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<\/a>View of Kobarid<\/p><\/div>\n
As soon as we arrived, we caught a glimpse of the Bombay gin coloured waters of the river, levels were perfect for our mission.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Ariel bliss<\/p><\/div>\n
On board the team van we had myself, Captain Cookie, David Bain and Barney Prees.\u00a0 What I truly love about travelling in Europe is that there is never a shortage of familiar faces.\u00a0 It is always a delight to meet up with friends in these types of places to share memorable experiences on such beautiful rivers.\u00a0 Greer Mac and Jana Joressen joined us for the week and was a nice surprise to bump into James Weir and Rob Hind during the festival.<\/p>\n
<\/a>David being artistic<\/p><\/div>\n
After a few days paddling, filming and getting the most from the area, it was time to head to the racecourse and set up shop.\u00a0 During most of Saturday we took it in turns to run the syphon canyon with the local paddlers.\u00a0 This section has class 4 lines with class 6 consequences if deviated from the beaten path.\u00a0 Best to get advice from the local guys or take time to scout the rapids.\u00a0 The whole canyon is just 1.5 km.\u00a0 After the canyon you are back into one of the most beautiful multi fun move sections in Europe until you meet the classic high stone bridge just before the take out.\u00a0 After this bridge the river becomes slow moving class 1.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Day time Kobarid<\/p><\/div>\n
Our festival race took place a few hundred metres above the iconic stone bridge marking the white water take out.\u00a0 A ramp was constructed that sent the kayakers plunging into the turquoise waters having then to negotiate inflatables and banners before a quick dash to the finish line.\u00a0 The race is always held in the evening for maximum effect.\u00a0 This year we decided to light up the ramp with some fire breathing that went down a treat for the crowd.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Cookie cruising with Greer Mac and the team<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Cookie adding some heat to the race<\/p><\/div>\n
The prize giving and ceremony was the best we have seen yet.\u00a0 In previous years, it was rained off but this year the weather was perfect and fuelled by Limerick University, it was a pumping party until the early hours.\u00a0 A huge thank you has to go to our local Pyranha dealer Bla\u017e Lu\u017enik and his crew from Positive Sport for organising the event on such a beautiful section of river.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Event prize giving<\/p><\/div>\n