About

Matt Blue has experience of working in the adventure education sector for over 17 years. After completing his training in outdoor education, Matt moved into the schools’ outdoor education sector for a number of years, before developing his love of rafting. Matt has rafted all over the world including Austria, New Zealand and Africa working for companies such as Safari Par Excellence in Zambia and Feel Free in Austria.

Matt has represented Great Britain in Raft Racing Since 2000 and Competed in the IRF Rafting World Champions in 2007 and 2009, Last year saw the team finish 3rd in the World. Matt is currently coaching the British Ladies Team in there preparetion for European and Worlds Championships in 2010.

Matt is a National Trainer of Paddle Sports and Rafting for Canoe Wales, in this role he course directs, trains and assess a wide spectrum of BCU and Canoe Wales courses. In November 2010 Matt finished and completed the L5 Coach award in raft guiding.

Matt has recently spent time training and assessing the guides for the new course at Cardiff International White Water and Lee Valley White Water Center which is home to the Olympic slalom course. As part of this role has also been assisting in the Risk Assessing and setting of Operating Procedures for the Rafting operations.

Great moments on the GB Team, the full on battle with the Germans!