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Shaun Baker

Shaun began kayaking in 1974, aged ten, when his parents bought him his first kayak in an attempt to control his obvious obsession with water. Six years later, he led an expedition from Kingussie in Scotland to Hell's Mouth in North Wales paddling 700 miles incorporating some of the UK's roughest and most extreme waters. Ten more years of ground-breaking exploits ensued until, in the winter of 1984, he led another expedition around the treacherous north coast of Scotland. This time he paddled a tiny kayak designed for use in a swimming pool! In 1986 Shaun kayaked over the previously unconquered Swallow Falls in North Wales, 1987 saw him establish a new World Record for "Freefall Waterfall Kayaking" at 15 metres - a height that in 1996, in a dramatic first descent, he was to push to 19.7 metres. The rest, as they say, is history.

JUST A FEW OF SHAUN'S ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Guinness "World Freefall Waterfall Kayak" record holder (19.7 metres) 1996
• Guinness "World Speed Altitude Descent" record holder (75 feet) 1994
• Guinness "World Speed Altitude Descent" record holder (50 metres) 1994
• 9 times UK National Whitewater Rodeo Champion - 1988, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 and 97 (did not compete in '91 due to filming commitments.)
• UK Rodeo Team ranked No.l: 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 and 97
• 20+ further individual major national competition wins, UK and worldwi