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1 Jun 2010

Teva Straight Down Striit

by Max Eberl


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Straight Down Striit LogoHeuer fand zum dritten Mal die Straight Down Striit statt. Organisiert wird dieser Event von Paddlern für Paddler. Ganz klar im Vordergrund steht der Spaß und nicht der eiserene Siegeswille. Wie auch 2007 und 2008 konnte das Org-Team um Ron Fischer, Lukas Wegmann, Silvan Müller und Lukas Wielatt ein super Event auf die Beine stellen.

About 100 starters from many countries

Die Striit, ein Abschnitt der Sernft gilt unter Wildwasser-Paddlern als Leckerbissen der Alpen. Umrahmt von den wunderschönen schweizer Bergen des Glanerland stürzt sie z.T. 75‰ gen Tal.
Gestartet wurde in drei Rennen – dem Creek Competition, dem Fun Race und der Chinese Race als Trostrunde.
Der Creek Competition begann mit einem Zeitrennen, nur die 32 besten Fahrer zogen in die Heats des Boater Cross ein. Mit einem 19 Platz zog auch ich in  den Boater Cross ein. Nach einem sehr guten Start saß mein Gegner mir im Nacken, bei der Hälfte der Strecke und einem Fahrfehler von mir konnte er dann knapp vorbeiziehen. Damit war mein Aus bereits in der ersten Runde besiegelt. Auch Alex mußte nach dem ersten Heat seinen Jefe Grande zur Seite legen. Überraschend konnte sich jedoch Florian Fischer in seinem Liquidlogic Jefe gegen den ehemaligen Slalom Welt-, Europa- und Deutschenmeister Fabian Dörfler durchsetzen. Im Finale gewann Jakobus Stenglein gegen Ron Fischer. Ron hatte beim Start Pech und parkte im Kehrwasser ein. Damit ging die Striit Krone dieses Jahr nach Deutschland.
Bei den Frauen konnte sich Anne Hübner souverän gegen den Rest des Feldes durchsetzen.

Ein toller Event und wir freuen uns schon auf 2011!


This year the Straight Down Striit took place for the third time. The event is organized by Ron Fischer, Lukas Wegmann, Silvan Müller and Lukas Wielatt – so you could say it is organized by kayakers for kayakers. Having fun is more important than having success, a thought which accompanies the whole event.
The river section Striit is one of the best places in the Alps. With 75‰ it is very steep for a boater cross and for experts only.

The boater cross

The event was devided in three race categories – the Creek Competition, the Fun Race and the Chinese Race as repechage.
The creek competition started with a qualification time run, only the best 32 kayakers qualified for the boater cross. I made it to position 19 after the time race. My boater cross heat started very good and I gained the lead for the first half of the race. Then I made a small mistake and lost the leadership and was eliminated :-( Alex wasn’t lucky in the first heat too. But Florian Fischer suprised on his Liquidlogic Jefe by kicking the former Kayak Slalom World-, European- and German champion Fabian Dörfler out of the race. In the final heat Jakobus Stenglein raced Ron Fischer. Ron had a bad start and pulled in an eddy directly off the starting ramp, so Jakobus won easily.
In the women creek competition Anne Hübner won superiorly.

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Results Straight Down Striit 2010

Creek -Men Creek – Women Fun Race
1. Jakobus Stenglein (DE) 1. Anne Hübner (DE) 1. Timo Trauth (DE)
2. Ron Fischer (CH) 2. Anna Jankowsky (DE) 2. Björn Dippon (DE)
3. Mike Dawson (NZ) 3. Helga Lehner (AT) 3. Pascal Beer (CH)
4. Viktor Legat (CZ) 4. Sveta Timofeeva (RU)
Ben Jung filming
Max Eberl leading
Max in the second rapid

Arnd Schaeftlein racing
The Lower Section
James Weir in his OC

About 100 starters from many countries
The boater cross
Straight Down Striit Logo


1 June, 2010 at 20:40 by Max Eberl

Tags: Boater Cross, Creeking, Jefe, Sernft, Striit, Switzerland, Teva
Posted in Competition Reports, Creeking, Video | 1 Comment »

25 May 2010

Val sesia Teva contest

by Raphael Thiebaut


I was in Valsesia this W.E. to make a portract of Fred Gilardone, secretary of the comite for val sesia preservation.

Teva Extreme Games - Val Sesia

Fred charging the sesia in his wave hopper.

They now have a 20 year protection plan for the rivers in the area.

And there was a nice event there so I registered because they were pushing me. There was at least 3 to 4 years that I haven’t done any competition. Saturday was a boarder cross were i took the 3rd place not bad knowing the best italien were there. And sunday I finished 5th at the 6mn downriver race, only 10s from the first one without having ever paddled that section of the sesia :D

All in all pretty happy of the W.E. especially as I get to know more Fred wich is a very nice and interesting guy.

A quick photo of me taken by fred on the sorba:

Raphael Thiebaut on Sorba, Val Sesia

25 May, 2010 at 23:34 by Raphael Thiebaut

Tags: Boater Cross, Creeking, Italy, Jefe Grande, Sesia, Sorba, Teva, Val Sesia
Posted in Competition Reports, Creeking | Comments Off

20 May 2010

Video Ticino is online

by Raphael Thiebaut


Here you can see the video we made for French national TV in April. As broadcasted on May 8th . There’s a few mistakes as always with TV journalists, Ticino is not in Val d’Aoste ;)

But it shows pretty well our sport. And it’s always good to see a bit of kayak on national TV on a Saturday afternoon.

Enjoy:

http://www.vimeo.com/11895785
20 May, 2010 at 15:29 by Raphael Thiebaut

Tags: Creeking, France, Jefe Grande, Ticino, TV Report
Posted in Creeking, Paddler Lifestyle Articles, Video | Comments Off

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