First assignment: attend Teva Mountain Games in Vail and watch friends and students throw down in Extreme Creek, Freestyle and Downriver competitions all weekend.
In addition, the world's top extreme athletes in climbing, biking, running and more were there all weekend to compete making for plenty to see and do in between kayaking events. Here are some of the highlights...
Here is Jake Greenbaum (shout out to local Ohiopylian) pulling hard on Homestake Creek for the extreme creek race. Jake is a fellow Nature Cure Race team member (he and I make up the kayaking team).
Nikki Kelly, female winner of the Homestake Race and long time Teva Athlete. The women all the young kayaking ladies look up to (including myself).
Pyranha team memeber Nicole Mansfield competed in both the extreme creek race as well as making it to the Finals for Women's Freestyle.
The competitions also gave me the opportunity to meet some of my students and their families who will be traveling with WCKA next year. Just a few weeks ago several of them made the Jr. National Freestyle Team in Glenwood Springs, allowing them the opportunity to travel to Switzerland this summer to compete for a World Title.
It was a great, and exhausting, weekend. Put some of the world's most talented athletes together in a party town like Vail and you not only get some spectacular events, but even more spectacular parties.
If you know me at all you can imagine the torture of just watching these events. Next year I plan to enter and win. Watch out.
Next stop...FiBark in Salida, CO, June 17-21st...then CHINA!!!!
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