Garb Photos: training for World Cup!

September 2, 2006

By Stephen Wright

Well, prelims are a day away and the excitement is building as the mighty Garburator wave just gets better and better. Wilderness Tours has been kind enough to host the entire first-ever World Cup’s first event this weekend.

Paddlers have arrived from all over the world to train. The line-ups are
long, even with night-lighting to allow paddling 24 hours a day! Enjoy a
few photos from Friday–my last day of coaching with the Keeners. What a great summer, and what a great place to paddle!

Live from Jen’s house in Beachburg, ON,
Stephen Wright

UPDATE:
Prelims are done, and Team JK paddled well and went HUGE with several paddlers making the cut to semi finals and finals tomorrow:

Men’s: Stephen Wright in 1st, EJ in 4th, Clay Wright and Jay Kincaid and
Mario from Costa Rica all advance!

Women’s: Ruth Gordon in 1st, and Emily Jackson advance to finals.

Jr. Men’s: Nick Troutman in 1st, and Dane Jackson advance!

Jr. Women: the UK’s own Flick advances!

C-1: Dane advances with a huge back pan-am!

Congratulations all competitors who made the cut!