Kayaking in Europe by Will Richardson | Jun 21, 2005 | Whitewater | 0 comments June 21, 2005 I just finished competing in the 2005 Wave&Wheels competition in Bremgarten, Switzerland. Bremgarten is a really beautiful town in the Alps. There was a castle at the wave. The wave was really fast and fun. Simon put on a great competition with kayaking, skateboarding, breakdancing, surfboarding, and bmx biking. There was free camping and shuttle service to and from the airport. I would recommend everyone to come to this competition next year. You can check out more on the website at www.wave-wheels.ch or email Simon at simon@endlesscircle.net There were about 160 people competing in the freestyle event. I place 8th and Bryan Kirk placed 5th. The announcers spoke in each person’s language when they were on the wave. I traveled with Christie Glissmeyer for this first week. Chrisite and I first met paddling in Idaho about eight years ago in Riggins, Idaho on the Mill Wave. We had such a great time together and it was so neat to be at a Rodeo in Switzerland together. I just traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic with Lenka Novonta. She is from Czech but we first met in Idaho when she was working for the Longs at Cascade Kayak & Raft in Idaho five years ago. We are going to a rodeo in Brno which is south of Prague and where there is a dealer for Jackson Kayak. I am really looking forward to visiting the shop and going to a Czech rodeo. I have trained and spent time with many of the Czech paddlers when we were in Australia together. In Czech Republic I am not know as Devon but by my nick name, Lady Bug. In Czech they call me Beruska. I hope to be able to send you photos with this email. Lenka’s husband is working on his next issue of Hydro, a Czech paddling magazine and might be able to help me send the photos. His magazine is online at www.hydromagazin.cz We are off to Plattleng in Germany to train for two days. Thank you for all of your support! This is the best kayaking trip yet. Love, devon Town Tower Devon on bridge Camp Submit a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