The last event of this World Cup series at the Nantahala Outdoor Centre, the biggest event of the 3, is the decider of the whole series. It’s also the site of the next World Championships.
So the results from here will give us an indicator of whose looking good for next years Worlds, what we need to work on and who are the ones to beat currently.
The feature is a challenging powerful hole. All moves go in there, but it’s not an easy feature and you need to be fast and powerful to get good rides. The bonus of this event over the previous 2 was also that we had a full week of practice to get used to the feature.
First up of the competition was Mens Prelims. Cutting the field to the top 20. I’d been resting just having a couple practice rides during the week to give my collarbone a chance to heal up a bit after the Pigeon event.
I was really happy with how I was doing in the feature and how the new Dagger Jitsu is performing for me so even without much practice felt like I could compete well here.
I had really good rides and got 3rd place in the prelims, Peter was 1st and Dane 2nd. In the quarters the last 2 weeks of competition caught up with me and I couldn’t push properly on my right sued and finished up 12th. Happy it total but in need of a few weeks off the water to heal myself properly.
I really enjoyed the feature and am looking forward to being at full strength, trained up and un-injured ready to do battle here next year. I think I stand a good chance
In the finals it looked set to be an epic fight between Peter and Dane who’ve been stepping it up against each other every run throughout the series. Then we had Quim Fontane, Nick Troutman and Jason Craig who could easily step up and match them both to take the win here.
It was actually one of the best finals i’ve seen. Peter looked like he had it won with his first ride score of 1246 only for Jason Craig to jump close in his last ride full of big snappy moves to go into 2nd with an 1186.
Then on his last ride Dane shot into the lead with a huge 1316, with only Peter left to go and have one last shot to beat it.
Peter paddled in and let rip, getting all moves pretty much and fighting his hardest to get the Win, the whole crowd was going crazy for him. We were so happy when the score of 1538 came in! Peter 1st, Dane 2nd and Jason Craig 3rd.
This meant his 3rd win of the World Cup and the Overall World Cup 1st for Peter Csonka!
Really couldn’t have been more pleased for him, he really excelled this series and I can’t wait to get back on the water properly next season and compete in such a strong field.
Also worth an extra mention is the great performance of Jason Craig whose been off the water the last two years since a very serious back injury.
It was so great to see him back on the water paddling so well. Another year of training before Worlds and I think he will be another top competitor to add to the growing list of potential winners.
In the Women’s prelims and semis GBR’s Claire O’hara was leading but the rides weren’t that high scoring. Perhaps due to the difficulty of the feature.
The finals started slowly, the Women were going for the hard moves but missed them mostly, and scores comprised mostly of felix’s and loops. The Hole is tricky and powerful and it’s just not that easy for girls to get the highest scoring moves to go here, it requires a big amount of power and snappiness.
However on their 2nd rides the Women seemed to wake up and started to fight for the medals. Ruth Gordon threw a big ride with some Phonic’s, Mc’Nasties and Loops to get a 495. It was the highest score of the women’s competition so far and it seemed to motivate the women to do their best.
Next was Emily Jackson, getting good phonic’s both ways in her ride coming close and scoring 430. Claire O’hara tried to beat Ruth and Emily and improved on her 1st ride but not enough to move up.
Until the very last ride of the final it looked like Ruth would win. Claire was still sat in 3rd position with her last chance to get the top spot being the last ride of the event.
She really put herself together and went all out going for Switch Mc’nasty, Mc’Nasty, Phonics, Felix, Splits, a huge loop and scored a ride of 633 – a ride definitely worthy of her World Champion status!
She said after the competition that she could not believe what just happened in her rides
The fight in this final was definitely good enough to be a World Championships final. Claire’s score was the highest scoring ride of the series for Womens and in one of the harder features!
Overall Women’s World Cup went to Emily Jackson with Claire just behind in the overall standings taking 2nd.
In the Junior Mens Palm/ GBR’s Bren Orton was once again the one to watch with a win at the last event on the Pigeon, a 1st in the Prelims and Semi’s, his dominating paddling looked like the other juniors would have a hard time beating him at NOC.
In the finals Hunter Katich went huge on moves but just didn’t do quite enough moves to beat Bren. Brandurn Hepburn also of GBR came close too but in the end Bren’s 2nd ride score of 836 was unbeatable and he had the luxury of a victory lap last ride to claim his 2nd win of the series. Bren 1st, Hunter 2nd, Brandurn 3rd.
