I had a whole other post written, but in waiting to get the photos sorted out it sat there long enough to become stale. Oh well! I have something much more interesting to write about now, anyway.

Last weekend I attended the Level 6 Cup here in Ottawa. I was there working a booth for MEC, which was neat because I got the chance to take my camera along and shoot some pictures of the paddlers- something I’ve never done before. It was such a great time!

The idea here is that the paddlers ride that big wave there, doing as many tricks as they can in the 45 second time limit. There are 3 rounds, so if you mess up the first one you get 2 more attempts.

Level 6 Cup 3

This paddler is sitting backwards on the wave, half way through a flat spin (she will turn 360ยบ without sliding off the back of the wave), and she is doing it “clean”, which means not using her paddle. Cool.

Level 6 Cup 4

This guy is in the middle of another trick where he flips the boat up and around onto its nose, then regains the surface again without sliding off the wave. Crazy!

Level 6 Cup Miss

I’m not sure that there’s any way to get a good shot of this one… He’s flipping his boat like a forward sommersault! Of course, it looks like a total miss…

There were even a couple of Tandem Whitewater boats! I can’t even imagine…

Level 6 Cup Tandem 1

What a fun day. There were kids there hanging out, and dogs lounging in the sun, and a festival atmosphere. So great.

Level 6 Cup Jordan Level 6 Cup Start Early

There’s definitely something to be said for starting ‘em young!