Bernie hebt ab

100 Snowkajaker traten am Samstag bei Kaiserwetter auf der Moosalm in Lienz/Osttirol zur Snowkajak WM an um ihren Weltmeister zu küren. Dort kämpften sie Mann gegen Mann in 4er Heats, wie bei einem Skicross, im K.O. System um den Aufstieg in die nächste Runde und den Titel „Snowkajak Weltmeister 2010“. Tausende Zuschauer entlang der Strecke, eine sensationelle Stimmung sowie ein super Rahmenprogramm machten diese Veranstaltung zu einem Highlight der Heurigen Wintersaison. Auch Bernie Steidl und Thomas Hinkel vom Bliss Stick Team waren am Start. Bernie galt als Mitfavorit, da er das letztjährige Snowkayakrace in Obertauern gewann. Bis ins Halbfinale gelang im ein Start-Ziel-Sieg nachdem anderen, bevor er sich der Konkurrenz geschlagen geben musste. Thomas hatte in seinem Viertelfinallauf Glück im Unglück. Nach einer schweren Kollision musste er zwar ins Krankenhaus, konnte dies jedoch am Abend mit eher leichten Verletzungen wieder verlassen.

Merci à Jo pour les photos

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Honza Lasko: How i say in last story, big days on the water just should come during last two weeks in Costa Rica. We were in touch with local hero Ferdinad and he show us a trek to Rio Patria. Definitely one of the highlights of our trip. There was really interesting trek. Probably we would never find a river without Ferdinad. After three hours of sliding thru dense rainforest we finally get a small creek, which was tributary of Patria. we paddled this creek for 20 minutes and volume was probably 1cm3 plus. I have to say, that was sometimes super scary. you run blind over drops where is no water, but we did it and before us was seven hours of steep creeking.

Honza Lasko: We spend four weeks in Costa rica and I have to say that was really cool after all and happy that we go there. We had not good luck for water first ten days, but still a chance to paddle some classics first on pacific site, like Narancha Labirint or some solid runs around Turialba, which is center of white water in Costa rica. After ten days start raining and we thought, that local river can`t never fill up them KORYTA during dry season. So when we pass Toro Amarilo looks there is just perfect level, someone in car said that could be a little more, so we drove on put in and start paddling TIPICAL class ww4+ in Costa rica. Probably after one minut paddling we relised, that water is probably to high. Took us nest 500 meters then we could take a first eddy, between that all us already got some beating in nasty holes. Water was three time more then is upper level. We finish our run to first bridge and took off with all respect, but definitely scary boating. This days Costa rica got flood which flows from CARIBIC.