Friday, September 24, 2010
Video for the World Championship
Video of run 1 qualification, semis and finals are now available for viewing at http://vod.sportstec.tv/
Monday, September 20, 2010
World Championship Wrap up
The World Championships started on Wednesday with the LK1 and C2 qualifications. Chris and Scotty had a solid first run which they unfortunately couldn't improve on during their second run and finished in 32nd place, very impressive considering their less than ideal lead up to the competition.
Qualifications started poorly for me later that afternoon with a 50 second penalty on both qualifying runs, however I managed to put down a time which still enabled me to progress through to the top 20 and compete in the semi finals on Sunday.
Congratulations to Lucien (making finals!) the Aussie LK1 paddlers who claimed the trophy for best nation in this class (all 3 making the final which is AMAZING!!) – it is the first time the trophy has ever gone outside Europe!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Final Countdown
There is less than 48 hours until the World Championship commence! The course is finally starting to look more like a competition site rather than a construction zone with bridges and podiums popping up overnight. For all the information and results at the World Championships see the Solka website. Also, check out this video montage created by Yann Le Pennec of me paddling down the first drop here at Tacen (luckily all the good bits only!)
Silly Siblings
Injury has struck the Guinea boys during their first training session here at the course in Tacen, Slovenia, where the Worlds will be held in approximately 2 weeks time.... although this time in Scotties exact words.... 'At least this time we weren't being stupid!' On their first run down the 3m+ drop at Tacen the boys managed to catch an edge and roll on the VERY shallow ramp. Chris managed to literally grate his hand along the concrete on the bottom and has spent the past week keeping it dry and free from infection. To describe it better to you Ros stated 'it looks like his hand went through a mincer!' Thankfully the construction workers have been in and smoothed out the culprit concrete. Chris and Scotty are now back on the water with a week before qualifications wearing a beautiful pink dishwashing glove to keep his hand dry!
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