Tagged: Austria

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Adidas Sickline 2015

This year’s Adidas Sickline was exceptional in terms of water levels. Due to lower temperatures, the Ötztaler Ache dropped below 180 cm on the Tumpen gauge and instead of usual concerns about high water...

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Zet Toro on Lofer

I was lucky enough to take the new Toro for a weekend trip to Lofer. The water level was low but the section with all its boils still tests, how the boat stays in...

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Summer Oetz

Summer is on and apart from the slalom training sesssions at Troja we’ve been going to Austria every weekend. We’ve been gradually raising our level on the Middle Oetz, last weekend we dared it...

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Sickline and Wellerbrücke

On the first weekend in August, the Ötztal valley was literally swarming with kayakers from a lot of countries. There was already traditional Adidas Sickline race on the Wellerbrücke section of the Ötztaler Ache....