Valentin Grollemund - Pro kayaker: Adidas Sickline - Extrem Kayak World Championship 2010

As usual the first weekend of october takes place the Extrem Kayak World Championship in Oetz in the austrian Tirol.
This year I drove with David Arnaud on wednesday afternoon.

A bit tired David

Thursday morning I did my only training on the race course.
I paddled a lot on the qualifs section and just once on the Wellerbruke, the Final race course.

Fabrice Poueyto

Eric Deguil

Myself

Mathieu Dumoulin

Me at the entry of Champion's Killer.

Thursday evening took place the registration, we signed papers, took back the bib and we paid 120euros... Ooootch...

The frenchies

Steve Fisher in front of Jared Meehan's camera.

Friday morning was the qualif day.
Warm Up mendatory for all of us and all ran once.
At the end of the 1st run, the 90 fastest go for a 2nd qualif run.
At the end of the end, the 48 fastest go to the quarter finals in the Wellerbruke section.
I ended 38th of the qualifs and got my ticket for the quarter final.

Me in Champion's Killer at the qualifs.

Eric Deguil at the qualifs.

Saturday morning, here we are for the Day of the Extrem Kayak World Championship.
Mendatory WarmUp for everybody again, it's only my 2nd run of WellerBruke this year...
As you can imagine I've to do it by the feeling!!

For the quarter final and semi final, it's a head to head system.
The 1st of the qualif Vs the 48th, the 2nd Vs the 47th, etc...

Here I go!!

Photo: Michael Neumann
Myself at the start rock ramp.
I competed against Tom from UK, I made a shit at the last drop and he was kick off the race...
Anyway I ended 31st of the World Championship, and I've to say I'm really frustrated of how I paddled during my quarter final run.
I've to manage lot of things to be a better and stronger performer next year and for sure keep that great feeling I've on the water!!