World-Class Athlete’s Testimonials

The choice of Champions- Of the 6 potential K1 World champions at the 2007 World Sprint Championships 5 of them use SpeedStroke.

Adam Van Koeverden 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist k1 500m 2007 K1 500m World Champion, K1 1000m Silver medalist, 2004 Olympic 500M Gold Medalist and 2004 Olympic 1000m Broze medalist	“SpeedStroke is the best way I know to get kayak-specific training when it's impossible to get on the water. It is an essential part of training year round in Canada!”	Tim Brabants 2008 Olympic Champion K1 1000m 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist K1 500m 2008 K1 1000m European Champion 2007 K1 1000m World Champion, K1 500m Silver medalist, 2007 European 500m Champion and 2007 European 100m Silver Medalist Sydney 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
	“SpeedStroke is the essential complement to top-level training.”
Katalin Kovacs 2008 Olympic Champion K2 500m 2007 K1 500m and 1000m World Champion 2006 World Championships 6 x World champion 2004 Athens K2 500m Olympic Champion 23 Times x World Flatwater Champion	“SpeedStroke is an essential part of my winter preparation and is the only ergometer that I can practice nearly perfect kayaking technique. This ergometer is the closest thing to real kayaking I have ever tried.”	Kim Wraae Knudsen Olympic Silver Medalist K2 1000m Beijing 2008
	"SpeedStroke makes winter training so much better and is essential to prepare for the coming season"
Ian Wynne 2004 Athens K1 5oom Bronze medalist	“SpeedStroke is an ideal choice. Its simple but effective design provides great training, the software is very user friendly, and very easy for testing ones performance in a controlled and replicable environment. ”	Shaun Rubenstein 2006 K1 World Marathon Championship 2006 K2 World Marathon Silver Medalist
	“SpeedStroke is great way to paddle when water conditions are not suitable for efficient training. I am just so impressed with the smooth feel and powerful catch. It is without doubt, the best Kayaking Ergometer I have paddled.”
Anna Hemmings 2007 K1 World Marathon Champion 5 times World Marathon Champion European Marathon Champion	“Training on the SpeedStroke is an integral part of my training programme, to replicate the paddling motion off the water is of utmost importance. Other 'paddling machines' don't even come close to the SpeedStroke for it's quality and design; it's an invaluable piece of equipment.”	Nathan Baggley 2004 Olympic K1 500m Silver medalist 2004 Olympic K2 500m Silver medalist
	“I used SpeedStroke as a substitute for paddling at the Athens Games, to avoid paddling during the intense heat, I fin the action incredibly smooth and kayak replicating.”
Ivan Lawler 3-Time Olympian, 6-Time World Champion	“SpeedStroke has been an integral factor in my success over the years. No other item of equipment can reproduce the feel and coordinatino required by the serious kayaker.”	Grayson Bourne 5 Times Olympian and World Championship Gold and Silver Medalist 67 Times British National Champion
	“Once you try SpeedStroke, you won't consider anything else.”
Steve Harris 2-time World Champion	“SpeedStroke is invaluable both as a serious training aid and as an alternative to full body workout. Both myself and other members of the British team agree that nothing else evn compares to the training we get on SpeedStroke.”	Helen Gilby 2-Time Olympian, World Champion Kayaker, British National Champion
	“Training on SpeedStroke is as close to the real thing as you can get without actually begin in a boat.”
Dr. Geoff Lovell Professor of Sports Science, Kingston University British Olympic Association (BOA) Sports Psychologist British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists, Sports Psychologist	“Through coaching of World-Class kayaker, I have found the use of SpeedStroke to be a must for anyone trying to train seriously where cold winters are the norms.”	Pat Loftus
	“SpeedStroke is not just for serious racers and Olympic hopefuls! I'm a 60 year old serious recreational paddler it allows me to put in 3 miles in half and hour before I shower for work!”