Heats Day 2
Next up its time
for the K1 Men, Junior Women and Squirt Women. Kim and Jen start the
day with some great rides making it through to the finals. Jen throws
a sweet loop placing her in 3rd place not far behind
Junior Superstar Nuria from Spain who is well in the lead in first
after some very impressive paddling. In the mens its no surprise as
the boys fly. With a cut from 45 to 20 its a big cut but Pringle,
James Weight, Alan and Andrew Brinkley all cruise through. Gav's
injured but still manages to compete and put together a very
respectable run.
Pring shows everyone how its done |
Before I know its
my time to paddle again. I've put together a run in my head but
haven't practised it yet so i'm super keen to go. I'm also keen to
see how many girls are in squirt boats, i'm hoping quite a few. The
event stars and theres 3 of us in squirt boats out of the 10 starters
:o( Everyone else is doing a combination of flat water and normal
freestyle... oh well!!! This means only one thing... I have to
challenge my score against the guys :o)
Claire O checks the depth in the eddy at the start of her run |
I drop down and
test out the little eddy at the start of the squirt arena. Its got a
couple of small mystery squeezes and is almost deep enough to go
vertical, so off I go. Its an interesting ride, very different to my
normal routines... Pt, Mystery, Exit, Hw, Lw, Felix, OAB, punch
through the freestyle hole, OAB, Screwing around!! Both rides go
really well as I begin to figure out the arena. Results are in and
i'm in first :o) over double the score of the highest mens result so
far and 1,260 points clear of the 2nd place girl... sweet! Unfortunately the
other two girls in squirt boats didn't quite make it through so its
going to be a mostly plastic squirt final!!!
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