East Kaweah

So in between Amot laps on the Sjoa and falling off waterfalls in Sogndal I found these pictures of sunshine and good times and thought I'd share them. Thanks for the photos Tyler, also thanks for giving me season 1 of Game of Thrones. Jakub and I are now completely addicted and its starting to seriously impinge on Jakub's work rate.

Kaweah Massif, kind of like Okere Massive, but on top of a rock in Sequoia National Park (photo by Josh Neilson)

With a large group of us putting on the East Kaweah we decided to split into two teams. There was team alreadyonthewaterwaitingimpatiently and the people still getting to the river. I was in the former group so away we went. What followed was a very enjoyable day on the river. Due to Sanga's amazing memory for rapids we barely scouted anything and cruised to the confluence then continued to the camp ground at Three Rivers to hang out in the sunshine and wait for the others.

Me on a cool double slide (photo by Tyler Fox)

Tyler flying fox (photo by Toni George)

Sanga lining up the first drop (photo by Tyler Fox)

This was supposed to be synchronised boofing but Chris couldn't keep up (photo by Tyler Fox)

Sanga on a chunky slide (photo by Toni George)

I really like this photo, something about the combination of sunshine, smooth granite and whitewater (photo by Tyler Fox) 

Everyone crashed out after a great days paddling (photo by Sam Roil)

Not much of a story when everything goes right and there are no dramas but thanks heaps everyone who participated. What a great day.

Some nice photos

Heres a couple of photos courtesy of my Canadian friends Mikkel and Lianne.

Sweet slide on the Teigdalselvi (photo by Lianne Germaine)

My first day back in a Tuna: Double Drop, Teigdal (photo by Mikkel St Jean-Duncan)

Borrowing Brendan's Tuna for the Brandseth race (photo by Mikkel St Jean-Duncan)

Dagali River Festival

The Dagali River Festival is a grass roots Norwegian river festival held on the Numensdalslagen River. It is strongly supported by the local raft company Serious Fun who provided not only shuttles to all the events but also a place to camp, hang out, eat waffles, and enjoy the sunshine.

Marcio after a hard days racing...

Kayakers trying to organise themselves

The Master of Ceremonies Lucie Sediva

This river festival is awesome value for money as entry only costs 350NOK which includes all events, camping and two dinners cooked for you by awesome Nepalese chefs...

Interesting apron

There is also cheap (by Norwegian standards) beer served to you by the other main nationality of Dagali... Czech elves... Matej on bar duty

Pretty much sums up the Ducky Demolition Derby

John Free, winner of the Duct Tape Party

Some of the events included in the event: Time trial down an awesome stretch of rapids, boater X, teams race, raft race, raft X, ducky demolition derby, duct tape party, hula hoop competition, raft wrestling and so on and so forth.

Mens final in the boater X, I raced with the boys cause no girls entered and was stoked to make it into the final

Raft race

Raft wrestle, I think Tzak and Lucie are the men's and women's champions

Tzak showing off

So the results were... 

Norwegian Whitewater Cup Race

Name	Time	Place
Jiri Kopecny	1:55	1
Marcio Franco	2:03	2
Matej Holub	2:05	3
Toni George (1st Womens)	2:06	4
Vojta Hejtmanek	2:12	5
Jonny Haugen	2:12	6
Thibault Dufour	2:17	7
Nicolas Caussanel	2:24	8
Øystein Resser	2:32	9
Jack McDonald	2:38	10
Marek Blascik	2:44	11
Jan Motyl	2:47	12
Lucie Sediva (2nd Womens)	3:01	13
Dag Sanvik	DNF	14

Kayak Boater X

Qual	Semi finals	Final	Place
68 Matej Holub
02 Thibault Dufour
66 Marek Blascik	68 Matej Holub
	02 Thibault Dufour
21 Vojta Hejtmanek	74 Jonny Haugen	75 Dag Sandvik	1
74 Jonny Haugen		68 Matej Holub	2
63 Jan Motyl		02 Thibault Dufour	3
64 Nicolas Caussanel	75 Dag Sandvik	60 Toni George	4
	21 Vojta Hejtmanek
60 Toni George	60 Toni George
62 Øystein Resser
75 Dag Sandvik

Kayak Teams Race

Team Name	Team Members	Place
Øystein and Jonnys Fan Club	Dag Sandvik, Vojta Hejtmanek, Marcio Franco	1
Brumiks last journey	Jan Motyl, Nicolas Caussanel, Thibault Dufour	2
Team Shamemememememe	Toni George, Øystein Resser, Jonny Haugen	3

*Sorry Øystein and Jonny for slowing the team down, if I hadn't collected 30litres of water in the bottom of my kayak by the end of the race I reckon I would have been able to go a bit faster (excuses)

Ducky Demolition Derby

#	Names	Place
61	Marcio Franco & Martina Hlavackova	1
74	Thibault Dufour & Nicolas Caussanel	2
11	Marek Blascik & Jan Motyl	3
62	Erlend Groven & Kjetil Nørstebø	4
21	Jonny Haugen & Øystein Resser	5
02	Eirik Neste Bratteng & Endre Piotr Sivertsen	6

Duct Tape Party

1st John Free

Duct tape party

Boater X

In summary: Dagali River Festival, awesome event, great mix of sick race courses, fun parties and a great crew, 2013, be there!

See www.dagaliriverfestival.com for more information.