Monday
May172010

::Adam "From the Cow World"...::

I raced at Rocksjon (rocklake) int'l regatta this past weekend here in Jonkoping... 500m and 5000m.  

My name over the loud speaker apparently sounds like "Adam from the Cow World" to the Swedes, so that was quite a hit.  Andre from Nelo tells me that it sounds like "Adam green-seat" in Portuguese.

Anders won the 500m on the weekend and I was 2nd, but I won the 5k, with @analog79 in 2nd place.  Yes that IS World and Olympic Champ Henrik Nilsson next to me on the start.  He finished 4th, not bad for a coach!  

Hey congrats to all the Canadian canoeists and kayakers who raced in Montreal on the weekend at trials!  Stoked to see my team over here soon...

In professional sport news, the Suns take on the Lakers tonight in potentially the Purplest western conference final in recent history.  I am cheering for Steve Nash because he is the man, and I am a big fan.  Kinda bummed it won't be on Eurosport.  However, I recently acquired a ticket to the UEFA Champions Cup Final for this weekend in Madrid for this Saturday.  I found a good flight to get me from Sweden to Hungary with a night in Madrid layover... so Ola Espana, I'm coming to watch some football!! Ole... Ole Ole Ole...

Thursday
May132010

Graffiti in Sweden

A little brand development in Sweden... all legal of course.

Tuesday
May112010

Paddling on Vattern

It's nice here in Sweden, this is a big flat lake, the water is only 4degrees, which made for a chilly swim after practice, but the 80 degree sauna took care of that pretty quick...

vankayak eurotour10 

 

Tuesday
May112010

1. Denmark 2. Canada 3. Sweden

                                       

 Nice job fellas!

Sunday
May092010

World Cup 1 Vichy France

Hej from Sweden... we grabbed a post regatta sunday nighter out of Lyon up to Sverige.

World Cup 1 was good, Fast Times at Vichy High... good results with a silver and a bronze too.

Read what the cbc said: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2010/05/09/sp-vichy-sun.html

Hope you like Vankayak v2.0... flip me an email from the contact page with your comments!  Even if it's to tell me to get a haircut, I'm on it.  It was windy in Vichy and I had hat-head...

Check back soon for more regatta news and a training update!

merci pour le photo, Alain!  http://camanquepasdcel.free.fr/