World Kayak Event Coverage

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The Old Man Gets Beat!

By Christopher Wing • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Feature Story, Festival Coverage, Pro Circuit Results, Teva Mountain Games, WK Pro Event Coverage

Not much more to say other than Dustin Urban is bomber under pressure. Facing a score of 158 that EJ put up in his second ride, Dustin had one more ride to go. After splashing a bit of water in his face and looking over to his wife Katie he road into the hole and absolutely blew Vail, CO up! He hit just about every trick that is possible scoring an astounding 178 points besting EJ’s by 20 points. This put the pressure on the old man as he had one more ride to go. EJ slapped Dustin a high five, revved up the corwd and looked for Christine in the crowd and went out for one last effort. It just was not enough putting Dustin Urban on top.

The crowd was electric, I was electric, just about everyone was electric and were happy to see a new face on top of the podium and in classic style, beating out the best.

The women’s finals was dominated by Emily Jackson throughout as Tanya and Ruth never could manage to best her scores ride after ride. It was an aggravating battle as both had stellar rides and came close on several occasions. Photos and video are being processed and should be up very soon.

Mens Final Results

5. Jason Craig

4. Stephen Wright

3. Nick Troutman

2. Eric Jackson

1. Dustin Urban

Women’s Final Results

3. Tanya Faux

2. Ruth Gordon

1. Emily Jackson


TMG Sprint & Freestyle Semi’s and Finals from Christopher Wing on Vimeo.

Live from Vail, CO

Chris Wing

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Christopher Wing is I currently work at the US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC as an Instructor Trainer. The 2008 season is my most ambitious to date as I pursue becoming a professional athlete while I expand my programming horizons in professional level instruction.
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3 Responses »

  1. citizen journalist on June 8th, 2008 at 4:58 am:

    if your 2008 ambition is to become a ‘professional athlete’… might not be a great idea to call the likes of ej “old man”…. don’t shit where you eat. you’re still accountable for what you write in cyberworld. good luck. godspeed.

  2. Eric on June 8th, 2008 at 6:58 am:

    Great job covering the event Chris!

  3. colin on June 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm:

    Once again great work Chris. Thanks for all of the hard work.

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