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
|
|
|
|
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02 Thibault Dufour
|
|
|
|
|
66 Marek Blascik
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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.
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