The final event of the world cup series took place in Thun. The wave was tuned by Monday evening and although it fluctuated every now and again it was generally a sweet wave with no shoulders...... more pictures
Author Tim Rowland 03-09-2008
The final event of the world cup series took place in Thun. The wave was tuned by Monday evening and although it fluctuated every now and again it was generally a sweet wave with no shoulders. With around 200 competitors all wanting to get on the wave and train slots were allocated for each country during daylight hours, but after that it was everyman for himself. If you thought about having the wave to yourself by getting up at 3am, you'd be having the same thought as 5 or 6 other people.
Brit and Dutch Love Flic Meares, Senna Spiertz
Tim Rowland
All this training proved worthwhile as a spectacular show was laid down over the long weekend. The competition was hot as the women, men and C1 threw down moves left, right and upwards in order to make the semi’s. The new format for rules allowed 4 rides with the best 2 counting. This encouraged a conservative ride to score initial points and then 3 other rides to lay the heat on. C1 and men were very impressive with some huge aerial back stabs and mc Nasty’s.
Peter Czonka flying
The sun shone the whole week, so tourists and city dwellers flocked round the wave to oooo and aaaa over the colourful array of kayaks in the eddy.
Nick Troutman High
The finals on Sunday were tense, once one rider had set a huge target of 1000 points everyone following had to throw everything they had into beating that score. We saw some painfull flushes on some of the bigger moves but overall Stephen Wright, Nick Troutman and Peter Czonka took the top spots. In the women's class Emily Jackson proved her paddling lifestyle to have paid off as she ripped up the wave.
