The Queue during the mornings coaching at "The Tardis"
Finn went up to compete in the last of the Youth Freestyle events in Nottingham, so I decided to tag along!
Have to say it was a very cool, very well organised event, with coaching in the morning, combined with a ball hit slalom in the middle part of the course- Dave bainbridge, fresh from his win at the worlds, showed everyone how it was done, hitting pretty much every ball with the boat in his example run!
Throwing the mc Nasty in the tardis
The crowd at the inlet gate
The comp itself was held on the inlet wave, with a novice event held further down the course. This was composed on 2 45 second runs that you could take whenever you liked. There was a big range in ability, but that didnt stop everyone pushing themselves to get the best possible score they could manage.
Busting out a stratospheric loop
Touchdown
I was really impressed by the level the top juniors were displaying- cartwheels, cleans and supercleans both ways, mc nasties, phonixes, tricky whus and lunar orbits all went down, with the top guys hitting back to front loop combos, paddleswitch and paddle throw loops.
Paddlethrow loop
Finn mid loop
Egged on by the crowd ever more silly things were attempted (the standing up in the playboat game is always a crowd-pleaser!). Next up on the calendar is the British Champs- guess i will see you all there!
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