Well, all I can say is that I had the fastest split in the semi-final from the start to gate 6. I was on fire, and then disaster stuck. As I approached gate 7, there was a nasty surge and my bow went directly into this crevasse in one of the many gumdrop rocks along the course. This sudden and unplanned catastrophe forced my boat under water, exposing the edges of my boat and causing me to roll over. When I rolled back up I was well passed gate 7 and needed to attain back up the river in order to complete. Needless to say, this unlucky circumstance was extremely costly in this world class field as I finished 35th. You can click on the link below to see exactly what I mean if my description wasn’t good enough.
http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-4742976150759505413
After yesterday, I have now added the course in Tacen in my personal Axis of Evil; you know, personal enemies to John. The other course completing this Axis is the one in Bratislava, which I raced at earlier this year. For some reason I never perform well at these places. This year, I did poorly in both the Tacen and Bratislava races…and the trend is quite the same in the past. So, why do I continue to race at these places….well, it is the hope that one day I will break this Axis with a stellar performance…oh yah, in addition these places are really fun to kayak on.
We are now here in Augsburg, Germany again for the last World Cup of the season. It is slightly bitter-sweet; this will be my last week here in Europe, which is nice as I want to go home….but, it is saddening that this will be the last World Cup of this season!
Stay tuned race fans....John is going out with a bang!
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