tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782145484340768082024-03-13T10:58:33.807-07:00Martina WegmanMartina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-48120882535250454502016-10-10T07:02:00.003-07:002016-10-10T07:07:41.506-07:00Sickline 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The beautiful Ötztal valley in the heart of the Austrian
Alps welcomed the World’s best kayakers for the 9th running of the adidas
Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship. 175 athletes from 29 Countries
battled to take the Sickline title.</div>
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Over the course of 2 action packed days, that 175 was
narrowed down to just 16 athletes for the men’s final and 5 for the women’s.
The finals themselves are straight shoot-outs for time, with the competitors
battling the clock and the 280-metre-long course.</div>
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on the river this year was lower than usual, meaning that precision was vital;
any deviation off the perfect line being punished by contact with rocks and a
loss of time. The competitors knew that simply paddling hard and being untidy
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Conditions were hostile too; the temperature has been low
all the way through the event and the water temperature was hovering at around
5 degrees Celsius. Combine that with likely the best field ever assembled in
both the men’s and women’s events and before a boat even touched the water, the
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After a weekend of intense racing on the legendary
Wellerbrücke rapids in Austria’s Ötztal valley, 25-year old Aniol Serrasolses
from Bescano in Spain and 26-year old Sandra Hyslop from Loughborough, Great
Britain claimed their first adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Champion title,
ahead of Sam Sutton (NZL) and Nouria Newman (FRA) taking silver and Dane
Jackson (USA) and Martina Wegman (NED) winning bronze.</div>
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{page:WordSection1;} </style>Its been a cruisy few weeks after the Slalom World Cups!
After the last World Cup in Pau we drove through the night, buzzing off
coffee’s and Red Bulls and made it in 20 hrs straight back to Prague.</div>
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Its always super nice coming back to Prague as it’s kind of
our base in Europe at the moment. I love the buzz of the city, the course and
vibes in Prague! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard setting rad courses, when there is no one to copy ;)</td></tr>
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After only a few mellow days in Prague it was time to
hit the road again. Mike caught a plane and shot over to Brazil for another
2-weeks Olympic Training Camp. I headed over to the picturesque mountains of
Slovenia, Soca! <br />
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</style> <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">I’ve been
coming to Soca as a little toddler and love this place! It has gone a lot more
touristy since we came here for the first time in the early 90’s. One of my very first
whitewater river experience has been on the Soca, so it's always super nice to get back there.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning paddling through the little canyons on the river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the moves on the cataract, big siphon on the left. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">This week I
was coaching for a small group of beginner kayakers through <a href="http://www.europeagaai.nl/">www.europeagaai.nl</a>. My dad was at the Soca
as well and it was great to catch up with him! Also a good friend of my Vera
came down to Soca to join a week of sunshine and we were able to run the
cataract section with some of the local guys. We were super lucky with the
flows! It’s a super nice piece of whitewater but its full of undercuts and
siphons, so you always have to respect this section of river!</span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finishing the cataract section.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">After the enjoyable
week I drove over the Kranjska Gora Mountain pass and stayed a couple days in
Tacen. On the first day of my arrival I dropped my car keys into a well at the
course :D. I wasn’t able to open it as they had placed some asphalt over the
edges. Lucky there was a 50 years bday party going on at the course and some
very friendly shirtless 50yr olds has some tools and helped me smashing the asphalt
and opening it :). They didn’t really spoke much English but they assist of me
having some drinks with them as according to them ‘they saved my life’. After a
couple wines, dinner was served and they insist of me staying around for dinner
:D. It was so good!! They where super </span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">hospitable
and made sure I ate enough :D. The party went on till pretty late and the oldies definitely over partied me, but it was a great and mostly hilarious night :D.</span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning new tricks in my slalom boat. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jammin' in the sun, lots of down time with only 1 whitewater session a day.</td></tr>
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<span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">After a couple rad sessions with
Ajda and her coach Matej Trampuz I left Tacen and drove over to Augsburg. But
about an hour before my destination my car broke down. I called my
roadassistance but they where super unusefull. I gave them all the information
to determine my possition and after 20 minutes the girl on the phone still
could not determind my location. I told her I was driving from Slovenia to
Augsburg on the A8 and was right before the exit sign 1500 to Irschenberg, I
gave them the little number on the side of the highwas as well as my GPS coordinates.
After 20 minutes I asked the lady if she could ring me back when she has found
it. 10 minutes later I got a call back that she had found it and that they will
send a towingtruck and that if nobody arrives in 2 hours I had to call them
back.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not impressed with the Dutch road assistance waiting for two hours on nothing. ;)</td></tr>
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phone who told me they hadn’t send anybody yet, because they did not know on
which side of the highway I was… So I gave them all the details ones again and
and another 15 minutes later they send somebody who should be there within 45
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<span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally as it started to get dusk, they towed me to a garage in a crazy
little German village called Kleinpienzenau. The garage was closed and there
was nothing around. There was a super super weird lady in that town who
actually scared me :D. I tried to find some accommodation but there was nothing
there and the scary lady send me to a random house. Luckily there was a
friendly guy who wanted to drive me to the closest hotel 5 km drive away. The next
morning I run the 5 km to get to the garage and found out that they couldn’t
fix the car before Monday. The guy from the garage was super nice and helpfull. A couple other inconvenience calls with my road
assistance and the car was going to be towed away to Holland. I walked 5 km back
to the hotel to check out.. then the road assistance organised a rental car for
me for the next couple days, but I had to pick it up in Rosenheim and there was
not really any public transportation going there.. I first had to go back to
the garage first before mission to Rosenheim. I decided to hitch hike which
worked out pretty quick.. Then as public transportation wasn’t much of an
option and my road assistants wouldn’t cover the cost to travel to the rental
car place I decided to hitch again. Luckily I got a ride in less than two
minutes and the guy dropped me all the way at the rental car place! :D. Legend! The
Dutch assurance told me I could not drop the car in Prague and I either had to
drop it somewhere in Germany or Netherlands. But than at the rental car place
they where questioning me why I did not drop it in Prague and luckily they
where a bit more on to it and organised for me to have it dropped in Prague :).</span></span></div>
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needs that I was travelling with a kayak and I needed horizontal bars on the
roof, explaining them it’s the same as when people tie surfboards on the roof..
but no luck on this one.. no roofracks. Ahh well we know what to do with that
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continued. I stayed a couple days with Claudia in Augsburg, watched the
semi-finals of the soccer with the German Team, had a sweet BBQ at Jasmin her
appartment, some sweet whitewater session and then I was off again back to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">World Cup I</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Nestled at the based of the Italian Alps, lies the historical town of Ivrea,
which once was the main gateway to Northern Europe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Below a magnificent arch bridge in town lies
the epic slalom course and the destination for the first of five 2016 ICF Canoe
Slalom World Cups. 1000 of people flogged down to the river to watch the race
and happenings over the weekend. </span>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was the premiere occasion that the
spectacular Ivrea channel has hosted a World Cup. I think most athletes enjoyed
the vibes of the village, gelato’s, pizzas, pasta and the challenging but rad
course! I had a great weekend of racing! A minor touch put me just out of the
finals in 13rd place. A good result for me and I was satisfied with my
performance at the first World Cup of this season.</span></div>
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Qualifcation run
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<span lang="EN-US">Seu d’Urgell was the hosted of the second
World Cup. This Olympic whitewater stadium was built for the Barcelona games in
1992. The course itself is not in favorite for quite a few athletes, but
everybody loves the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> picturesque</span><span lang="EN-US"> village
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<span lang="EN-US">For me this was an interesting race. I
lacked the confidence that I could do well at this race. The course in Seu is
quite physical and relatively small and it feels like it suits me less than
some of the other courses. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My sister came down to Seu for a visit and I
decided to mostly enjoy the week, having a holiday and take the race as it
comes. My first run wasn’t the best, but it gave me some confident that I
actually could throw down a solid run here. </span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My second run was clean and solid with
only a few little mistakes. I was in 10<sup>th</sup> place with only one
paddler to come down the course. With a difference of only 0.01 seconds I ended
up in 11<sup>th</sup> place, just out of the semi-finals. Never the less I was
pretty pleased with my performance and had a fantastic time in Seu!! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">On Saturday we headed over to Sort and I
enjoyed paddling my good plastic Dagger Mamba on the Noguera Pallaresa river! I
was stoked being on a natural river surrounded by mountains, greens and nature!
In the afternoon we headed back to Seu for the new ICF Slalom Cross – BoaterX,
which was good fun!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">World
Cup III</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Towards world cup three I started to feel
super tired and washed-out of the slalom racing :). It’s pretty full on
travelling, training and racing from one place to another for three weeks :D. I
love the whitewater in Pau and it is hard to take a step back and rest when
lapping this course is so rad. :D But I felt super fatigue during the whole
week. My race wasn’t too bad but it was kinda a struggle all the way down, not
feeling the water and being out of touch, resulting in not too bad but slow
runs. I wasn’t upset, but I know this course can gives a way better feeling
than I had this weekend :D. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the Kayak Cross – boaterX I had a bit
the same feeling and was feeling exhausted. Never the less I had good fun and
enjoyed it! It always feels fabulous going back to my roots, racing plastic :D.
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m super stoked to be able rest now and
planning for the next few weeks! :D I going to ditch my slalom boat for a
little bit and enjoying some crystial clear water on the Soca River! :D </span></div>
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<i>For the last couple months I have been working towards and
building up for the European Championships Canoe Slalom. The two very
last European Olympics spots where available here and many national
selections were fought for at this race. This meant it was a big one for
most of us as Olympic dreams got realized and shattered!<br /> </i><br />
<i>For
me this was my very first Canoe Slalom European Championships and never
in my life before, I had focused on an event so much as this one…</i><br />
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<i>Two
years ago when I started slalom, people asked me if I had ambition to
go to the Rio Olympics. At that point I was laughing at them, thinking
there was no way this would be possible in two years. – The Olympic
selections were held last year September at the World Championships in
London. I had a good race and I just missed out on the semi-finals and
therefor an Olympic spot by 0.49 seconds (including a 2 second penalty).
As the Olympics weren’t a goal yet, I wasn’t upset about the race and
was pretty content with my paddling at that stage. </i><br />
<i>Soon
after this I found out that there was another change to qualify. One
more women spot was available for Europe and fought for at the Europeans
2016. I never seriously had considered myself as a contender for this
spot, until the very last weeks before the European Championships. </i><br />
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European Championships 2016</h3>
The
small town of Liptovsky Mikulas held a stellar show! The town got
swamped by the best slalom paddlers from all over Europe for the 2016
European Canoe Slalom Championships. The town of Liptovsky shared the
same excitement and joy for this event as the athletes and coaches
themselves.<br />
Despite it was the start of May temperatures where
still pretty fresh in this picturesque town surrounded by snow top
mountains. I enjoyed my time heaps training in this place. The course is
Liptovsky is fast, narrow and unpredictable, with a tough drop in the
middle section that can unravel a run in moments.<br />
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In qualifications I had a solid run with a couple of little mistakes but enough to advance through to the next round in 16<sup>th</sup>
place. There were 5 countries in the K1 women fighting for the last
Olympic spot. Only Viktoriia Us from Ukraine and I advanced to the next
round and were still in the running.<br />
In semi-finals I started off
with a good run. I had a wicked feeling on the water during the run!
There were still some little mistakes here and there, but it felt as the
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In
my second split time I was 5 seconds of the winning time! and I had a
sick bottom run! In the second to last gate I had a 16 seconds lead on
my competition from Ukraine. But the race isn’t over until you cross the
finish line! :D<br />
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I
made a massive mistake in the very last gate of the race-course, which
was a massive time lost. I don’t know what happened in that last gate,
but it felt like my whole body just shut down. It was super cold that
morning and I only wore a neoprene thermal top. Just before my roll I
felt a kind of despair as my brain and whole body was frozen and I did
not had any control over my ligaments. I am not sure if I was fatigue,
cold, or if I just choked as I thought I just had won myself a ticket to
the Olympics ;).<br />
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Semi-final run<br />
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Surprisingly
after the race I wasn’t guttered at all. I actually was stoked with my
performance and the feeling I had on the water. I feel like I have come a
long way in 2 years! I do not feel like I lost something, I almost feel
like I gain something :) I’ve shown that I’m capable of preforming a
descent run, and that on the very last moment I had a realistic shot in
getting that Olympic spot even being in the sport for such short period.
I never have been proud on any sports results or achievements. But I
kinda was proud with my performance in this race! It has been pretty
cool not having a coach or any support and just doing it all by myself
:). Of course I have had wicked training partners and been helped out
and supported heaps by friends, which I am very graceful of! Thank you!<br />
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Qualification run<br />
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Anyways
I had a super good time out there and enjoy hanging out with all the
rad people! I will be drinking a couple Caiparina’s watching and
cheering everybody on who made it to Rio!!<br /><br /><img alt="" class="media-element file-default" data-cke-saved-src="http://palmequipmenteurope.com/sites/default/files/13296314_1620251388235391_293797519_n.jpg" data-fid="27301" data-media-element="1" src="http://palmequipmenteurope.com/sites/default/files/13296314_1620251388235391_293797519_n.jpg" height="426" title="" width="640" /><br />
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upcoming three weeks I have three more slalom World Cup races in Italy,
Spain and France, but I can’t wait to jump back in my Dagger Mamba and
run some sick natural rivers!! :D. See you on the ‘Rio’!<br />
Keep living the dream ya all!!<br />
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<br />For the last couple years I have celebrate New Years in New
Zealand. This year was no different, except that we headed with some friends up
to the east coast of New Zealand. It’s quite a remote part of the island with
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The rest of the summer we mostly have been training slalom
on our flat-water course on the Kaituna. Summer always flies by in New Zealand
and it did again this year! Before we knew it we were flying to Australia for
the Australian Open and Oceania Open. The second race was the last race of the
New Zealand Olympic selection. Some pressure for Mike, but he ended up taking
out the top spot of the kiwi’s and secured himself the Olympic spot for New
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I had an ok run at the Oceania open and placed 12<sup>th</sup>
after the qualification, with a touch and +6 seconds slower than Ricarda Funk.
