Parallel Slalom in Ljubljana

Checkout this video of Luuka Jones, killing it in the Comp!

Along with the rain came a flood of National kayak teams into Slovenia’s capital city, Ljubljana. Austria, Australia, Holland, France, Slovakia, Germany, Togo, America, Canadia, Swiss, and Italian Teams..to name just a few..the list goes on...

The atmosphere both at the course and in Ljubljana centre is buzzing with excitement with the first World Cup to kick start the 2011 International Racing Circuit coming up this weekend! It has been great to catch up with so many friends from all over the world and be once again following the European summer. Tonight there was a parallel Slalom race that was held in the centre of Ljubljana on one of the canals that runs through the city. It is always a really wicked event here and great for spectators in this amazing night-time city setting. With 1000Euro prize money up for grabs the race was on! Peter Kauzer (2009 World Champion and Slovenian sports star once again took the win to beat the Czech Rebublics Vavra Hradilek in a close 2^nd. The womens was dominated by Corrina Kuhnle (2010 Womens World Champion) and runner-up was Australia’s Kate Lawrence with Luuka Jones and Roz Lawrence in 3^rd and 4^th.

Tommorrow it is back to the mighty Tacen White-water for my 2^nd to last session on the course before the race which will kick off on Friday with Qualifications.For Race info for this weekends World Cup checkout: Sloka's website