I was drawn in the first heat along with Neil Gibson, Tom Dunphy and Bowsie from the men's expert class. Unfortunately, I didn't have the best of rides flushing on loops and spent a lot of time paddling back up the eddy. Tom put in some great rides with blunts, cartwheels and back stabs but it was Neil Gibson who who took took the win on the day storming back after his disappointing finish last weekend to take a place on the team.
In the second heat Dave o Sullivan and Moogie made it through over the two events to make the top five along with Tom, Neil and Bowsie.
Orky showed his improvement in the C1 class with some solid rides despite suffering from shoulder pain after milling himself on his bmx during the week. He put in a great run on his second ride sticking an Air loop, blunt and round house.
So after the two events i finished 6th in the standing which leaves me being a reserve for the team. It has opened up my summer paddling plans a bit so in the next few weeks I am going to decide where to head to. I am thinking of heading to Canada for some play or heading out on the Continent for a road trip with the creak boat. As well as that I will be competing in the Adidas Sick line World Championships at the end of September in Austria before heading back to Africa for few months to avoid the Irish winter. So the the rest of the year should be fairly interesting on the paddling front.
Next weekend the first round of the National Championships is taking place at Curragower wave in Limerick. Water levels for the event are a bit unsure at the moment but hopefully it will go ahead. That's about it for now. Will throw something up if National Championships go ahead next weekend.
Some more photos form Sluice below.
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