Despite Bren’s domination of the last two events his unfortunate flush at Rock island made the difference in the end as the Overall Junior Mens winner was Hunter Katich of the USA with a 1st and two 2nds. I’m sure Bren’s great paddling will make him another tough competitor next year in his first senior Worlds.
It’s been a really enjoyable trip. With my injury I wasn’t able to compete on the level i’d have liked to, but was very happy with the results I did get. It’s left me and Katya really motivated to train and get ourselves in the best shape for next season.
The NOC feature might well be changed before next year, we really liked it but regardless of feature next September is going to bring a very good competition.
I only wish it would be events every week with such a high standard to compete in It’s always a bit sad when events like these finish. During the series its like a little life for each event and now its over we have to wait quite a while for the next big event to come around. It also gives us lots of time to prepare and get ourselves on the next levels.
A final Congratulations to the overall winners – Peter Csonka, Emily Jackson, Hunter Katich and Nuria Fontane!
So, what an amazing final race! 40 minutes flat out endurance on the steep rapids of the Vltava Devil’s Stream. We were set off in pods of three rafts and we had lane choice in our pod. We got the early lead and we clung to it the whole 40 minutes!!
Looking slick and giving it everything!
Our flat water endurance sessions really proved their worth as we stormed across the flat sections. But the Belgians gave us a good fight, and on the tougher rapids they were really close behind us.
The Belgians hot on our heels
For the last push though we pulled it right out of the bag, all 6 of us giving 100% and going lactic but not giving up. As we crossed that finish line we knew we had given everything we could and that is such an amazing feeling!
It got steep and intense but we kept it together.
The bus ride back up to the top was a hilarious medley of Queen Songs and “WHAT TIME IS IT!!???”, “MOJITO TIME!!”. We now have 2 weeks off training and finally being allowed alcohol and it was definitely going to start that night at the closing party!
When we saw our results were 4th overall we all felt incredibly proud. We would love to have come back with some bling, but it is such an achievement to get 4th place after two Czech teams and a Slovakian team who had the home advantage and get paid to raft train! Things will only get better from here if the dedication and commitment shown is anything to go by! BRING ON THE WORLDS IN NEW ZEALAND!!
And finally a huge thank you once again to Palm for the kit we get. It makes such a difference being in great kit and we are so proud to be flying that flag for them!!
Thanks To Pete Woods, Dave Hollins and the photo guys at the ERC for the photos. We are pretty excited about going through all the ones we took, so watch out for a few more coming this way,
The Palm team had a great time last weekend at the annual Cardiff International Whitewater Paddle Fest. Sunny weather brought hundreds of people down to the course to enjoy a paddle, with races, coaching and freestyle thrown into the mix, making for a fantastic day out.
We’ve been helping to recruit the new generation of paddling superstars by supporting the CIWW Kids’ Academy, and we were proud to present Cardiff’s youngest rippers with their brand new fleet of shiny red Axioms. A huge shout out to Dan, Cole & Ed, who were all tearing up the course, showing real style and great skills. Check ou the video below for a snippet of the action, these guys will be worth watching out for!
Check out the video:
The Palm team Boater X event was also great fun and a real crowd pleaser. This event involved 6 teams, each comprising of a pro paddler (kindly provided by the manufacturers present at the event), a junior, and two adults. All paddlers had to compete in a timed race with their own team, and then a free for all 6 way race against the other paddlers in their category. The races were all hard fought, and the junior boter cross category was a real crowd pleaser, with young Dan taking the title in style in his Axiom.
All in all, this is a fantastic event, and great fun was had by all. There was even a brief celebrity appearance of Rory Mcgrath paddling a bathtub!
Wether your paddling on open, or moving water, having a good understanding of and being able to apply the principles of trim are fundamental to being an effective open boat paddler.
One way to think about trim is as a footprint that is created in the water by the boat, or the amount of boat in contact with the water and the shape that is created in the water by the boat. The size, shape and depth of this footprint can be changed by both your position and that of any kit in the boat, both of which can have a dramatic effect on performance.
My boat trimmed as I would normally paddle it, slightly bow light
Usually when things aren’t quite working as they should be, or paddling seems like hard work then I encourage people to revisit their trim and adjust it accordingly as a first priority.