I picked up to many touches in the semi-finals and dropped to the 16<sup>th</sup>
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After Australia we were only back in New Zealand for a week,
before flying back to Rio and from there back to Europe! I really like Rio! The
two weeks up there went by very fast! We had some good training and some
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Time went by fast and before I knew it I was flying back
home to The Netherlands! It’s always great coming home after a couple months!
Unfortunately I picked up the flu and got stock in bed for a couple days.
Ginger, Lemon & honey tea, vitamin pills and banana kale cucumber fruit
smoothies got be back on track in no time and right before my Dutch Slalom
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We were lucky with the weather in Leipzig and I had a good
week of training and enjoyed the course most days ;). The race went ok, I was a
bit careful in my first run ,but still picked up 6 seconds of penalties. The
semi-final course was very tricky with lots of blow outs! I was lucky and had
an alright first run, which put me into 4<sup>th</sup> place into the finals. I
was stoked with my run in the finals, for me I had a pretty good run, less
touches and had both tricky moves alright.. Unfortunately I felt the fatigue at
the very bottom of the course and got stuck in a hole right before the last
upstream. I’m very curious how many seconds I lost and what my time would have
been without the bottom mistake. I still was stoked with the race as I made the
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This year I made the decision to switch direction and chase
the slalom dream. I am pretty satisfied how the slalom season panned out as a
freshy! It made me travel to new parts of the world, I’ve made new friends
around the globe and challenged myself in a totally different aspect of
kayaking. I’m blessed I have been able to walk down this road and enjoyed every
moment of it!<br />
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Check out my quick recap video of the year or scroll down to read more about the adventures I had in 2015. </div>
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<b>NEW ZEALAND </b><br />
The year started with a cruisy, dry and very hot summer in New Zealand. We trained slalom close to every day, but in between our sessions we went on some great adventures. Mountain biking, Motor biking, SUP boarding, hot pools, surfing, bbq’s, picknicks – basically all the summer goods.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">In February
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100 hours in NZ and we were back in the sky again heading towards the Middle
East! I was full of excitement! I love to go to new places and the Middle East
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whitewater course in the middle of the desert. The big contradiction of the
clear blue water silhouetted in the dry baron environment makes this place so
rad! And the combination of continuous whitewater, warm weather and easy access
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A few days later I embarked on an
adventure to China. I got the opportunity to head over to the Nu River/ Salween
River for the most highly anticipated whitewater event in China, The Red
Bull Freestyle Challenge. The Mighty Salween River, in Chinese Nu Jiang is the
major stream of Southeast Asia. Steep canyon walls line the swift, powerful and
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Air New Zealand and headed out over the Tasman before landing in China. I had
no clue where I was heading to in China, but soon enough I figured out I made
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paper with ‘Martina’ welcomed me (The sign wasn’t really needed, as I was the
only white, tall, blond person coming of the little plane) and drove me for
5hours through a couple check points to the hotel in Weighbeam village. I was
the only female competitor and was racing against the boys. I had a good time
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Netherlands. 24 hours after arriving I cruised over to Leipzig, Germany for my
Dutch slalom team trials. 1 session on Friday and the race started. With
minimal training, jetlagged and a new boat, I was very lucky to make it into
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Mike and I have been training in Prague for most of the season. Troja is a
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hussle and bussle of Prague and drove over to a whitewater course in the
picturesque hills about an hour away from the Czech Republic capital. In the
early morning a wall of water is released creating a turbulent playground
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creates a challenge for many paddlers. With over 14meters of gradient it's
continuous, fast and at times hard to control. The flow is sourced from the
drinking water supply for the Czech Republic, meaning the river flows only
several times a year. This results in a big turn-up of slalom paddlers,
whitewater racers, extreme kayakers and rec paddlers, congregating at one river
for one reason. To party, paddle and enjoy the toughest whitewater course Czech
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first World Cup held on Troja came really fast. I was excited to have a change
to see where I’m at, amongst the other girls. I had one touch but beside that I
had a solid first run, and was very surprised but mostly stoked to qualify for
the semi-finals in the top 20! Unfortunately I 50’ a gate in the semi’s and
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slalom poles and headed to Norway for 3 days. Flying into Oslo we took an epic
scenic midnight train ride, which brought us to our final destination, Voss. I
was stoked to get a few days away from chasing slalom poles and to get on some
real whitewater. But mostly stoked to be catching up with friends during
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organized a celebration paddle on the Raundalselvi to celebrate the LIFE of
Juan Antonio de Ugarte and Louise Emma Jull. They both passed away on the river
this winter, doing what they loved most. Stoked we were able to make it over
for this special afternoon. Big thanks to Mariann and Ron for making it all
happen. Unfortunately we couldn’t stick around to long and had to leave half
way the evening to drive back across to Oslo to make our flight back to Prague.
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Norway headed over to the mountains in Liptovsky Mikulas. It was nice being a
freshy in slalom as all those slalom courses where new terrain for me. I had an
all right race in Liptovsky but it wasn’t enough to advanced to the next round. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The 4rd race was in Seu d’Urgell, on
the slalom course build for the ’92 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Seu is a
picturesque city with markets going off in the morning, siesta’s at midday,
tapas in the late arvo and dinner not starting before 10pm. The city got
swamped by kayakers enjoying the Spanish lifestyle! A heat wave was
rolling in bringing the temperatures up to 40 degrees during the day! 30
minutes down the road of Seu there where some awesome natural pools, where we
tried to escape from the heat and enjoying summer! </span> </div>
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day on the river, making a lot of mistakes and not running the boat smooth and
dry. I was ready to move on to Pau, with bigger whitewater!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was my first time in Pau and I enjoyed the
vibes of the city and more so the whitewater course! The water is flowing fast
and super nice! This course was definitely suiting me a lot more! I was stoked
to qualify for my second semi-finals this season. </span></div>
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was a lot harder than qualifiers, but I loved it! There where some sick moves
which were challenging but flowing! I had an all right run with a couple
mistakes here and there and I almost rolled on the bottom section of the
course, losing a couple valuable seconds.</span></div>
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qualifiers, French top Extreme paddler Eric Dequil organized a BoaterX on the
course. With all the slalom spectators still at the course, the bank were lined
up with spectators having their camera’s and cellphone out, ready to see some
carnage or at least a change from what they had seen already. They made the
race more interesting by putting some tight gates in the course, a mandatory
eskimo roll and having everybody racing in the same boat. It was fun racing
down the course in plastic boats during the slalom World Cup and I was stoked
taking out the win in what was for me a bit more familiar discipline. </span></div>
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treated to a stellar weekend of wicked racing at this years Devil’s Extreme
Race on the Vltava River in Czech Republic. The river flows only once a year
for a few days, resulting in a accumulation of the best boaters, the biggest beaters
and hundreds of river enthusiastic, congregating at one rivers for on reason:
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the water and fills up two lakes before tumbling down the steeper race section.
<span class="field-item">The 20km section is home to the Czech championships
slalom site, the downriver rafting section, and the full-on Devils Rapids.
Paddlers from all over Europe are drawn to the area by the river’s magnet
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The World Championships was the most
important race this year. If you ended up within the first 15 nations you
secured a ticket for your country for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro!
I got a fifty second penalty in my first run, so it all came down to my second
run. The course was pretty straight, which I knew was going to be harder for me
to do well on. I was very satisfied with my second run, but an early two
seconds penalty in gate nine pushed me away from the semi-finals. With only 00:00:49
seconds short I ended the race in 33rd place.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">was happy with the race and stoked I
came so close! It’s funny that I wasn’t guttered any single moment as I pulled
of a good run and performed well, but the ‘If I only hadn’t touched’ or ‘only
fourty-nine hundredths of seconds’ always goes through your mind … but I guess
that is what canoe slalom is all about. We still have one more shot to try gain
an Olympic ticket for Holland, which is at the Europeans next year in Slovakia.
It’s going to be touch and go, but it’s a fun challenge and I’m keen to give it
another shot next year. Whatever happens I’m keen to follow this road and
rocking my unique Palm Equipment slalom gear on the artificial ditches! :)</span><br />
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CHAMP</span></b></div>
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level of this event steps up every year and this season seemed once again extremely
stacked. Huge names from all areas of the sport were training the weeks before
trying to get in the groove and battle for the crown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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most chicks racing! And for the first time in the history of the event there
was a women’s category in the World Championship. Twenty-five ladies put their
race faces on to get into the top eight to battle it off for the top spot!</span></span> </div>
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crocked for the last couple days, the races started well for me and I managed
to get two solid consistent runs down the qualifier course, stokedly surprised
taking out the qualifications in the chicks! Gerd smoked the course and was no
doubt the favorite to win this year’s race!</span></span> </div>
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fastest races the slowest. I loved the low water all week and was feeling
confident and sharp. Arriving early in the morning the water had come up 15cm
and the course was slightly different and pushier. I started off sharp
and had a fine paste and lines on the top of the course, coming in hot into
Champions Killer, but a big mistake here lost me heaps of time. My time of 1.17
was slow and it was Marieke Vogt with a clean line and 1.15 who advanced into
the next round. I spend the rest of the day cheering the chicks on and
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<span class="field-item"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Super stoked and
extremely lucky I got the opportunity to head over to Mexico again! It is a
country of utmost beauty; the people are friendly, food is delicious and the
whitewater and nature are amazing. I got an invite from Rush to shoot with the
Altius Crew in Mexico, a few weeks before departing. At first I expected this
to be a kayaking shoot, but it turned out we did much more than
that! Altius is a rad company promoting the thirty-one states in Mexico
through the passion and adrenaline of the best sports, events, culture and
artists around.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brazil was a new destination for me.
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headed to Rio as I was on my way to New Zealand and was meeting up with Mike
half way :), But it also was a great opportunity to paddle on the brand new
Olympic whitewater course! It’s a wicked venue! It was very challenging after
having a break from slalom for close to two months. The water is fast flowing
and continues, it’s hard to keep on top of the water and the boat moving all
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From Rio I headed back to New Zealand for another summer! Its always good to
get back to Okere Falls and catching up with everybody! We finished the year on
the East Cape, the most eastern point of New Zealand, were we caught the first
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It’s always good fun travelling to a new country or destination. After
exploring Mexico and traveling back home for a couple days I flew back in the
same direction, but landed in Rio de Janeiro this time! I never been to Brazil
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I mainly headed to Rio as I was on my way to New Zealand and
was meeting up with Mike half way :), But it also was a great opportunity to
paddle on the brand new Olympic whitewater course! It’s a wicked venue! It was
very challenging after having a break from slalom for close to two months. The
water is fast flowing and continues, it’s hard to keep on top of the water and
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Lots of competitors were drawn to this race and opportunity
to paddle on the Olympic course. The brutal pre-qualifier, selected only the
top paddlers of 21 nations to battle it out in the next rounds. It was a wicked
race as everybody had the same amount of training on the course, no local
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I was stoked making it into the semi-final on the bubble and
having another change to race on the course. My runs weren’t amazing but
somehow I managed to make fewer mistakes than others and place myself into the
finals! A 50 seconds penalty in the finals put me in 8<sup>th</sup> place, but
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After the race we had another week to train on the course
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Martina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-3896774986324282502015-10-17T00:27:00.000-07:002015-10-17T00:32:48.064-07:00My slalom Season<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />I am pretty satisfied how the slalom season panned out as a freshy! :) <span style="line-height: 20.0063px;">Earlier
this year I made the decision to switch direction and chase the slalom
dream, racing most of the international circuit. It has been a fun and
challenging road and I’m satisfied with the progress I have made this
year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Although
slalom courses aren’t always built in the most exciting and interesting
places, it made me travel to new parts of the world, I’ve made new
friends around the globe and challenged myself in a totally different
aspect of kayaking. I’m blessed I have been able to walk down this road
and enjoyed every moment of it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I
started the racing season with no expectation and I’m stoked I was
capable of pulling off some good race runs at the right time. As I’m in
my slalom debut I’m not really result focus, instead I just want to
preform the best I can. But making two semi-finals this year definitely
gave me motivation and a feeling of achievement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The
World Championships was the most important race this year. If you ended
up within the first 15 nations you secured a ticket for your country
for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro! I knew it was going to be
very hard for me as all the top paddlers were there, but I also believed
it wasn’t impossible. My focus wasn’t set on making a spot for the
Netherlands but pulling of a good solid run and see what happens than.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I
got a fifty second penalty in my first run, so it all came down to my
second run. The course was pretty straight, which I knew was going to be
harder for me to do well on. I was very satisfied with my second run,
but an early two seconds penalty in gate nine pushed me away from the
semi-finals. With only fourty-nine hundredth3s of seconds short I ended
the race in 33rd place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I
was happy with the race and stoked I came so close! It’s funny that I
wasn’t guttered any single moment as I pulled of a good run and
performed well, but the ‘If I only hadn’t touched’ or ‘only fourty-nine
hundredths of seconds’ always goes through your mind … but I guess that
is what canoe slalom is all about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We still have one more shot to
try gain an Olympic ticket for Holland, which is at the Europeans next
year in Slovakia. It’s going to be touch and go, but it’s a fun
challenge and I’m keen to give it another shot next year. Whatever
happens I’m keen to follow this road and rocking my unique Palm
Equipment slalom gear on the artificial ditches! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It’s
now time to dust off my creek boat, pack my whitewater gear and head
over to Sickline for some real whitewater :) See ya all there!</span></div>
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Competitors and spectators alike were treated to a stellar
weekend of wicked racing at this years Devil’s Extreme Race on the Vltava River
