TEVA Extreme Outdoor Games Italy 2011

After having a pretty turbulent June attending three big events I just want to give a short update about this years edition of the Teva Extreme Outdoor Games in Ivrea.

It was the third year the Games were hosted during the second weekend of June in the new location.

The long distance down river race was hold up in Valchiusella and won by Mike Dawson (NZL) and Martina Wegman (NED). It acted as qualification for the famous "King of the Falls" race. While lots of the full time slalom racers were to scared about running the "King of the Falls" section it was Ron Fischer (CH) who took home the crown winning one of the hardest whitewater races in Europe - well done!

After having the team race down the Chiusella river the crowd moved down the hills into the lovely little north Italian town Ivrea. New this year was the "team night sprint" which caused heaps of fun for all competitors and spectators.

As usual during the next days all athletes were busy competing in individual sprit, individual slalom, boater X, team slalom and having original Italian ice-cream, pizza and pasta in between.

I didn´t found really into racing this year, so I ended up second behind Martina Wegman (NED) who seems to be in good race shape this year. Katerina Migdaouva from the Czech Republic was following in third position.

The mens race was won by Mike Dawson (NZL) followed by Sam Sutton (NZL) and Michele Ramazza (ITA). It was the German team who took home the gold medal in the Kayak Freeride World Championships 2011.

Congrats to Jakobus Stenglein, Paul Böckelmann and Lukas Kalkbrenner! Good to see team ZET Kayaks on the podium in almost every category! - Find all results below…

Kayak Freeride Team World Championships:

1. Germany 1 (Stenglein, Kalkbrenner, Böckelmann - ZET Veloc)

2. New Zealand

3. Czech Republic (Team ZET Kayaks)

King of the Falls:

1. Ron Fischer SUI (ZET Raptor)

2. Maxime Mitaut F

3. Sam Sutton NZ

Downriver Race Women:

1. Martina Wegman NL

2. Anne Huebner GER (ZET Veloc)

3. Katerina Migdauova CZ

Sprint Race Women:

1. Martina Wegman NL

2. Katerina Migdauova CZ

3. Jenny Chrimes UK

Slalom Race Women:

1. Martina Wegman NL

2. Katerina Migdauova CZ

3. Anne Huebner GER (ZET Veloc)

Boater Cross Women:

1. Anne Huebner GER (ZET Veloc)

2. Jenny Chrimes UK

3. Martina Wegman NL

Overall Kayak Freeride World Champion Women:

1. Martina Wegman NL

2. Anne Huebner GER (ZET Veloc)

3. Katerina Migdauova CZ

Downriver Race Men:

1. Mike Dawson NZ

2. Honza Lasko CZ (ZET Raptor)

3. Sam Sutton NZ

Sprint Race Men:

1. Mike Dawson NZ

2. Sam Sutton NZ

3. Egor Voskoynikov RUS (ZET Raptor)

Slalom Race Men:

1. Mike Dawson NZ

2. Lukas Kalkbrenner GER

3. Jakobus Stenglein GER

Boater Cross Men:

1. Michele Ramazza I

2. Sam Sutton NZ

3. Lukas Kalbrenner GER

Overall Kayak Freeride World Champion Men:

1. Mike Dawson NZ

2. Sam Sutton NZ

3. Michele Ramazza I