Think trim, trim, trim and trim again!
You can develop your understanding of trim especially in relation to wind with a few simple exercises. Firstly find a safe area of open water with a steady wind blowing. Then use extremes of trim by moving your position to either all the way forward to the bow or back to the stern and take note of the effect this has in relation to which end of your boat points into wind. Once this is confirmed try paddling around into, down and across the wind.
TOP TIP: You can help your awareness of wind and its effect in relation to trim with the use of a few quick and simple visual aids. Drop a couple of balls into the bottom of your boat and watch where they settle in your boat. More towards the bow or stern? Use a simple tell-tale flag on the bow of your boat to determine a definite wind direction and now relate this to the direction your boat faces with your given trim.
A couple of loose balls as a visual guide to trim
Simple flag to aid confirmation of wind direction
Very soon you will become aware that although these extremes of trim work they can effect your overall stability, control and ability to paddle effectively. So lets look look at changing our trim with more subtlety. After all Im sure you will agree that you really don’t wont to be getting up and moving around in your boat too much in windy conditions i.e. the middle of a lake or Loch risking a capsize!
Big changes in trim can be effective but you may loose some stability and control!!
So rather than making big changes to our trim by moving, lets look at being more subtle by moving our kit/bags. A good way to experiment with this is with the use of some dry bags full of water.
25 L drybag full of water is a good starting point
25 Litres drybag is a good starting point (you may need more) and will result in up to 25 Kg of weight. When placed right at the bow or stern this can can have quite a dramatic effect. View someone else in a boat using the bags full of water to see the effect or have someone photograph you in your boat. Pay particular attention to the where the bow stem or stern curls and under the boat and how much much if any of a gap is produced.
Look for the gap that is created in the area indicated above
Gap at bow stem no longer visible as the trim has been adjusted to bow heavy by moving the drybag forward
Now imagine your boat is sat in the center of a clock face with the wind coming from a12:00 direction. By using subtle movements of the bag/s, and then fine tuning with small movements of yourself (leaning forward/backward or simply moving slightly ) try and get your boat to point to the various numbers/hours on the clock face, and naturally stay there without much effort from yourself.
Next time your out try and achieve the same effects with your kit bag or simply carry a spare drybag that you can fill with water and use to adjust your trim.
Rannoch, the alternative way to trim your boat. Available from all good dog breeders!!
Hopefully with this new found knowledge you can get your boat to naturally point in your desired direction of travel and life will be somewhat easier! It makes sense that if your boat is already pointing in your desired direction of travel, paddling will be a lot easier and there will be no need for wasted energy trying to fight with any wind.
Remember think trim, trim, trim and trim again
In my next coaching dispatch I will give some ideas on how to use trim when paddling in windy conditions on open water, along with a few other strategies for coping with wind.
This along with more of my coaching articles will soon be available for download as PDF’s and in ibook format
Big thankyou to Andy Morgan for giving his time and helping with the photos and filming
See you on the water……
Jules
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Choosing what to pack on expeditions can be tricky, often limited by space and weight, meaning the things you take must be multi-purpose. This has never been so much the case than on my recent trip to the Outer Hebrides.
The islands are off the west coast of northern Scotland and a 5 hour ferry from the town of Oban. The chain of islands extends for 210km, most of them being uninhabited. Our target was to sea kayak around the southern tip and base ourselves on the islands to do some multi-pitch sea cliff climbing.
With a perfect weather window, the trip was a total success. The highlights being paddling in the 3m gap formed between the mainland and Liànamuil island in an exciting swell, a four way arch, multi-pitch abseiling and seeing lots of cool wildlife including puffins, seals, eagles and basking sharks.
Narrow Gap at Barra Head
The front hatches of our sea boats were filled with climbing gear leaving limited space for 7 days’ worth of food, something to sleep in and on, and some spare clothes. The only shoes I had were my Palm Gradients and were used with great comfort to paddle over 30km twice in consecutive days and on other days walk and scramble across the islands accessing the crags. I was so impressed with these in the mountainous terrain that I plan to use them again next time I head into the hills at home in North Wales. Their grip,
support and comfort over long distances is as good as any mountain boot.
A Bashing Shark.
My Oceana jacket was comfortable over the long paddling distances, a pleasure to use but also kept the wind off me whilst cooking dinner at base camp on the cooler evenings, again multi-purpose as it was the only windproof (& water proof) layer I had taken with me!
