Wednesday, 21-Dec-11 23:40:25 UTC
As the year 2011 draws to a close, we at NELO would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.
Indeed, after an eventful tour in 2011, we are looking forward to a even more exciting 2012 here in the factory, as well as on the Asian front.
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Tuesday, 01-Nov-11 17:05:29 UTC
Guadalajara was the host for 2011, Canoeing took place a bit south in a small city called Ciudad Guzman, the course was brand new with all the facilities required for an event at this scale.
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Tuesday, 25-Oct-11 11:53:16 UTC
Singapore turned out be an awesome location, but the heat and humidity marked the championships for many of the athletes as they could not recover easily from the efforts made in the early stages.
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Thursday, 15-Sep-11 22:34:18 UTC
All Africa Games took place in Mozambique, at the same time took also place the first of the 5 Continental Qualifiers for London 2012.
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Sunday, 28-Aug-11 23:15:17 UTC
Hungary is world recognized by their passion for this sport, no other country can get these crowds and followers, but it is also true they organize like no one else, with care for details, professionalism and above all excellence! So our first words must go to the organizers, officials and volunteers that made it all possible.
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Wednesday, 03-Aug-11 22:58:42 UTC
A race is about paddling as fast as possible from A to B, but an event is much more than that, and the weather is one of the things that can compromise the experience unfortunately for the organizers and competitors Brandenburg was like that, great racing but not a great event due to the weather.
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Wednesday, 27-Jul-11 08:50:45 UTC
St Jean de Losne hosted the EC Canoe Marathon Championships, the French organizer did their best to create a nice and friendly athmosphere, the weather did not help, but it tuned out to be a good event.
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Wednesday, 06-Jul-11 21:32:31 UTC
Over 100 medals, 4 days of 9 hours non stop racing, 216 races and 38 countries that is what Zagreb was all about!!
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Thursday, 23-Jun-11 14:11:44 UTC
Belgrade OC surprised all with an efficient and organized venue, with swift transportation and catering services.
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Thursday, 02-Jun-11 10:27:48 UTC
Duisburg is a classic!
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Tuesday, 24-May-11 09:53:56 UTC
45 countries lined up into what has to be considered one of the most competitive World Cup of the past 3 years.
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Monday, 09-May-11 21:31:09 UTC
2011 will be an important year as most of the teams focus on their Olympic Qualification, the process is complex and extremely hard, so the teams and athletes will use the World Cups to trial different options on boats, combinations and events.
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Sunday, 10-Apr-11 19:54:00 UTC
Nelo has been a pionner promoting ergonomic solutions for our boats, and even creating model ranges to fit the athletes perfectly, so the Paracanoe was a challenge we embraced.
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Monday, 04-Apr-11 11:01:53 UTC
Nelo has associated itself to TegySport, the Italian brand famous for their starting systems, in the development and comercialization of a new training block.
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Wednesday, 09-Mar-11 21:59:11 UTC
The Portuguese Canoe Federation, Nelo and the Montemor-o-Velho Council organized last weekend the PORTUGAL WINTER TRIAL 2011 - NELO WINTER CHALLENGE.
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Monday, 28-Feb-11 21:03:18 UTC
The 2011 New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships which included the Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships were held over three days from the 18-20 February at Blue Lake, Rotorua.
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Monday, 07-Feb-11 23:15:10 UTC
In Nelo investigation is a daily routine.
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Monday, 17-Jan-11 23:48:38 UTC
The Portuguese Canoe Federation, Nelo and the Montemor-o-Velho Council has the pleasure to announce the PORTUGAL WINTER TRIAL 2011 - NELO WINTER CHALLENGE.
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Tuesday, 11-Jan-11 23:18:39 UTC
vin·tage (vin′tij)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a vintage.
2. Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.
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Wednesday, 22-Dec-10 12:04:22 UTC
What a great year that is coming to an end.
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Saturday, 27-Nov-10 16:51:07 UTC
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.
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Thursday, 04-Nov-10 19:33:07 UTC
