This last weekend was the Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championships 2015. The event is held in Austria’s Oetztal on the Wellerbrücke rapids. They use a 200m section for this timed race which has a 10% gradient.
Each athlete must make there way down the course which involves:
1) “Seal Launch”, 6m gradient
2) “Mandatory Line”, 3m gradient, entry cataract to the core section
3) “TNT Rapid”, 5m gradient, core section with a S turn
4) “Champions Killer -1”, the hole above the real Champions Killer
5) “Champions Killer”, 3m exit drop
Top 3 Men
1. Gerd Serrasolses (ESP) 2. David Bain (GBR) 3. Sam Sutton (NZL)
Top 3 Woman
1. Mariann Saether (Nor) 2. Jennifer Chrimes (GBR) 3. Alona Buslaieva (UKR)
Top 3 womenOur highest respect goes to Norway and Mariann Saether and her victory in the adidas Sickline World Championship women’s contest. Here are the runs of the top 3 women. Enjoy! #adidassickline
Posted by Sickline on Saturday, 3 October 2015
These are full results for the 2015 Addias Sickline race