I can’t describe the extent to which I enjoy overnighting from a kayak. It’s hard to do within the UK in a white water context, but we have one of the best coastlines in the world so why not enjoy it!
On finals day the European athletes really shone! Winning all kayak classes (only C1 & Oc1 went to USA).
In the Junior Men’s Palm’s Bren Orton dominated as expected to take the win. He won in the first round with a ride that would be unbeatable by the others and then beat his own score with a 1066 in his 2nd ride. Hunter Katt from the USA did come close with a 950 to take 2nd place scoring huge almost on every move.
In the Junior Women’s Catalonia’s Nuria Fontane took 1st again with Germany’s Julia Spaaij in 2nd and USA’s Lauren Burress in 3rd.
In the Women’s Claire O’hara of GBR showed some real consistency to pull off two over 500 points rides. None of the other girls could beat her winning first ride of 586. Emily Jackson got 2nd with Nina Csonkova in 3rd
In Men’s it was an expected battle between Peter Csonka and Dane Jackson. After 2nd rides Dane had taken the lead with a 1373 point ride that looked like it would seal the win but then Peter fought back with an astonishing 1416 going for every move possible in the hole pretty much. Dane as the winner of the semi’s had the last attempt to beat Peters score and came very close with a 1380 but not quite enough. Peter was 1st, Dane 2nd and Quim took a well deserved 3rd place.
I just couldn’t push properly on my right side and finished 5th, I was mostly happy even be in the finals given my collarbone injury. I got an alright first ride of 916 but I hadn’t recovered enough from the previous rounds to compete properly this time.
So it has arrived! The European Rafting Championships has been in full swing for two days now and all the hard work and training the GB Ladies have been putting in is paying off. We currently stand 4th in the overall standings with one event left to go, WE LOVE LIPNO!!
Blinged up and ready to go!
The week started off with a long drive out from the UK, and with no working iTrip or CD player in Fran’s “Pope Mobile” we had to make do with some cassette tapes that Rosie had bought in a charity shop the day before leaving. She managed to find a workout tape that included stretches for your facial muscles – “let your jaw drop and press your tongue to the roof of your mouth” we suggest you try it with a car full of friends around and see if you can drive in a straight line.
On arrival in the Czech town of Lipno the sun was beating down and we were sure we were in for our long awaited summer! Our campsite was situated on the side of the lake and could not have seemed more perfect.
Team GB camp.
We soon got down to the business at hand and started our training on the course. We practiced our slick slalom, our race faces for the head to head and checking out the Down river section on Devil’s Streams, a feisty bit of white water.
Checking out the lines and intimidating the competition with our lovely matching t-shirts
The night before our first race day the sky started to cloud over and we watched an impressive electrical storm slowly make its way towards us. Within half an hour we were all huddled in our tents attempting to sleep whilst the ground beneath us started to resemble a waterbed and our idyllic campsite became a quagmire of doom!! Bleary eyed, and not a little damp we got up to do battle the next day in the Time Trial and Head to Head. We did ourselves proud and finished 5th overall on the first day.
Eager to not be wet 24 hours a day for the whole race we found ourselves an amazing apartment and prepared for day 2…Slalom.
The course looked good and our first run once again put us 5th. Not wanting to settle with that though the girls laid it down and pushed hard to gain a whole place in the slalom and finish 4th overall on day two. Coach Dave was apparently jumping up and down for joy, and I’m pretty sure I saw a tear in his eye… Nerys celebrated by streaking around the rafts in her proper posh GB bikini!! With it all being streamed live on the interweb, you can tell who is the exhibitionist on the team!
Looking slick ladies!
Timing is everything.
Limbo skills are a must!!
A big well done to the GB 2 Ladies who came 6th in the Slalom.
This was the toughest day of the event for the men with both Quarterfinals and Semi finals in the same day.
It was tough to make top 10, the cut was about 1800 for 2 rides, which is much higher than Worlds was 1 year ago…but for the top 5 it was even harder. We have pretty much all the same competitors as in Worlds but now Dane and Quim are seniors too. Also Tomas Andrassy from Slovakia, Bartosz and Tomasz from Poland have all became a very strong competitors and are paddling on a top level too.
There are now more than 5 paddlers capable of pulling off an over 1000points ride here.
