We must be a bit resourceful over here. It is not because we don\u2019t have tidal races over here along the Belgian coast that we cannot train on breaking in and out of one. \u00a0Somewhere in the back of Nieuwpoort harbor there is a complex with different locks called the Ganzepoot (goose foot, because it looks like one when seen from the air).\u00a0 In the periods with heavy rain there is too much water in the five adjacent canals and in the river Yser.\u00a0 The locks are then opened a few hours before low tide, until a few hours after.\u00a0 The amount of water that comes like an unstoppable force trough the locks is phenomenal.\u00a0 It also makes a perfect practicing area for us, sea kayakers.\u00a0 The different canals and locks have their own characteristics.\u00a0 We always start our training on the slower flowing water, and then build up until we go on the Yser lock.\u00a0 The Yser lock releases the most amount of water, at the highest speed.\u00a0 We train on breaking in, and back out, of fast moving water.\u00a0 You need a good angle of approach, some speed and a good lean-brace position.<\/p>\n