Confederation of African Canoeing (CAC) have reached historic landmark 4 year sponsorship agreement with NELO kayaks of Portugal to develop the Olympic Sports of Canoeing In Africa .
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Tuesday, 26-Oct-10 21:57:38 UTC
End of October is normally the time chosen by the teams to restart their trainings, and our experience confirms it.
Teams start to prepare and so do we!
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Wednesday, 06-Oct-10 21:03:47 UTC
From now on, and until the 31st of December 2010 if you register your boat you will receive a voucher to be discounted in our online shop.
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Wednesday, 29-Sep-10 23:29:01 UTC
Banyoles welcomed the Canoe Marathon World Championships
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Monday, 23-Aug-10 23:22:51 UTC
Poznan has one of the best venues in the world, with the course fully integrated in the city, and if it wasn’t for some days of very hard conditions and the lack of returning channel, this would be the best race course in the World.
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Friday, 06-Aug-10 16:27:29 UTC
The release of the XXL closes our first line of Surf Ski’s, the evolution has been part of this process, and we have gone a long way from the prototypes presented in Dubai last year.
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Monday, 02-Aug-10 12:31:23 UTC
Moscow celebrating 30 years of the Olympic Games Moscow 1980, welcomed the sprint event with more competitors in the World of Canoeing. The course has to be one of the nicest in the world, with great stands, wonderful water plan and a lot of area for all the teams and athletes.
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Saturday, 10-Jul-10 21:11:42 UTC
The New Ocean Ski Vintage is now officially released, even tough some of our loyal customers already received the very first ones, it is now time to have it offfcially presented.
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Thursday, 08-Jul-10 14:03:05 UTC
Europeans in Canoe Sprint, has always been a hard race, but with the expenses restrictions some of the teams are facing, only the very best athletes had a chance to race in Trasona.
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Tuesday, 08-Jun-10 08:32:41 UTC
World Cup II and III took place in 2 of the best courses in the World, add to that 2 weeks of great weather, and you get great paddling conditions and high level of competition.
The Nelo Staff went for a 2 week tour following some of the best paddlers in the World, nice weather helps on the comunication between Nelo and the paddlers, in what is always a very enriching experience for our staff, as they can learn what really matters and what we can do keep improving.
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Monday, 24-May-10 23:26:51 UTC
Our new skis have been in the market for just some months but the feedback and the
development has been moving forward at such a speed, that we considered important to
create a new website specialized and exclusively dedicated to this boat style.
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Tuesday, 11-May-10 23:09:11 UTC
World Cup I racing is always full of ups and downs, with some athletes in good shape and others still struggling to get into race mode, but it is all about testing and learning.
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Wednesday, 03-Mar-10 00:33:11 UTC
From today you can find a new website for our slalom line.
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Wednesday, 17-Feb-10 23:02:55 UTC
This new range of boats incorporates in their conception the same basic guidelines as for all our boats: a fine balance between performance, stability and comfort.
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Friday, 05-Feb-10 22:24:28 UTC
Following advice from the ICF, SYOGOC has approved the boats that will be used in the Games.
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Friday, 05-Feb-10 21:55:12 UTC
It is still 8 months left, but you didn’t want to wait anymore!
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Friday, 27-Nov-09 20:28:59 UTC
It is has in the imagination of the entire paddling comunity, to go to the richest race in the World.
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Friday, 27-Nov-09 20:20:25 UTC
The K4 was the first boat to win a gold medal for Nelo, in Sidney 2000 the German team paddled to gold in a Nelo K4 since then, we have won a total of 7 medals.
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Wednesday, 28-Oct-09 13:01:52 UTC
The C1 Vintage aims to help the young ones introducing themselves to the sport of canoeing and to help the older ones to enjoy their canoeing again with the required stability and comfort.
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Saturday, 17-Oct-09 11:38:53 UTC
Nelo and CAC (Confederation of Africa Canoeing) will sign a memorandum of understanding.
The objectives of this cooperation are to promote and develop Canoeing in member countries of CAC in Africa and support the development of NELO brand in Africa.
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Thursday, 01-Oct-09 13:37:05 UTC