The hardest thing for me is balancing between scoring a good ride but not pushing too hard on my broken bone I came in 8th in the morning, feeling very pleased to make the semi finals. Peter just stole the top spot from Dane again closely followed by Quim.
In the Semi finals we all knew it was going to be a ride of over a 1000 needed at least to make Finals. This time Dane had one of the sickest rides I’ve ever seen (1350) to get 1st ahead of Peter who was 2nd, Quim 3rd, Stephen 4th and myself 5th with 1066points!!!
European contingent is looking strong, with 3 paddlers making the finals. Now its one day off to recover and rest before its time to really throw down properly on Saturday
In the Junior Men’s, Bren had rides in prelims that would have put him 3rd in the Men’s and almost two times ahead of the other Juniors… he looked on fire, getting two trophy moves in his ride even.
Today he was up again in the Semi’s and as expected easily won with 1053 in one ride with USA’s Hunter Katich going very big to get 700points and 2nd place. Also making the finals was GBR’s Brandon Hepburn in 4th place.
In the Women’s Prelims Katya did very good making the cut for the Semi finals. Claire O’Hara from GBR got 1st in the prelims followed by Ruth Gordon, Nina Csonkova and Emily Jackson.
Semi Finals was today and Claire O’hara was looking strong, taking the 1st place again! Katya did very good rides with Entry moves, Phonics and a Loops, everyone was pretty sure she would make the cut but judges thought differently so she ended up 7th missing the cut by 30 points.
We’re both happy with how we did today and ready for a rest day tomorrow, as it’s no water releasing. It’s such a good feature here, one of the best holes we’ve ever paddled, finals should be very interesting. I’m really hoping to recover a bit and be able to show my best.
Straight after the Rock Island we were straightaway on the road for 3 hours to Pigeon river, the site of the 2nd event in this years World Cup.
The hole, built by hand is actually one of the best features I’ve paddled in.
Wit only one day before the event started there wasn’t supposed to be any water, but a surprise afternoon release meant that we were able to practice. I managed 1 ride, liked the hole, it seemed very straightforward so got off so I didn’t strain my collarbone too much.
Yesterday was the first day of competition here, with the Men’s Prelims. With such an easy feature rides were always going to be high.
Notably Dane Jackson scored a 1340 in his first ride and a 1000+ in his 2nd, looking likely that he’d be hard to beat, but then Peter Csonka winner of the first World Cup stepped up once again with a 1430 first ride and a 1158 second ride.
I was in one of the last heats to go and feeling better and better everyday really wanted to get good rides. I can’t push or pull very hard off my right side so just tried to keep smooth and easy so not to need much effort. I had a great first ride and similar second ride getting most of what I was aiming for.
Really really happy to feel a bit more myself and very pleased with how the new Dagger Jitsu play boat is performing for me.
In the end of the day I ended up 4th, Quim from Catalonia 3rd, Dane 2nd and Peter 1st. So another great showing from the Europeans with most of us getting through to the cut of top 20.
Looks set for an interesting battle over the coming days; I hope I can step up to battle with Dane, Quim and Peter…
Men’s Prelims Results below: -
Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Final Score
1 Peter Csonka #161 SVK 1430 1158 2588
2 Dane Jackson #172 USA 1340 1136 2476
3 Joaquim Fontane #194 ESP 1006 936 1942
4 James Bebbington #74 GBR 940 870 1810
5 Nick Troutman #45 CAN 776 983 1759
6 Tomasz Czaplicki #191 POL 1023 653 1676
7 Martin Koll #7 DEU 803 870 1673
8 Bartosz Czauderna #190 POL 846 720 1566
9 Stephan Wright #157 USA 846 708 1554
10 Tomas Andrassy #167 SVK 790 686 1476
11 Michael Patterson #160 USA 703 713 1416
12 Clay Wright #169 USA 525 866 1391
13 Bryan Kirk #63 USA 560 686 1246
14 Abel Thevenet #2 FRA 766 451 1217
15 Eric Jackson #80 USA 670 536 1206
16 David Wild #189 GBR 640 560 1200
17 Kazuya Matsungaga #94 JPN 501 598 1099
18 Adam Chappell #193 CAN 363 716 1079
19 Marcel Bloder #33 AUT 505 526 1031
20 Craig Kleckner #187 USA 580 430 1010
21 Matt Anger #105 USA 521 486 1007
22 Thim Bernard #91 FRA 426 506 932
23 Thomas Dunphy #8 IRL 351 376 727
24 Andrey Pesterev #14 RUS 390 316 706
Women and Junior Men prelims are on today so will have more soon from the Pigeon
Was macht ein Kanulehrer im Urlaub? Richtig Er geht paddeln. Soweit so klar. Allerdings habe ich im Urlaub immer ganz stark das Bedürfnis möglichst alleine, in ungewohnter Umgebung und vor allem ziemlich ziellos ” herumzustromern”.
