{"id":4057,"date":"2009-08-02T19:17:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T18:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2009-08-02T19:17:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T18:17:49","slug":"sjoa-fest-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/sjoa-fest-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Sjoa Fest 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

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\"sjoafest-ula-04\"<\/a>It was that time of year again!\u00c2\u00a0 When kayakers gather from all over Norway and Europe to party and paddle in the Riksanlegget Kayak Camp besides the Sjoa River in central Norway. This year saw the comeback of the mighty Ula race, all sorts of fun and games with rafts and a gruelling multi-sport race for the keen!<\/p>\n

liz and I arrived on Wednesday afternoon to be accosted by Pete Vikers and a miss-fit raft race team.\u00c2\u00a0 The promise of fine whisky convinced us join a race in the slowest river craft known to man, and try to make it go fast!\u00c2\u00a0 This ended up being an entertaining event with semi serious teams of rafts guides and groupies.\u00c2\u00a0 Amazingly we ended up in second place, which considering most of us were not full time rafters was pretty good!<\/p>\n

\"sjoafest-pimpin-12\"<\/a>This year the Sjoa Festival had all sorts going on in an attempt by the organizers to make it the ‘best ever’ – You can see more of what went on here<\/a> or here<\/a>. As you can see it appears there were actually 2 festivals going on at the same time, with almost the same name, slightly confusing, but all good fun.\u00c2\u00a0 We were there for the kayaking and to party!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Wednesday night was the party of all parties, the Pimp and Hoe extravaganza.\u00c2\u00a0 This is basically a good excuse for everyone to dress us as dirty as possible and show their true selves!<\/p>\n

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It was that time of year again!\u00c2\u00a0 When kayakers gather from all over Norway and Europe to party and paddle in the Riksanlegget Kayak Camp besides the Sjoa River in central Norway. This year saw the comeback of the mighty Ula race, all sorts of fun and games with rafts and a gruelling multi-sport race … <\/p>\n

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