Check out this awesome playboat film from Sam Ward on the Nile.
22 July 2007
12 July 2007
Sweden Euro Cup
The second leg of the Euro Cup was held in the north of Sweden about a 12 hour drive from Stockholm.
The view fro the camp site
The competition was held on the Palt wave on the Trollforsarna (the troll rapids) section of the Pite River. A large volume river with a beautiful river run and play spot.
Chilling at the bottom of the slide
The wave was world class, a sweet braking wave which allowed you to throw every wave and some times hole move in the book. Beautiful warm weather and warm water made for an awesome destination for the competition. The 24 hour sunlight also meant you could practise all through the night if you wanted, not my cup of tea but the option was there.
Matz flipping it up
The Trollforsarna Whitewater Challenged consisted of 3 competitions, a boater cross, a team race and then the freestyle. Me and Flick only competed in the freestyle as we could only bring our playboats on the plane. It all kicked of on the Thursday with the boater cross, then the Friday saw the Team race and the freestyle was held on the Saturday finishing around 10:00 at night.
Peace Flick
The competition was going well for me coming 3rd in the prelims then an unlucky flush during the semi final placed me in 7th. Flick came 2nd in the juniors seeing some nice rides.
All in all the event went very well and I hope they run it again next year, it’s a beautiful kayaking destination and defiantly somewhere to explore.
Me on the Palt wave
The results for the freestyle look like this.
K1 Men
1. Peter Csonka Slovakia
2. Mikael Lantto Finland
3. Tuomas Kuronen Finland
4. Jan Spindler Czech Republic
5. Miika Kuronen Finland
K1 Women
1. Deborah Pinniger Great Britain
2. Nina Halasova Slovakia
3. Ingrid Schlott Germany
4. Maria Lindgren Sweden
5. Valerie Bertrand Norway
K1 Junior men
1. Jiri Langer Czech Republic
2. Mikael Ekström Sweden
3. Simon Ingelsten Sweden
4. Isak Öhrström Sweden
5. Thomas Bankes Great Britain
K1 Junior women
1. Hana Vackova Czech Republic
2. Flic Meares Great Britain
Check out this small film of the palt wave
The view fro the camp siteThe competition was held on the Palt wave on the Trollforsarna (the troll rapids) section of the Pite River. A large volume river with a beautiful river run and play spot.
Chilling at the bottom of the slideThe wave was world class, a sweet braking wave which allowed you to throw every wave and some times hole move in the book. Beautiful warm weather and warm water made for an awesome destination for the competition. The 24 hour sunlight also meant you could practise all through the night if you wanted, not my cup of tea but the option was there.
Matz flipping it upThe Trollforsarna Whitewater Challenged consisted of 3 competitions, a boater cross, a team race and then the freestyle. Me and Flick only competed in the freestyle as we could only bring our playboats on the plane. It all kicked of on the Thursday with the boater cross, then the Friday saw the Team race and the freestyle was held on the Saturday finishing around 10:00 at night.
Peace FlickThe competition was going well for me coming 3rd in the prelims then an unlucky flush during the semi final placed me in 7th. Flick came 2nd in the juniors seeing some nice rides.
All in all the event went very well and I hope they run it again next year, it’s a beautiful kayaking destination and defiantly somewhere to explore.
Me on the Palt waveThe results for the freestyle look like this.
K1 Men
1. Peter Csonka Slovakia
2. Mikael Lantto Finland
3. Tuomas Kuronen Finland
4. Jan Spindler Czech Republic
5. Miika Kuronen Finland
K1 Women
1. Deborah Pinniger Great Britain
2. Nina Halasova Slovakia
3. Ingrid Schlott Germany
4. Maria Lindgren Sweden
5. Valerie Bertrand Norway
K1 Junior men
1. Jiri Langer Czech Republic
2. Mikael Ekström Sweden
3. Simon Ingelsten Sweden
4. Isak Öhrström Sweden
5. Thomas Bankes Great Britain
K1 Junior women
1. Hana Vackova Czech Republic
2. Flic Meares Great Britain
Check out this small film of the palt wave
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!
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