Check out this small film from our trip to Lienz.
01 July 2007
28 June 2007
We just can't stay away
The day we got back from Austria we decided to take a trip to our local spot, only to find 4 gates in the middle of June.
Pohots by Emily
I had a go in a 4Fun for a bit of a laugh, the thing went huge on loops, iv decided to open an airline.
Pohots by EmilyI had a go in a 4Fun for a bit of a laugh, the thing went huge on loops, iv decided to open an airline.
26 June 2007
Lienz round up
Here's a quick round up of the 1st leg of the Euro Cup Series.
The competition was held in a nice hole on a River Drau which ran through the beautiful Austrian town of Lienz. The turn out was good and the competition was tough, 80 paddlers from around Europe flocked to the site for the first leg of the Euro Cup Series. The prelims were held on the Friday, with the top 20 men going through to the quarter's, all hole moves were going off.
In the women's event, Emily Wall got the biggest loops in her new Star but a low scoring first ride meant she just missed out a place in the finals leaving her in 6th place.
Em giving it her all
After the quarter's and semi's, I placed in the top 5 every time, making it in 4th place for the finals. The format was a old-style knockout, first rides were tight with all the guys going for tricky woo, phonix monkeys and godzillas, going out in 5th was Casper Van Kalmhout from the Netherlands. Peter Csonka, who placed 2nd at the World Champs, was a shock, going out in 4th. Leaving me and the Strohmeier brothers to the podium. Simon couldn't quite put together the same high scoring ride he had done during the other rounds, so taking 3rd and Seppi, his older brother, showed everyone is was definitely back to form after his couple of years out due to a wrist injury, taking 2nd. The standard was high and it was hardwork against such an awesome bunch of paddlers but I managed to nail my loops and godzillas when it counted and so was stoked to take 1st place and €200.
All in all, the organisers, judges and sponsors made the event an awesome start to the series.
Next stop, Sweden!
The competition was held in a nice hole on a River Drau which ran through the beautiful Austrian town of Lienz. The turn out was good and the competition was tough, 80 paddlers from around Europe flocked to the site for the first leg of the Euro Cup Series. The prelims were held on the Friday, with the top 20 men going through to the quarter's, all hole moves were going off.
In the women's event, Emily Wall got the biggest loops in her new Star but a low scoring first ride meant she just missed out a place in the finals leaving her in 6th place.
Em giving it her allAfter the quarter's and semi's, I placed in the top 5 every time, making it in 4th place for the finals. The format was a old-style knockout, first rides were tight with all the guys going for tricky woo, phonix monkeys and godzillas, going out in 5th was Casper Van Kalmhout from the Netherlands. Peter Csonka, who placed 2nd at the World Champs, was a shock, going out in 4th. Leaving me and the Strohmeier brothers to the podium. Simon couldn't quite put together the same high scoring ride he had done during the other rounds, so taking 3rd and Seppi, his older brother, showed everyone is was definitely back to form after his couple of years out due to a wrist injury, taking 2nd. The standard was high and it was hardwork against such an awesome bunch of paddlers but I managed to nail my loops and godzillas when it counted and so was stoked to take 1st place and €200.
All in all, the organisers, judges and sponsors made the event an awesome start to the series.
Next stop, Sweden!
20 June 2007
Lienz Euro Cup
So after a 15 hour drive through 5 countries we finally arrived in Lienz, Austria.
Lienz is a beautiful ski town in the middle of the Austrian Alps. The river Isel runs trough the middle town and the play hole is on a small tributary of the Isel.
Pringle sussing out the hole
The play hole runs a best between 11 and 1 when the river is at it's highest. You can pull of most play moves in the hole so the competition should be a good one.
There is also a wave at the raft take out on the Isel which runs from about 7pm onwards, we should have some pics of the wave soon.
JB
Em all bubbly
Em busting out a loop
Me doing some endy thing in the hole
Pringle checking the local Pizzeria
Me and the Pring looking at mini Hawaii
Lienz is a beautiful ski town in the middle of the Austrian Alps. The river Isel runs trough the middle town and the play hole is on a small tributary of the Isel.
Pringle sussing out the holeThe play hole runs a best between 11 and 1 when the river is at it's highest. You can pull of most play moves in the hole so the competition should be a good one.
There is also a wave at the raft take out on the Isel which runs from about 7pm onwards, we should have some pics of the wave soon.
JB
Em all bubbly
Em busting out a loop
Me doing some endy thing in the hole
Pringle checking the local Pizzeria 
Me and the Pring looking at mini Hawaii
Lienz Euro Cup
So after a 15 hour drive through 5 countries we finally arrived in Lienz, Austria.
Lienz is a beautiful ski town in the middle of the Austrian Alps. The river Isel runs trough the middle town and the play hole is on a small tributary of the Isel.
The play hole runs a best between 11 and 1 when the river is at it's highest. You can pull of most play moves in the hole so the competition should be a good one.
There is also a wave at the raft take out on the Isel which runs from about 7pm onwards, we should have some pics of the wave soon.
JB
Lienz is a beautiful ski town in the middle of the Austrian Alps. The river Isel runs trough the middle town and the play hole is on a small tributary of the Isel.
The play hole runs a best between 11 and 1 when the river is at it's highest. You can pull of most play moves in the hole so the competition should be a good one.
There is also a wave at the raft take out on the Isel which runs from about 7pm onwards, we should have some pics of the wave soon.
JB
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