Das war auch in der vergangen Woche der Plan. Das Ziel war die Gegend um Lysekil in den west-schwedischen Schären auf halbem Weg zwischen Göteborg und Oslo. Mit an Bord waren neben der Familie zwei Seekayaks von Current Designs, ein aufblasbares SUP von Starboard und mein Palm Equipment.
Da die ausgedehnten Brunchaktivitäten wirkungsvoll etwaig aufkeimenden Aktionismus verhinderten blieben gemütliche Zeitfenster von 2 bis 3 Stunden pro Tag für den Wassersport. Genau richtig!
Als überzeugter Stechpaddler bin ich vor ein paar Jahren zusätzlich dem Seekayakbazillus verfallen und seit zwei Jahren definitiv auch dem Paddeln im Stehen. Was dazu führte, dass die Paddelausrüstung massiv anwuchs und, das war der entscheidende Aspekt, ich das Gefühl bekam, ein kompletter und auch in vielen Dingen offenerer Paddler geworden zu sein. Der Blick über die Disziplingrenzen hat mir gut getan. Verschiedene Pfeile im Köcher zu haben, führen zu einer unglaublichen Freiheit an Wahlmöglichkeiten. Je nach Stimmung, Umfeld oder Paddelpartner wählt man das passende Gerät.
Hier in den Schären hatte ich die Wahl zwischen Stehen und Sitzen. Das spannende dabei ist, das der Wechsel von kurz über der Wasseroberfläche zu knapp zwei Meter weiter oben einen unglaublichen Unterschied macht. Zumal die Geschwindigkeit auch eine komplett andere ist. Im Kayak ist man mehr auf Strecke ausgerichtet, orientiert sich an ferneren Zielen, peilt Landmarken an. Auf dem Board regiert die Langsamkeit, der Blick fällt viel eher auf die kleinen Dinge am Wegesrand, der Aktionsradius ist kleiner aber nicht weniger interessant. Es ist ein wirklicher Perspektivwechsel.
Ganz besonders spannend fand ich den Unterschied beim Blick ins Wasser. Vom Board aus ergeben sich viel tiefere Einblicke. In Lysekil wurden die wenigen Quallen im Sitzen zu ganzen Armeen im Stehen – da hat es manchmal auch Vorteile, wenn man nicht alles sieht
In Schweden ist übrigens das SUPen noch nicht wirklich so weit verbreitet. Man erregt doch ziemliche Aufmerksamkeit als Stehpaddler. Dabei bietet sich doch gerade das Land der vielen Seen als echtes Paddelparadies an. Vermutlich wird das noch. Bis dahin regieren vor allem an den Küsten und in den Fjorden die Seekayaker. By the way …. auf der Anreise hat mir ein Kollege in Copenhagen berichtet, dass das SUPen auf den Kanälen der Stadt verboten sei. Tsts…
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Von unserem Ferienhaus in Såmstad aus bin ich vor allem zu Touren im Fjord unterwegs gewesen. Als bekennender Schiffsfan und Küstenliebhaber am liebsten immer in Sichtweite zum Ufer und mit einem Schlenker in jeden noch so kleinen Hafen. Das ist übrigens auch eine ziemlich coole Aktion mit dem Board. Man sieht unglaublich viel mehr als wie von der Wasserlinie aus und Es erschrickt doch immer mal wieder ein Skipper, wenn plötzlich einer vor dem Fenster steht … haha.
Für uns Süddeutsche ist das Revier zwar nicht wirklich ums Eck, aber dennoch auch für einen kürzeren Aufenthalt sehr zu empfehlen. Ach ja. … Seafood gibt’s in rauhen Mengen und fangfrisch!
I came in 8th in the morning, feeling very pleased to make the semi finals. Peter just stole the top spot from Dane again closely followed by Quim.
