galicia tournament venue.

The Exchange That Happened Before the First Exchange

The Exchange That Happened Before the First Exchange EuroKayak Experience — Origins The Exchange That Happened Before the First Exchange Before EuroKayak Experience ran anything official, a phone call to a player he’d never actually met got a short-handed team through a tournament — and turned into exactly the kind…

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Two men in kayak instructor gear at a marina looking at a folded map of Europe, sailing dinghies and kayaks racked behind them.

From Five Clubs to Thirty-Three

From Five Clubs to Thirty-Three EuroKayak Experience — Origins From Five Clubs to Thirty-Three Before there was a program spanning fifteen countries, there was one man, a DIN A3 map of Europe spread across a table, and months of phone calls that mostly led nowhere at all. Part 3 of…

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Two young kayak polo players embracing tightly after a match, faces hidden in the hug.

When Travel Changes the Way You Play

When Travel Changes the Way You Play EuroKayak Experience — Origins When Travel Changes the Way You Play Before there were 33 clubs in 15 countries, there were four teenage girls coming home from the national team with stories Burriana had never heard — and their coach, half a continent…

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European youth, sustainability and sport:

Burriana hosts a new Erasmus+ exchange managed by Eurosport Experience Burriana, March 15, 2025 – From March 8 to 15, the coastal town of Burriana hosted young participants from Italy and Malta as part of a new international exchange coordinated by Eurosport Experience and funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The…

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Telmo and a coach from Portimao, now playing for Club Kayak Polo da Barra, smiling and holding a 'EuroKayak Experience - We're in!' sign outdoors.

From Instagram to Face to Face

From Instagram to Face to Face EuroKayak Experience — Origins From Instagram to Face to Face Before there were formal exchanges, there was a video call with two men who happened to share the same first name — and, not long after, a man standing at the edge of a…

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The Day It All Started With a Coffee

The Day It All Started With a Coffee EuroKayak Experience — Origins The Day It All Started With a Coffee Before there were 33 clubs in 15 countries, there was a folding chair in Burriana’s town hall, a man who wouldn’t stop talking sense — and a coffee that got…

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