Team training is finished, the opening ceremony is tomorrow and the final preparations for the comp are being made! We had a productive time at the final team training session this afternoon, everyone has the wave pretty much dialled in by now and some of the Irish guys are going huge. Shane Little in particular has a couple of big moves that he is throwing down pretty consistently, while the Kelleher brothers are probably less consistent but both are throwing some huge front and back Pan-Ams which will get them big scores in competition. The juniors are also doing great, the extra time that they have spent out here is really showing and they are consistently throwing down some great blunts and back blunts, along with the occasional Pan-Am. My own paddling is still all over the place, I'm occasionally getting some nice helixes, Pan-Ams and air screws but struggling to get them all into one ride. Fingers crossed it will all come together on the day of the competition! Bar the top five or ten competitors who are consistently throwing down ridiculous rides, Garb is so fast and foamy that everyone else seems to be struggling to lay down a couple of big moves in a row. It looks like it's all to play for on competition day!
Thankfully, it looks like there's going to be a lot more down-time at this comp than we got over in Spain! A few of the lads are gone to a demolition derby in Cobden and there's a paddling movie night at Wilderness Tours tonight, tomorrow the organisers are feeding everyone after the opening ceremony and the following couple of evenings all seem to have some kind of entertainment lined up. So it looks like it's going to be a great comp, regardless of if it ends with the losers party on Friday night or Finals on Saturday! The comp kicks off with Squirt on Monday and the Men's K1 prelims are on Wednesday. It's all going to be streamed live here so keep an eye out!
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