With today the day we fly home after a solid 16 nights in Germany its time to reflect on some of the scenes of the past few weeks,
- Ireland send a 12 strong team to Plattling, Germany to compete in the ICF World Freestyle Championships. Against the worlds top paddlers.
- With team paddlers travelling from as early as May the town was sussed for our arrival.
- Being met at the airport myself and Bowsie by Tom to really kick off our time away.
- Training each day in warm water with a variety of weather conditions
- Camping for 15 nights- looking forward to a bed
- Junior team members arriving with big hungry eyes ready to achieve and learn.
- Day 12 the day those juniors grew up into real future contenders both at home in Ireland and on the international scene.
- The Volksfest – Taking in German culture in an unforgettable night.
- Kipper on the mic, cartwheeling those tricky’s and milking those Dunphy.com jokes
- a live feed going global really putting freestyle kayaking on the map.
- Billy Reaching a semi final at his first major event.
- Me hitting my first head under mystery moves
- Ronnie finding his mojo with big loops
- solid rides and big scores from all team members
- The opening ceremony team Ireland photos joined by all!
- Friday funday of events and chilled out boating.
- 5.70 euro for 20 bottles of good German beer
- Elypsos fun slides and carnage
- Local slides and diving boards 2 broken noses and a trip to hospital.
- Enjoying Munich a beautiful European City
A fantastic trip with pile of fun! roll on NOC 2013.
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