in Czech Republic. The river flows only once a year for a few days, resulting
in a accumulation of the best boaters, the biggest beaters and hundreds of river
enthusiastic, congregating at one rivers for on reason: to party, paddle and
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In the early morning the dam releases the water and fills up
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20km section is home to the Czech championships slalom site, the
downriver rafting section, and the full-on Devils Rapids. Paddlers from
all over Europe are drawn to the area by the river’s magnet enticing
adventure.</span></span></span><br />
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The first round cuts the field in half and every round the
competition gets tighter and the race gets harder and more exciting. After a
few upsets, some wicked racing and a great day on the river, German ex-slalom
paddler Lukas Kalkbrenner claimed the victory with <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul Böckelmann</span>
and Sam Sutton in 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> places, respectively. The
ladies top spots were taken out by Martina Wegman, Tereza Svobodova and Jacqueline
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This year Czech organizer Mira Kodada added a new race to
the already full-on weekend, the Waka Dam-to-dam race. A brutal 30 minutes
paddle, crossing two lakes before finally hit the whitewater and finish! Hannes
Aigner took it out, followed by Matic Terčelj in seconds & Honza Kolář in
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<span lang="EN-US">It has been a fun road, traveling around
the slalom race circuit and I’m stoked to finish the World Cup season with a sweet weekend! </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVe5KNzH-UhisxhNijrrkLnn9ofEcFABuwP_k1pxtuCFiau52hBUuuk_HAWGWEaUDjmd1AHfhU1349ad_BKcgwpqT4Fpv6sfcIzde3bMEYoQmmuzYFE7UFmKzNNtIFCRi-k4Rra5jQ6C8/s1600/IMG_2982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVe5KNzH-UhisxhNijrrkLnn9ofEcFABuwP_k1pxtuCFiau52hBUuuk_HAWGWEaUDjmd1AHfhU1349ad_BKcgwpqT4Fpv6sfcIzde3bMEYoQmmuzYFE7UFmKzNNtIFCRi-k4Rra5jQ6C8/s640/IMG_2982.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Last weekend we wrapped up the World Cup
Final, which was held on the State de Eaux vives in Pau. This race was the
final decider for the overall score of the Canoe slalom World Cup series. Pau
held on a good show, attracting lots of spectators to the festival area. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But before Pau we were racing in Seu
d’Urgell, on the slalom course build for the ’92 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Seu is a picturesque city with markets going off in the morning, siesta’s at
midday, tapas in the late arvo and dinner not starting before 10pm. The city
got swamped by kayakers enjoying the Spanish lifestyle! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">A heat wave was rolling in bringing the
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there where some awesome natural pools, where we tried to escape from the heat
and enjoying summer! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To me the whitewater course in Seu is different
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it looks fairly easy from the bank. But once on the water I had a lot of
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<span lang="EN-US">During the week it got much better and I was starting to feel a bit more
confident and ready to race. Unfortunately I did not had the best day on the
river, making a lot of mistakes and not running the boat smooth and dry. I was
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the vibes of the city and more so the whitewater course! The water is flowing
fast and super nice! This course was definitely suiting me a lot more! I was
stoked to qualify for my second semi-finals this season in 25<sup>th</sup>
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<span lang="EN-US">The course they set for the semi-finals was a lot harder than
qualifiers, but I loved it! There where some sick moves which were challenging
but flowing! I had an all right run with a couple mistakes here and there and I
almost rolled on the bottom section of the course, losing a couple valuable
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stoked finishing the last race of my first World Cup Season in the 18<sup>th</sup>
place!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On Saturday after the slalom qualifiers,
French top Extreme paddler Eric Dequil organized a BoaterX on the course. With
all the slalom spectators still at the course, the bank were lined up with
spectators having their camera’s and cellphone out, ready to see some carnage
or at least a change fromwhat they had seen already. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">They made the race more interesting by
putting some tight gates in the course, a mandatory eskimo roll and having
everybody racing in the same boat. At first I was scrapped of the race, as some
of the other chicks who made the slalom semi-finals cancelled out of the race, which
made them assuming that I wasn’t racing either. I was a little disappointed
rocking up in my kayak gear not seeing my name in any of the heats. </span></div>
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me there was one no show at the start line and I was able to take up her spot
at the very last minute. Stoked as it was fun racing down the course in plastic
boats during the slalom World Cup and I was stoked taking out the win, winning
one of the kayaks we raced in. </span></div>
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Martina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-21355367978415274902015-07-11T02:58:00.002-07:002015-07-11T03:06:16.152-07:00Three Days Norway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBxJEJTCLPbXeHJG00ODWHgESz_MN7yCIc97rrAHKSZZP73sSZc2-sbldn5-ZmOiYtFozgQVSKaKbhXwvXkc0jG74hmcCRNOdaJms5iFeLQrEkHM-phJ_O1DS28q6JPgV4i02JbtGA_o/s1600/Martina+893.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBxJEJTCLPbXeHJG00ODWHgESz_MN7yCIc97rrAHKSZZP73sSZc2-sbldn5-ZmOiYtFozgQVSKaKbhXwvXkc0jG74hmcCRNOdaJms5iFeLQrEkHM-phJ_O1DS28q6JPgV4i02JbtGA_o/s640/Martina+893.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><span class="field-items" style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-item even"><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"><br />Last week we boarded another flight from Prague and landed in the heart of
Norway, Oslo! An epic scenic midnight train ride brought us to our final
destination, Voss.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN1z4oVFBeeC-w6hdrHxuwQevcSFx4q7ACfCL237bxtacbvb2gdmAM-rw0xWzRe7jo-e2WOXLZil7k5eIpJjWvWEdkJOc286WQ6Fi-NZDS4i2e2AnphZBhvaLI_V4FWakcjEal5IvfFs/s1600/Martina.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN1z4oVFBeeC-w6hdrHxuwQevcSFx4q7ACfCL237bxtacbvb2gdmAM-rw0xWzRe7jo-e2WOXLZil7k5eIpJjWvWEdkJOc286WQ6Fi-NZDS4i2e2AnphZBhvaLI_V4FWakcjEal5IvfFs/s640/Martina.png" width="640" /></a><br /><span class="field-items"><span class="field-item even">I
was stoked to get a few days away from chasing slalom poles and to get
on some real whitewater. But mostly stoked to be catching up with
friends during <a href="http://ekstremsportveko.com/">Ekstremsportveko</a>.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfLPUbcbX4MjYD_SkrNgG5gR0bvoHHYEWRxzIY4D7R2TI3NTgb5MyrRka5pc6oEzLgTN5y0zQMf4ZGqtY5e1fZV8JskhBeleBHadWc7k9pD0E37amwaeFH_Mp6bb65gaDtlzO9HZ8ncQ/s1600/Mike+895.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfLPUbcbX4MjYD_SkrNgG5gR0bvoHHYEWRxzIY4D7R2TI3NTgb5MyrRka5pc6oEzLgTN5y0zQMf4ZGqtY5e1fZV8JskhBeleBHadWc7k9pD0E37amwaeFH_Mp6bb65gaDtlzO9HZ8ncQ/s640/Mike+895.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="field-items" style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-item even">The
Ekstremsportveko is one the largest sport and music festivals of its
kind. A combination of extreme sports, music, and the stunning
surroundings of Western Norway. Every year it attracts hundreds of top
national and international athletes, as well as devoted fans. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="field-items" style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-item even">With only
seventy-two hours on the clock, we were stoked that Norway has non-stop
daylight, making the most out of our time away<span style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></span></span></span><br />
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kayak racing kicked off with the individual downhill race on the
Brandseth River, a sprint down a 400 m section of steep, technical
whitewater.</span></span></span></div>
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from the slalom circuit and only arriving a day before the race I was a
bit intimidated of the whitewater. With one crappy practice lap twenty
minutes before the race I lacked the confidence to power down the
section and I was mainly focusing on getting clean lines and not getting
hurt :).</span></span></span></div>
