Monday - the week of the worlds
I haven't updated for a while. Lots of things going on. Took a day off on Saturday to see the sights of Sydney, I think I was more tired walking around than I would have been paddling!
Training has been going well. On Sunday the course was really quiet for most of the day. When I was paddling there were only 3 or 4 other people in the eddy - I think lots of people took the day/weekend off boating and took the opportunity to have a break and do some touristy things.
On Sunday night our team training consisted of a mock competition, with 2 runs each. This gave us a good chance to work out which eddy we mainly flushed into (no one got a full 45 seconds on both rides) and where the fastest route up the eddy was! We also had a taste of Muppet's judging, a few people were disappointed that some of their moves were not scoring - blunts seemed to be particularly hard to get scored, mainly because it is difficult to get out of the pile and get the angle. Watching the video we could see what we needed to do to score the moves (easy to think about when you're sat on a chair watching!).
I've not really taken the opportunity to watch other's rides. However, I did notice the huge air that EJ has been getting on his loops - very few paddlers are getting as much air. The British men are all paddling well, although from last nights session they have realised that they need to fully complete the move, and get more angle on their cartwheels to get the score.
In the junior ladies Jak and Jenny are both getting good rides - Jak pulled off a load of right hand cartwheels in her first ride last night, which she is hoping to repeat in the heats on Thursday. Jenny has been consistently cartwheeling and getting some nice split wheels. Their main competition will be Emily Jackson, who has also been consistently cartwheeling with the occasional blunt.
Only 2 more training sessions before the men's heats start on Wednesday. I'm going to be up on Thursday.
Flea.
Training has been going well. On Sunday the course was really quiet for most of the day. When I was paddling there were only 3 or 4 other people in the eddy - I think lots of people took the day/weekend off boating and took the opportunity to have a break and do some touristy things.
On Sunday night our team training consisted of a mock competition, with 2 runs each. This gave us a good chance to work out which eddy we mainly flushed into (no one got a full 45 seconds on both rides) and where the fastest route up the eddy was! We also had a taste of Muppet's judging, a few people were disappointed that some of their moves were not scoring - blunts seemed to be particularly hard to get scored, mainly because it is difficult to get out of the pile and get the angle. Watching the video we could see what we needed to do to score the moves (easy to think about when you're sat on a chair watching!).
I've not really taken the opportunity to watch other's rides. However, I did notice the huge air that EJ has been getting on his loops - very few paddlers are getting as much air. The British men are all paddling well, although from last nights session they have realised that they need to fully complete the move, and get more angle on their cartwheels to get the score.
In the junior ladies Jak and Jenny are both getting good rides - Jak pulled off a load of right hand cartwheels in her first ride last night, which she is hoping to repeat in the heats on Thursday. Jenny has been consistently cartwheeling and getting some nice split wheels. Their main competition will be Emily Jackson, who has also been consistently cartwheeling with the occasional blunt.
Only 2 more training sessions before the men's heats start on Wednesday. I'm going to be up on Thursday.
Flea.
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