GoPro Mountain Games 2013

The GoPro Mountain Games are the nation’s largest celebration of mountain sport, lifestyle and music featuring top professional and amateur athletes from around the world. The environmentally-friendly adventure sporting event hosts approximately 3,500 outdoor athletes, along with an estimated 45,000 spectators. 

 

Yesterday the GoPro games kicked off with the Bud Light Lime Steep Creek up in Redcliff. We had a beautiful day with sunshine and juicy water levels. The race format was different than previous years as an extra run was added. All the racers have two runs and only the top 3 women and top 5 men made it through to the finals for a final run.

 

At 10am the chicks started the race, with me being the very first racer on the course. We had a great high flow, which made the steep course even more full on. I had a couple of little mistakes in my first run, but made it safe to the finish. Despite spinning around at the top flat part of the course I had an awesome second run, dialing in my lines and scored the fastest women’s run of the day, 1.58.91.

Usually this is the final result of the race, but this year we were half way and had one more final lap to go. Nathalie was off first and had a solid run, not making many mistakes. One of the most solid chicks paddlers around Adriene Levknecht, had an unlucky run as she got pushed off line and was surfing a hole for quite a while.

In the men’s Mike Dawson managed to pick up another back-to-back win in, winning the Mountain Games for the 4^th time. His fiercest competition Dane Jackson had a very unlucky first run taking a swim at, leap of faith, the bottom drop of the course. Bryan Kirk and Nick Troutman finished up the top 3.

- Photo’s by James Dawson

For complete result, click here (pdf). For more information on the GoPro Mountain Games go to www.gopromountaingames.com.