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clean lines played off as I had two solid runs ending up in second, a
fair bit behind Mariann Saether who crushed the course! Palm paddler
Toni George rounded out the top three of the women’s category. </span></span></span></div>
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the top spots in the men’s. Shot boys!</span></span></span></div>
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next day Mariann Saether had organized a celebration paddle on the
Raundalselvi to celebrate the LIFE of Juan Antonio de Ugarte and Louise
Emma Jull. They both passed away on the river this winter, doing what
they loved most. Stoked we were able to make it over for this special
afternoon. Big thanks to Mariann and Ron for making it all happen.</span></span></span></div>
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we couldn’t stick around to long and had to leave half way the evening
to drive back across to Oslo to make our flight back to Prague. <span style="line-height: 20.0063px;">Super
stoked I was able to mission out to Norway for three special days. It
was my first time in Norway and I had a rad time, can’t wait to come
back for more!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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We have wrapped up the first 3 World Cups of the season,
which were held in Prague, Krakow and Liptovsky Mikulas. <br />
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I might have missed the boat, started my slalom career a tic late ;) But
although I’m far from competitive I’m enjoying racing slalom heaps and
feel fortunate to be able to walk down the slalom road and racing in
this, for me, new discipline.<br />
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Cup, one of the best slalom events was held, The Riverside Cross. The riverside
cross is a new creation to bring Slalom to the city center. </span></div>
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format where competitors race head to head. 16 invited athletes where racing
off a 3,5 meter ramp through a couple gates, before shooting 5 biathlon targets
and sprinting back to the finish. </span></div>
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The first World Cup held on Troja came really fast. I was
excited to have a change to see where I’m at, amongst the other girls. I had
one touch but beside that I had a solid first run, and was very surprised but
mostly stoked to qualify for the semi-finals in the top 20!<br />
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The Eastern European
countries have a strong canoe slalom following, making it great venues to
compete at! <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A lot of people line up the banks and fill the grandstands
cheering on their local hero’s! </span> <br />
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I felt good on Sunday, the course seemed more technical and
I wanted to try push a bit harder. The start of my run wasn’t to bad and I felt
on line coming into one of the crux moves of the course. I planned to spin this
move, but just before I wanted to plan my stroke my hand slipped of my paddle
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The rest of my run wasn't great but not too bad either and although I
ended last in the semi’s I was pretty satisfied with the first race of the
season!</div>
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Here is a video of my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MW.martina.wegman/videos/427165067487561" target="_blank">race run.</a></div>
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After Prague I had a break from chasing slalom poles and
headed to <a href="http://palmequipmenteurope.com/blog/en/three-days-norway" target="_blank">Norway</a> for 3 days. (<a href="http://palmequipmenteurope.com/blog/en/three-days-norway">http://palmequipmenteurope.com/blog/en/three-days-norway</a>) </div>
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My time in Norway was way to short and I had an awesome time!
But I was also stoked to head over to Liptovsky Mikulas and racing another
slalom World Cup! </div>
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With only four hours training time on the course, I did not
feel as confident as in Prague and was holding a little back for the race. I had
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There where only 10 more places for grab in the second round of qualification. I
was a fraction slower in my second run and touched the very last gate of the
course, dropping me back in 37<sup>th</sup> position.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MW.martina.wegman/videos/442233232647411" target="_blank">Video of my first race run</a>.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the weekend we escaped the hussle
and bussle of Prague and drove over to a whitewater course in the picturesque
hills about an hour away from the Czech Republic capital. </span></div>
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of small controlled easy whitewater in an urban setting enters your mind. This
is not the case with Trnvka - the home of the Czech Boater Cross Championships
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the early morning a wall of water is
released creating a turbulent playground instantly. Epic whitewater humbles
down the 700m long concrete ditch and creates a challenge for many paddlers. With
over 14meters of gradient it's continuous, fast and at times hard to control. <br /></span></div>
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on Saturday morning, seats you up for the boaterX the next day. Only the top 64
men and top women are advanced through and able to race on Sunday. </span></div>
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dual. Starting from a ramp we had to race down negotiating gates while trying
to stay ahead of the competitors before launching off a 3meter drop to finish.</span>
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1st Mike Dawson NZL<br />
2nd Mira Kondada CZE<br />
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Martina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-53951551218427761842015-03-31T08:56:00.000-07:002015-03-31T09:07:47.447-07:004 (2) days in China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A few days ago I embarked on an adventure to China. I got
the opportunity to head over to the Nu River/ Salween River for the most highly anticipated
whitewater event in China, The Red Bull Freestyle Challenge.<br />
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</style>I jumped on the new Boeing 777-200 from Air New Zealand and
headed out over the Tasman before landing in China. I had no clue where I was
heading to in China, but soon enough I figured out I made it to Baoshan airport
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Two friendly Chinese holding a white paper with Martina
welcomed me (The sign wasn’t really needed, as I was the only white, tall,
blond person coming of the little plane) and drove me for 5hours through a
couple check points to the hotel in Weighbeam village. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rubish get thrown everywhere, but mostly into the river :S</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's crazy the amount of rubish in between the beautiful mountains</td></tr>
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I missed out on the BoaterX race, which was a couple days
earlier and looked like a wicked race! </div>
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Instead we had the Freestyle Challenge in a rowdy hole. I
was the only female competitor and was racing against the boys. Although I
wouldn’t call it racing as I was competing against Dane Jackson, Nick
Troutman and such. No changes there.. :).</div>
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Last Sunday, on our rest day, we decided to mission it out
to Oman. Without any plan & without knowing much we left our chalets to the
nearest bus station, 15 minutes walk away. A bus ticket is regardless how many
stops you take, 2 Dirhams - the equivalent of 50 euro cents.</div>
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Arriving in town we randomly stopped into a restaurant and
it was epic. A local lunch of some Pakistani food , for only 2 Euros. With full
stomachs we managed to get a taxi to the Hili border, the border with Oman. We
had to go to Hilli as it is the only border crossing to Oman when you’re not a
member of the GCC.</div>
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Not sure if they never had a kiwi crossing this border, but
as New Zealander wasn’t in their computer system it took us more than a hour to
get the Exit Emirates stamp. The border is very confusing and we are not to
sure if we really needed this exit stamp or what the deal was. </div>
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timing as there was a local touring bus about to leave to the coast, Sohar. We
hopped on the bus and continued our little mission to the coast. The bus
dropped us in the most random place and still about 3 km from the seaside.
