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Euro cup, Take 2

Trollforsarna (the Troll Rapids) in the Pite River just north of Moskosel offers some of the best white water to be found in Sweden. Here you'll find everything from steep creeking through sweet play in big holes and waves to truly extreme big water paddling. The Pite River is one of Sweden's so called National Rivers and the largest genuine wilderness river. The Palt Wave is a medium to large sized breaking wave where all wave moves and most hole moves can be performed. There is superb eddy service that will take the paddlers back up to and upstream of the feature making entry moves easy to set up. The wave is reliable and works at a wide range of water levels. It was hare that Jon boy and Flic traveld to take part in the Euro cup part 2. The wave was world class, a sweet braking wave which allowed you to throw every wave and some times hole move in the book. Beautiful warm weather and warm water made for an awesome destination for the competition. The 24 hour sunlight also meant you could practise all through the night if you wanted, not my cup of tea but the option was there.The competition was going well for me coming 3rd in the prelims then an unlucky flush during the semi final placed me in 7th. Flick came 2nd in the juniors seeing some nice rides. All in all the event went very well and I hope they run it again next year, it’s a beautiful kayaking destination and defiantly somewhere to explore. Was great to see Deb Pinniger back at the top in the womens k1 class. Well done all

posted by Pete @ 6:30 AM