Championship Sunday

The sport of stationary wave riding is in its infancy, but the 6th annual European Championships is still an impressive event with some incredible surfers. We had blocked out the entire day to watch, enjoy, observe, dream about the future and get ideas while taking in the final day of the Citywave and the championships. We were not disappointed. Everything seemed to get better as the day went on--the crowds, the level of surfing, the energy, the weather and the dream of what could one day exist at Slidewaters.
The girls attention was in and out on the event, but they always seemed to find something to do. We met other people that own and operate CityWaves around Europe and another that hopes to bring them to the states. It is a great community of entrepreneurs who dream of building more City Waves and growing the sport of stationary wave riding. The Slidewaters project still appears to be the first venture in the states and a big step towards growing the sport. We are very excited to play our role and can't wait to get started. Those that know about our project are equally or more excited as we have plans to build the largest City Wave possible.
After the awards ceremony, we went back to the hotel and laid low, grabbed dinner in the lobby and had a movie night in the room.

 Ready for the City Wave and the European Championships

 There is always a good place to unpack the toys and play

 Did we mention it has been cold here? Do you see the steam coming off the water? The athletes were not slowed down one bit. Maybe we will be surfing in November in Chelan!

 The girls were most excited about watching the kids and the women surf.

 The four finalist for the kids (under 16) division. 3 Germans and an American- the American won with a perfect score!

By the afternoon it was nearly a packed house for the finals. It was a very impressive event.