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minutes later a car made a U-turn and asked us where we wanted to go. He was
going to give us a ride to the beach and did not wanted any money.. Although it
sounded dodgy we took the ride with our fingers crossed that we weren’t getting
abducted. Luckily we made it and the guys seemed like he was just a friendly
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Emirates. This time there where some problems with my passport and the guys
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />Our flight back from the Aussie Open went quick and smooth. I had made a last minute call to join Mike on his three weeks slalom training camp in the </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">United Arab Emirates</span>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />Less than 100 hours in NZ and we were back in the sky again heading
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I was full of excitement! I love to go to new places and the Middle East <span lang="EN-US">is one of the parts
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The beauty of being an athlete is that I’m able to travel the world for
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Sometimes we end up in unlikely destinations. </div>
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Arriving in Abu Dhabi we got blown away :) a sand storm had <span lang="EN-US">ripped across the desert, providing us with a typical Middle East experience up on our first arrival.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />In the middle of the desert in probably one of the most random places on earth, lies Wadi Adventure, the Middle East's first man made whitewater facility. </span>It was constructed in 2012 and has quickly become one of the top training sites for international whitewater slalom athletes. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The course is fun and challenging! There is a continues gradient and it has some sweet features. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Behind the course lies Jabel Hafeet, </span>this baron mountain rises 1,249 meters and offers an impressive view over the city Al Ain.<br />
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We had two rad weeks in Australia training and racing the Australian Open. It has been fun paddling on the course and hanging out at the Penrith Plaza, day tripping Sydney and relaxing at Manly Beach.<br />
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The Australian Open took place over the weekend (14/15 Feb). It is one of the first races of the year with the new racing system. I had an alright run in Qualifier and placed 11th after the first run, meaning I wasn't allowed to race a second run. <br />
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On our day off the Canadian chicks and I drove up to Sydney and spend the morning exploring Sydney. It's pretty cool coming back after 10 years!<br />
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After the race we flew back to New Zealand for 4 days before we took off again on our way to Abu Dhabi for a 3 week slalom training camp. <br />
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It is pretty crazy having an artificial whitewater course in the middle of the desert!! Pretty epic views from the top of the mountain close to the course. I'm pretty keen to explore moreof this country and can't wait to do a desert safari, camel riding and hopefully we can go on a day visit to Oman!<br />
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It has been a cruisy summer in NZ! </div>
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I've been training up for slalom this summer and was stoked Thea came out this year to train with me! We have been training hard, but also have been on some great adventures. Mountain biking, SUPping and we went to some amazing hot pools by night, full of shiny glow worms.<br />
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I have been hitting the Wairoa Sunday dam release twice, but unfortunately I haven't been out in my creek boat much lately. I received my Dagger Mamba this summer and the Kaituna run never had been so much fun! <br />
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The summer has been extremely hot this year and we did not had rain for two month! <br />
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We build a couple new motorbike tracks in our backyard and have been riding a bit between the NZ ferns. I'm slowly getting a bit better, enjoying riding heaps.<br />
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I've done a couple gym sessions with Thea this summer getting strong for the season :). So far I'm a totally rookie trying to lift up some weights :)</div>
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We had a couple slalom races in New Zealand, which have been good fun.<br />
I'm now in Australia, where we will be racing the Australian open next weekend.<br />
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Martina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-49715742263387241382015-01-16T02:38:00.002-08:002015-01-16T02:50:21.001-08:00#liveRAD - 2014 Recap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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2014 was another rad year! Last year I started the year with
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In Spring I found myself in Canada racing the <a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/05/grand-finally-2014-whitewater-grand-prix.html" target="_blank">White WaterGrand Prix</a>,
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Dane O Jackson crushed the event and took out another
Whitewater Grand Prix title, followed by Rush Sturges and Joel Kowalski. </div>
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I was super stoked taking out the female category, winning
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<b>No time to waist..</b></div>
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The day after the Grand Prix I took a flight over to Arizona
and spend the next 10 days of the Grid in the <a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/06/grand-canyon-awesomness_5495.html" target="_blank">Grand Cayon</a>.
We had a rad crew on the river and I had an amazing time in this unique place. (<a href="http://www.palmequipmenteurope.com/blog/en/grand-canyon-awesomness-0">http://www.palmequipmenteurope.com/blog/en/grand-canyon-awesomness-0</a><span id="goog_1647233305"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1647233306"></span>) <br />
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<b>Race time...</b></div>
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As the snow started to melt the race season in Colorado
kicked off with the <a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/06/yampa-river-fest.html" target="_blank">Yampa River Fest</a>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">on the stout Fish Creek race! A juicy continues course in
icy cold water. The crazy little snow pack this winter, and unusually warm
spring conditions meant that there wasn't a whole lot of water hanging around
in the Rivers. The creek is manky and hard to have super clean lines the whole
way, there are a lot of little stoppers and rocks, which throw you around.</span></div>
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Next stop was Vail, Colorado, GoPro hosted the <a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/06/gopro-mountain-games-teamnoplan.html" target="_blank">2014 MountainGames</a> high up in the Rocky's. The Games are the nation’s largest celebration of
mountain sport, lifestyle and music featuring top professional and amateur
athletes from around the world. </div>
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I had an awesome time coming back to Colorado and surprised
and stoked to take out the Mountain Games title three times in a row now.
Louise Jull and I rocked the #TeamNoPlan, which end up working out great for
us. </div>
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From there on the race circuit moved its way to Idaho for
the <a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/06/the-north-fork-championships.html" target="_blank">North Fork Championships</a>.
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The North Fork Championships took place in Banks, on the
North Fork of the Payette River. Gradient, lots of granite and warm
water makes this one of the sickest races ever! </span></div>
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<a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/06/payette-river-games-2014.html" target="_blank">The Payette River Games</a> unfolded the weekend after in Cascade, Idaho. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over 600 Competitors
from 16 Countries took part in the first days preliminary rounds to battle for
their place on the podium and their share of the massive $105,000 prize purse
at the Kelly’s white water park.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Straight after the Payette River Games
I flew back to <a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/07/canada.html" target="_blank">Canada</a> and spend two weeks with Katrina van Wijk and the <span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/www\.facebook\.com\/whitewaterriders?ref=ts&fref=ts\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Whitewater Riders</span></span> on the Ottawa River. <br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After Canada I flew back to the States
and left ‘TeamNoPlan’ behind, as I dropped into the ‘serious’ slalom scene.
Quite a different buzz and change of direction and I had some troubles at the
start switching from the super mellow creeking buzz into serious slalom
training. However after a couple weeks I started to enjoy slalom again and had
a mint time around this circuit. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As my American tourist visa was about
to expire we headed back to Europe, where Mike had a base in Prague.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the weekend we escaped the hussle
and bussle of Prague and drove over to the picturesque mountains close to the
border of Austria and Germany. After a three hours drive over a windy road we
found ourselves in Lipno, the race-site for the annual <a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/09/devils-extreme-race-lipno-czech-republic.html" target="_blank">Devil’s Extreme Race</a>. </span><a href="http://martinawegman.blogspot.co.nz/2014/09/devils-extreme-race-lipno-czech-republic.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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once a year for a couple days. This results in an accumulation of the best
boaters and biggest beaters, congregating at one river for one reason. To
party, paddle and experience the best whitewater Czech has to offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I race the speedy new Dagger Phantom,
resulted in being 1 minute a head of the other chicks in the race. This gave me
the advantage to choose the start position at the class V head-to-head race.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After 25 years the Slalom Worlds
returns to American grounds and unfolded in a small lake town called Deep
Creek. Deep Creek Lake is the largest inland body of water in the U.S. state of
Maryland and is man-made! This was my first Slalom World Championships and I
had a great time. Altough my results weren’t great, I was pretty satisfied with
my runs and enjoyed the racing.</span></div>
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season. Blue sky covered the Oetztal Valley as the small ski town was swamped
with over 130 paddlers from 24 different countries. The level of this event
steps up every year and this season seemed extremely stacked. Huge names from
all areas of the sport were training the weeks before trying to get in the groove
and battle for the crown. </span></div>
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Also a highlight for me for this year the Start of April I
got featured with a six page Interview in Kayak Session Magazine #49. Super
stoked to be in this awesome Kayaking Mag!</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/96767078" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/96767078">Martina Wegman | Eps1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/kiwicreations">Kiwi Creations</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/99359905" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/99359905">Martina Wegman | Eps 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/kiwicreations">Kiwi Creations</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/102317715" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/102317715">Martina Wegman | Eps 3</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/kiwicreations">Kiwi Creations</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/108797277" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/108797277">Martina Wegman | Eps 4</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/kiwicreations">Kiwi Creations</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Martina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-4996204318623497682014-10-14T00:38:00.001-07:002014-10-14T00:39:19.708-07:00Video Episode 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is a recap of Martina her adventures in America over the summer.
