Paddlers Awards 2019 – Nouria Newman (Women)

And the winner is in the Women category: Nouria Newman (France).
This year Nouria Newman once again stunned the kayaking world with her paddling performances. Nothing seems to stop Nounou on her quest for the impossible. She does what any other paddler does, though most of the time, she goes further. Expeditions in Tibet, Argentina, Chile, Quebec, BC, the European Alps, and Norway, her dedication, her insane level of paddling, her commitment to the sport of kayaking through ICF development programs in Iran, make of Nouria the best female Whitewater Paddler of the Year. Period.

Women Nominees – Paddlers Awards 2019
Nouria Newman (France)
Hitomi Takaku (Jap)
Ricarda Funk (Ger)
Mariann Sæther (Nor)
Jessica Fox (Aus)

For the second time, Kayak Session Magazine organizes the Paddlers Awards. These awards are there to do justice to all the paddlers out there ripping it up and sharing with us all year around their incredible performances. The judging is based on the past 12 months (January through December). There are 7 categories: Male & Female Paddler of the Year, Male & Female U21 Paddler of the Year, Event of the Year, Non-Profit of the Year, and one Award that we specifically care a lot for, the honorary award: Legend Paddler Award.

The Jury
Rush Sturges (Usa), Vavra Hradilek (Cz rep.), Mike Dawson (Nz), Joe Rea-Dickins (UK), Capo Rettig (Usa), Olaf Obsommer (Ger), Shane Benedict (Usa), Dennis Newton (Uk), Anna Bruno (Usa) & Philippe Doux (France) – Each member of the jury gives his winner in each category. Contenders with the most votes win their category.

Winners announcement schedule:
Nov 25th: Non profit of the Year & Event of the year
Nov 26th: Female and Male Rookie of the Year – U21
Nov 27th : Honorary Paddler of the year
Nov 28th: Female Paddler of the Year
Nov 29th: Male Paddler of the Year

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Tags: Anna Bruno (USA), Capo Rettig (Usa), Dennis Newton (Uk), Joe rea-Dickins (UK), Mike Dawson (NZ), Nouria Newman (FRA), Olaf Obsommer (Ger), paddlers awards, Rush Sturges (Usa), Shane Benedict (Usa), Vavra Hradilek (Cz Rep.)