Tehran welcomed the Asian Championships, this event went on for 4 days over 1000, 500, 200 and 5000 mt for Seniors and Juniors.
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Tuesday, 22-Sep-09 22:30:05 UTC

Worlds in Portugal, was something special for us, and for all the Portuguese Fans, even more when Portugal took 4 medals.
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Wednesday, 02-Sep-09 21:09:32 UTC
The balance of this event has left the more optimistic of us overwhelmed.
When we planned this event we expected to create a serious event, but at the same time it should run in a relaxed atmosphere, where some of the more talented paddlers in the world could show their quality, but still being challenged by not so well known paddlers. Something that does not happen normally, as for example to line up besides Ronald Rauhe or Tim Brabants you have to be the best in your country….
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Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 19:56:33 UTC
Nova Scotia fans and volunteers deserved having this championships here, their dedication and joy was unique!
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Wednesday, 05-Aug-09 00:43:55 UTC
The Moscow course is a Winner! Clean water, narrow, return channel and good infrastructures, even if it’s not well mantained, it’s one of the best in the World. The Venue is impressive and taking into account it was made for 1980 Olympics is even more impressive.
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Tuesday, 28-Jul-09 19:11:15 UTC

Drilling brand new boats, placing aluminium handles, installing water pumps... what a change of scenario compared to the sprint races we normally attend. Marathon is without a doubt a class of its own. This time it took us to Ostroda in North Poland, a nice location that reflected the effort of the locals in welcoming their visitors.
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Monday, 20-Jul-09 11:45:51 UTC

During this championships 98 medals are awarded, what makes it one of the most active events in canoeing.
Even with so many athletes and events, it was clear for us, that our boats are not only the choice of the top paddlers, but also from their younger followers.
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Friday, 10-Jul-09 10:44:06 UTC

Nelo and the Polish Canoe Federation offered a boat to the best male and female paddler of the European Champiosnhips that took place last weekend in Poznan.
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Monday, 29-Jun-09 21:46:04 UTC
The European Championships are without a doubt the biggest regional competition in the sport of canoeing, the level is almost as high as in the World Championships and in some classes it is hard to imagine that it can be any harder…
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Wednesday, 10-Jun-09 16:15:35 UTC
Szeged closed in great style the World Cup Tour of 2009.
There is no other place on earth that can match the crowds and atmosphere that Szeged presents year after year. The athletes like to race here, and we have the time of our lives helping them…
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Tuesday, 26-May-09 22:04:20 UTC
The second leg of the World Cup 2009 took place in Poznan, Poland. Weather conditions were awesome all week, except for Saturday, where most of the racing were done in very difficult conditions, but after all this is an outdoor sport, so that is part of the game…
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Tuesday, 12-May-09 14:05:35 UTC
Racice welcomed during the weekend the first competition of this Olympic cycle. The weather gave a hand, and we had wonderful weather conditions and the course was fast and fair…
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Tuesday, 05-May-09 08:48:46 UTC
Our agent in Bulgaria, Martin Marinov, is the first to have his own NELO website translated into his native language, in this case; Bulgarian - Cyrillic alphabet…
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Sunday, 03-May-09 21:24:50 UTC
Christopher Camilleri, the best Maltese kayaker, spent 2 weeks in Cinfães preparing for the Mediterranean Games.
It was an honour for us to have him around. He’s been competing for only 5 years, but it’s amazing to see how dedicated he is to this sport…
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Sunday, 26-Apr-09 23:34:05 UTC
Carla Ferreira, from “Montijo Atlético Clube” is already a member of the Portuguese Canoeing Federation and soon will receive an adapted kayak, produced by Nelo, a Portuguese company leader in the national and international market.
Carla really made an impression on the company management, being the first Portuguese with brain paralysis (Cerebral Palsy) to practice canoeing and with some remarkable results…
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Thursday, 12-Mar-09 18:06:15 UTC
From today you can find on our website a brand new Sea Vanquish, it will keep the same name, but the version is now in it’s name becoming the Sea Vanquish III.
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Saturday, 28-Feb-09 01:27:55 UTC
As promised we will start presenting the crew boats of the new Vanquish III generation, the first out into the production line is the K2 L…
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Friday, 13-Feb-09 00:13:40 UTC
Nelo has lived all its life as a company focusing on one thing: to be the best and helping the best athletes to be even better. Slalom is our next challenge…
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Wednesday, 04-Feb-09 21:34:57 UTC
February marks the beginning of the paddling season for many teams. For us that means the arrival of many athletes to Portugal to train under our hosting…
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Tuesday, 27-Jan-09 01:04:54 UTC
Nelo is on the air with a new look. After a lot of research we finally found a way to make it easy to navigate over more than 50 models, with various specifications, allowing you to find the information in a easy and intuitive way…
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