I have been out here almost a week now training in the hole everyday and trying to get my ride together. Lines in the eddy are long and only getting longer with more and more nations arriving. At this stage I have my ride planned out and am just practicing and making minor tweaks to it in hope of throwing it all down come prelims. Having had the chance to compete in the 2011 Worlds in Germany I am feeling good about the competition and looking forward to a big week with all the hype that surrounds it.
The whole Irish team has almost arrived now with a nice atmosphere starting to build here. Plenty of craic is being had between the team and the rest of the guys out here. The venue here is the perfect site to host the World Championships with 360 degree viewing of the feature and great facilities courtesy of the big rafting industry here at NOC.
The area here is packed full of other runs with the Green river just over an hour away. Hopefully we can get out and paddle some of the rivers this area has to offer before we leave but with out a car its going to be tricky.
There should be more updates coming out of here in the run up to worlds from me and the rest of the Irish guys tracking our progress and the happenings of the 2013 World Championships.
Here's a short video of a training ride for NOC
A couple more photos from the last week.
Coach Dave
Enjoying the local culture
Rest day
Entry
Shane Space Godzilla
Andrew going big
