There were three events;

Boater cross- Three checkpoints and cross the line at the end of Mundaca first.
Downriver- Mass start bridge to bridge race…simple!
Rodeo- Who can get the most beat down in a massive hole.

There was no training on my part, but I was stoked to try and do well, so I raced hard! There was a lot of good paddlers and a lot of competitions, but in the end it was all good times and fun! The results are as follow;

Boatercross:

1st- Santiago
2nd- Evan
3rd- Mo Mo

Downriver:

1st- Ron
2nd- Evan
3rd- Julio

Rodeo:

?????????-never found out?

Now enjoy the Photos from all the albums on facebook…most of the shots are from Fico and Pura Vida expeditions.

The Trophies for the winners of the competitions…Raft and Kayak.

A big crowd watching the carnage at Mundaca during the raft race.

Party and Bullshit at Cara Del Indio…a bunch of dirty river rats.

Tres Monas!!!! Futa is a beautiful place.

Raft race starting line…mass start bridge to bridge.

Ron Fisher beat the hell out of me in Down River race…he was talking to me as he passed.

Getting the D.L. before we started the big race.

Pure Patagonia style…lamb on the fire for 4+ hours makes one of the best party platers ever.

Team Very Good from Pucon!!! These boys were the heart of the party and race.

A small cluster of boaters at the first bridge in the Down river race.

The girls rafting teams who took top honors…the venue they put on for the closing ceremony was really outstanding! Big stage, music, prizes, and a huge discotec party!

A raft about to get punished in the big hole at Mundaca.

All of us really happy to be done with the 27+ minuet race ready to start this carrete.

Anton, Myself, and Dave in the famous dingy…same one that ran the Florin and Middle Palguin.

Myself getting bucked off a bull before the Friday night party after the race…it took me a while to buck up…but I’m from Montana so I had to give it a try.

Getting free shuttle back to the put-in…the community really comes together for this event.

A bull rider much more experienced than myself.

Mo Mo, Myself, and the winner Santiago getting our awards for the boater cross.

This was one of the best weekends of the entire season, couldn’t have been more happy to have made the drive from Pucon. Now we had a week to go around Argentina and Chile to go run stouts and find some rivers to run before returning to Pucon and then leaving back to the old USA…what was next for team siphon…who knows?

Later E.G.

Heuer 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.

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 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

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

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: