Prague - First leg of the world cup

The first leg of the world cup was held on the whitewater course in Prague.
I had my reservations about attending this particular competition as I remember in 2005 for the Euro cup the event and feature not being all that great, but I am so glad I went as this time the feature was good and competition hot.

Seeing the best paddlers in the world come together to compete for the top spot saw some amazing rides, with most rides including Mc Nastys, Phoenix Monkeys and even Air Mc Nastys the competition was intense. The hole was challenging and it took some effort to keep a consistently good ride going for 45 seconds.
It all started on the Friday with the Men’s pre lims and then ending on the Sunday with the finals of all the categories coming together to make for a great day of superb competition. As the weekend went on the rain fell and feature became more and more flushy, but that didn’t stop the dramatic display of style and skill as the top boaters showed their stuff and the results were as follows.
More results to come

Men’s Kayak

Peter Czonka took first place with an awesome first ride of 980. His second two were in the 600-500’s.
Nick Troutman took second with 840 points.
Mathieu Domoulin took over the third place position from EJ on his last ride by 3 points.
EJ- got 4th
Dustin Urban got 5th.

Women’s Kayak

Fiona Jarvie
Emily Jackson
Ruth Gordon
Juta Kiser
Adrienne

Junior Men

Sebastian
Jason Craig
Maxime
Michael palmer