Footage of the Whitewater Grand prix in Canada early spring and the
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Martina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-59533619944456562782014-10-09T04:43:00.001-07:002014-10-12T23:59:59.117-07:00Sickline Extreme Kayak World Champ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />The Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak
Champs went off over the weekend. Blue sky covered the Oetztal Valley as the
small ski town was swamped with over 130 paddlers from 24 different countries. </span></div>
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year and this season seemed extremely stacked. Huge names from all areas of the
sport were training the weeks before trying to get in the groove and battle for
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year and didn’t miss the start :). I still did not have the greatest race prep
as I was struggling trying to find a right size kayak. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the Qualifiers I had to race the
large 8.6 Mamba, which felt massive! I had about 40 piece of foam underneath my
seat and in my hip pats and it still wasn’t fitting. I found it hard to enjoy
kayaking when you don’t have control and not paddle as you think you are use
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I surprisingly made it through to the
finals and had to do a mandatory training run on the Wellerbrucke. I hadn’t
tacked down an owner of a Mamba 8.1 yet. At this stage I was super over it,
didn’t care about the race and just wanted to get it done with. So I did my
mandatory run in the huge Mamba and paddled down like a beater. I messed up the
ramp, couldn’t go straight on the flat, rolled in the TNT rapid and messed up
the Champions killer… </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Luckily I traced down an owner of the
Mamba 8.1 and was able to borrow it for the race. I missioned out in the
morning to grab it and headed up for the race. We had to do 1 more mandatory
practice run in the morning and it felt so much better!! This boat is the
perfect size and perfect boat!!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I still wasn’t really feeling the race
and wasn’t really motivated. I did not paddle really fast but at least I had
clean lines! In my second run when I came into the TNT rapid, I could hear my
friends cheering and I caught myself laughing for a couple seconds, thinking
that I wasn’t trying to race at all.. and I had to suppress waving to them! :).
All by all it probably was a good chose paddling slow as in the previous years
I paddled harder but screwed up my lines more, so I was pretty satisfied in the
end. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />I promise to myself if I come back next
year I come in time and prepared with an own kayak! :) I was super super guttered
I missed out on the change running the top section of the Wellerbrucke. This is
such a awesome sort little section! I really wanted to paddle it especially
after the huge floods and changes!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Congratulations to Joe Morley and
Nouria for taking out the 2014 Extreme Kayak World Champs both twice in a row
now!! Well deserved for both of you, you guys killed it!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Joe Morley (GB)</span></div>
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<b>Photos courtesy of Adidas Sickline. Jens Klatt, M Arnu & E Holzknecht!</b></div>
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Martina Wegmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516223086486907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2078214548434076808.post-60170183790988107282014-10-02T03:45:00.000-07:002014-10-09T04:46:28.916-07:00Canoe Slalom World Championships<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After 25 years the Slalom Worlds returns to American grounds
and unfolded in a small lake town called Deep Creek. Deep Creek Lake is the largest
inland body of water in the U.S. state of Maryland and is man-made!<br />
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The slalom course lies on top of the Wisp ski resort <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">overlooking
Deep Creek lake and boarded by the Maryland State Park</span>. The Wisp resort
is home to a thriving winter tourism industry, but has expands its offer to
include some summer activities as well, including kayaking and whitewater
rafting.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A tricky section of whitewater gave
some feeling of a natural river with the changeable currents and natural rocks.
A artificial course no-longer built in the hustle and bustle of a massive
metropolitan - but instead on a mountain top, surrounded by trees and skis. </span><br />
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After a two-weeks trainings camp the race kicked off in full
glory. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over 600 athletes & team support from over 35
countries, climbed up the ski resort not to miss any of the full on happenings
over the week. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The race started on Thursday with the
qualifier of the K1M, C1 & C1W. The K1M field is super tight and it’s
hard to make the first cut! Only a few surprises and upset after the first day
of Qualifier. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Friday the day started early with the women’s field. The start
order is based on the World ranking, meaning I had to start off as one of the
first chicks. I had an all right run, making some little mistakes in exiting to
wide and stuff and one mature mistake at the bottom of the course, which cost me
about 6 seconds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was far off the paste
from the other chicks but pretty satisfied with the way I was paddling. In my
second run I had a bit more trouble running the boat, but improved my mistakes
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again to impress. It was a super thrilling semi-final to watch as all forty men
had the potential to make it into the top 10! Mike had a good solid run and
ended just outside of the final in 12<sup>th </sup>place. In the end it where
the French who killed it in the race winning bronze, silver and gold!!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">K1 Men - Boris Neveu (FRA)<br />
K1 Women - Jessica Fox (AUS)<br />
C2 Men - </span><span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Luka Božič - Sašo Taljat
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arrived - clogging up Washington Dulles INT airport with countless slalom boats
getting stacked and repacked in different planes to be sent to their respective
corners of the globe.</span></div>
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The day after Lipno we moved out of Prague and got our-selfs ready for the next flight and destination...<br />
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Our trip back to the USA has been great so far! After our enjoyable flight, a 3 hour drive and American style fast-food, we arrived late at night in Deep Creek, Maryland. It's great to be back here, paddling on the course and chilling at the lake. <br />
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We had three days of training on the course, which has been fun and useful :). I still feel like a beater in my slalom boat but having fun and learning each day.<br />
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The course wasn't flowing over the weekend, so Mike and I headed to the Gauley River, together with German paddlers <span class="userContent">Sebastian Schubert & Alex Grimm and their coach Thomas. </span><br />
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We where super lucky as the Gauley is dam released and only flows a couple times a year. <br />
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The Gauley river is super sick! It's a chill class II/ III fun river run, with tons of wicked rapids! It's deep a little technical and the perfect run for a slalom boat! <br />
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The Upper Gauley is about 13 miles long and drops over 335 feet. <br />
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It has been a different experience for me running a river in a slalom
boat and I was exhausted at the end of the day! I still haven't total
control over my boat all the time and it's kind of a mystery where I'm
ending up on the river sometimes :). <br />
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We have about a week or so left before the Slalom Worlds starts. It's going to be fun watching the race and an interesting experience racing myself :). <br />
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Finally got to tick off a trip down the mighty Grand Canyon. The trip was organized and leaded by Luc Strickland and included sixteen people, four rafts and four kayaks. It was great being off the grid with no cell phone reception or media, being surrounded by stunning scenery and an epic crew.
Check out her report from the adventure - martinawegman.blogspot.cz/2014/06/grand-canyon-awesomness_5495.html
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