World Cup One Summary by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 17, 2008 It was a great experience for all of us from North America coming to the Czech Republic for the first time for an event like this. Different language, different manners and customs, different type of hole than I have ever competed in, and many...
Finals for World Cup #1 are finished by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 17, 2008 Photos Today the weather was sunny and the crowd gathered for Czech beer, great music, and paddling. The finals got off on time with the OC1, and Junior Women going first. I don’t have printed results yet, so this will be more of a wrap up with...
EJ’s World Cup 1 Finals Routine by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 17, 2008 The competition starts in a few hours for the finals. Here is my plan. Anything in the green means most likely to win. Red means very unlikely to win, and yellow means a big maybe. Click to enlarge EJ
Jon Best has worlds first pit crew for kayaking by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 Another record for the sport of Freestyle Kayaking was set today as Jon Best show up with his personal pit crew. The story behind it is worth telling. Jon flew into Prague from another location but really wanted his car here. He recruited a friend to...
Michael Palmer coming in first in Semi-finals- great job! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 I didn’t get to see the semis for juniors and am so happy to see the results! LP in first, awesome! Jason Craig made the cut too, and Maxime is still doing awesome! I don’t know who got 5th but we’ll post the results tomorrow. It is...
Results from Semis by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 1. Peter Csonka- Slovakia (Silver Medalist 2007 Worlds) 970 2. EJ- USA (Gold Medalist 2007 Worlds) 930 3. Dustin Urban- USA (World Squirt Boat champion) 850 4. Nick Troutman- Canada (Bronze Medalist 2007 Worlds) 750 5. Mathieu Domoulin- France...
Night-Time Freestyle Kayak Rave, called Semi-Finals just finished! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | Rockers, WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 Photos The rain let up tonight at about 9:20pm. The 4 large overhead spot-lights and the colored concert lights were in full force lighting up what we dubbed the “Freestyle Dance Floor” as the DJ Cranked the music with everyone singing...
Michael Palmer World Cup Update by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 By Michael Palmer Hey everyone, Its late here in prague and I thought I would post the Junior mens results from the semifinals today. 1st Michael Palmer (USA) 2nd Sebastian Devred (France) 3rd Maxime Renault (France) 4th Jason Craig (USA) Wish us luck,...
Women’s Semi-Finals are finished! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 The Women’s Semi-finals really came down to who was able to land a few moves without flushing in the higher water. The cut was a big one, the hardest in the event- from 10 to 5. Fiona Jarvie from Great Britain, who got 2nd in prelims and is the...
Quarter Finals finished for Men’s Kayak by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 The rain has been relentless here in Prague with the water rising slowly but continuously. The Men just finished their cut from 20 to 10 at about 5pm tonight. Yet, they/we are not finished for the day! We still have the cut from 10 to 5 left under the...
EJ’s Training Log Entry for Quarter-Finals that are about to start by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 Rain is continous and unless the dams are very controlling and there are no tributaries, the water will come up quickly in the next 6 hours. People are not performing to their peak and missing moves that they “could” perform under the...
Women’s Prelims Just finished on rainy Day 2 of World Cup! by Will Richardson | Jan 1, 1970 | WhitewaterAugust 16, 2008 Photos The Rain is coming down in a big way making it cold and wet. It is 54 degrees outside for a high today with the clouds, rain, and wind from the North. At 10:00am there was a 15 minute break with some sun, but then back to the rain again. For the...
