This is the fourth year of TV Freestylers- and as has become customary its time to throw it a birthday party! This great event is usually held at Hurley and is an excuse for paddlers of all abilities to get together, have a laugh and paddle with each other over a diet of light-hearted competition.
This year Hurley was running dry so the whole valley upped sticks and moved west to Cardiff. This, we discovered was a great little course with loads of fun drops and an OK play feature, especially when the flow was cranked up, all that and there is a conveyor belt- brilliant!!
The day had something for everyone- a boatercross race, which for those not in the know is when 4 paddlers race at the same time down a set course- carnage usually ensues and this was no different!!- extreme slalom, which mixed boofs and freestyle moves along with style points, some hilarious runs- 3 move freestyle- what it says on the tin- choose your moves, or have your peers choose them for you and get 2 attempts to nail each one- tag team freestyle- teams paddling with everyone having to tag in the next boater before they can score- great spectator sport :0) King of the Wave- swimmers, pain, carnage.
James made the finals of the boatercross with a cheeky bottom eddy start. Me and Finn made the freestyle finals. Can't tell you how any of us did as we were all having far to much fun to pay attention to the fact it was a competition, brilliant day with big thanks to Dave "scout" Wortley and the crew for pulling off a great day. Creck out the photos and block out your diary for next year, you dont want to miss it!
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