Monday, October 19, 2009

Back to trainings...

All looks like super slow since the adidas sickline event...
No water in our rivers, not many slalom races, well it's a little the best period to do something else than kayaking!!

Last weekend, I was in Saint Pierre de Boeuf for 2 slalom races.
400 paddlers were present pour these 2 races...
Always good to come on theses slalom races and was good to paddle a bit in slalom boat... I nearly forgot how well slalom boat goes fast!! ;-)




Photo: Mick Flasher.

At home, no water in the course and not really keen to paddle on flat water every days..
Well, lot of mountain biking sessions are planed before training hard with my kayak when the rains will come!!


Val


Gautier, my young brother


Val kicked this gap


Gautier kicked it also!!

This weekend Gautier and I were in Millau for the Catalunya freestyle kayak championship.
Yes that's true, our Spanish buddies come in France to organize their races!!
Little shitty hole, but a great opportunity to paddle with friends and have great times!!


Gerd Sarrasolses, 2nd K1 men


Mat Dumoulin, 1st K1 men i the prototype Guigui-prod... huuuuush, I didn't tell you anything!!


Gautier Grollemund


Val

Oops I forgot something...
I met the doctor for my hand last week, I'll finally keep the titanium plate in my left hand on the second metacarpus for life.
So, I don't need an other operation, a second rehabilitation and... no time out!!
All good... What a super I'm right now with titanium hand!! ;-)


The first radiography just after break, end of January 2009.
Sure you see where it was broken??


My hand the next morning after operation at the hospital... end of January 2009.


My hand last week... better no??

Well, right now, lot of projects are planning, this year could be very nice!!!! :-)
I hope to travel and paddle white water very soon, I'm missing white water kayaking!!!

See you soon on the water

Monday, October 12, 2009

Gautier Grollemund - New MTB video

Check out the new DownHill mountain biking video of Gautier, my young brother, there're some new awesome effects... and it's just the first ones!!

Enjoy!!

www.gautiergrollemund.com

Adidas Sickline 2009

This year the adidas Sickline was THE place to be, the event looked like awesome and full of surprises, so we were there really motivated.

After a great training week with all the frenchies in a cool atmosphere we were ready and fine to compet these Worlds!!

All start with the qualifs on Friday... on the slalom course in Oetz, class II...
Ok, was more simple for the oganisation but not really fun for the kayakers.
Well, strong paddlers took the first spots and the others closed the rest.
The first 45th can compet for the finals, on saturday.


Mat Dumoulin fired up directly after the qualifs... Same for Stefun Pion and others...
Are we talking about extrem kayak??


Michele Ramazza in front of the objectif of David Arnaud, preparing the TV show for the finals on Saturday.


Val and David...


For the Finals steps, this year there was a new system of "head to head"... Again more fun for the crowd than for the paddlers...
I was really unlucky for the quarter finals, so I competed against Andrew Holcombe, one of the best american paddler and winner of the famous Green Narrow Race.
With a great time to go in finals, Andrew kicked my ass and I was fired up in quarter final...

The others frenchies go all in semi final.


Val quarter final


Yann Neime fired up in semi final by Jakub Nemek.


Ralf Schaberg goes in finale


Eric Deguil, winner of the qualifs, wan all his "head to head" and poped up his spraydeck in final and he could be on the podium easy but unlucky he ended 9th...


Fabrice Poueyto, "lucy loozer" of the finals took it easy in the Hot Seat with Miss Tyrol... Easy Fafa!!


Jakobus 3rd, Alexander 1st and Mike 2nd... Nice podium this year after these great finals!!



The 3 guys in front of the crowd!!

Well, now let's go for the party, we've to enjoy all that!!


Party!!


All kayakers celebrating the victory of Alexander Grimm


Val, Olaf, Eric and Ciaran


Casper and Severin

The results:
http://www.adidas-sickline.com/index.php?id=106

The videos:
http://freecaster.tv/kayak/1009273/adidas-sickline-2009-presented-by-tirol-replay

Well, I ended 26th with the feeling to not finish my race, like something missed...
The global atmosphere of the event was so so, especially with the qualifs on class II and all go with, and all that for 100 euros... Was better last year for the same price...

Now I've to see some doctors soon to pull the plate in my hand out, yeah I've always this f*%king plate in my hand.
I hope to be ready soon and paddle again!!
More news about that in the next days...

Thanks to all guys I saw again or met in Oetz and we had really great times!! ;-)

Photos:
Jens Klatt
Manu Arnu
Pierre Mahé