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Me likes that HTC uses kayak for promotion!

There is description of Aurdøla, it doesn’t contain much…..
It describes Aurdøla as one of Norway steepest, when you compare gradient.
It drops 220 meter in 2km, that is, on average, a gradient of 11%.

The description does not say anything about the rapids but ends with:
“The only thing you have to ask yourself before putting on is, Do you feel lucky?”

There is hardly no eddies, and when you finished with one rapid you straight on to the next one… scouting can be done,
but on high flow you might not be able to catch the last eddy.

Usually there is no water here, but these clips are from when the water level is way above what’s normally to run it on.
During our mission down the river, we portage 2 rapids, could probably been run, but we didn’t fell lucky!
On lower water, the whole river is a treat, and one of my all time favorites.

Hope you enjoy the show.
And comments are welcomed!

I’ve probably got the greatest girlfriend ever, well she’s the best even if she hadn’t got me a new toy for my birthday.
But she did. A GoPro Hero Camera… and now it was time to test it.

Last weekend, Per Christian, Jonny, Halvor and myself went to Falun in Sweden to compete in Falumästerskapen 2010.

With a borrowed kayak from NPF it was time to compete in my first competition in over ten years. The results? Well, very happy with the results on Saturday. Came 3rd in the slalom sprint! In the classic slalom discipline on Sunday, I came 6th. Not to happy with that results, I was going for a 4th place. But I guess you can’t expect much when you haven’t done slalom competition in over ten years, and switch boat from Saturday to Sunday. Overall I’m happy with my performance, and there is still a long way to go…

Results lists:
Slalom sprint
Slalom classic

Thanks to Falun Kanot club for letting us stay indoors.
And here is their article from this weekend

After finishing my kitchen, it was time to get out and enjoy one last beautifully Sunday in September. And what better way to do it, with a training session in a slalom kayak.

Some random Swedish dude came and was wondering if he could take some pictures. Well, I didn’t mind, and thanks to him, these pictures are now on my blog.

One last pictures. Me with full focus on the gate!

Probably not the last time I’m on the water, need to get some time in the new kayak (borrowed from NPF) before heading to Sweden to compete in my first competition in over 10 years! Should be fun!