Hi Guys,
I just arrived in Ukraine for the European Championships after spending five days in Germany at one of the sickest comps in Europe: Chill and Ride.
As you can imagine, we did lots of riding, and even more chilling!! On the Friday, we watched the Wakesurfing which was pretty cool as they all were killing it!! Then on Saturday, after a massive party on the Friday night, the Team Challenge took place. This involves a group of people going on the one boat and riding against another boat. Fortunately our team came second which we were all so pumped about!!! YEEEEEEEE
Then on the Sunday we all got down to business. The qualifying, semis and finals were all on the one day and this meant a lot of riding for those who were to get to the finals. Unfortunately, my Irish Team mates David Coates and Paul Johnston both just missed finals which was a bummer as they could both have killed it. In the end it was Dylan Mitchell (RSA), Nikita Martianov( Rus), Sam Carne (UK), Lucas Langlois and Yann Calvez (FRA) and myself competing in Finals. The standard was mental as we were towed behind a new X Star (huge wake) and a Mastercraft X55, which also kicks up a ridiculously big wake!
In the end on the podium were Lucas Laglois in 3rd, Dylan Mitchell in 2nd and I managed to take 1st, which I was sooooo chuffed about as I was seriously feeling the pressure after watching Dylan stick one of the best runs possible!!
Also big congrats to Irish Team member Sian Hurst for taking the Silver in the Open Women’s division!!
Overall it was such an amazing and fun event where lots of bants had!! Thanks to everyone involved and to Daniel for organising it all!
Cheers
David
