Marc Parra from Hiko Team gets the third position in an Extrem Race 2011 competition

Like every year, the last weekend was held in La Rioja (Spain) the 2011 Extrem Race, an event that this 

year has gathered more than eighty paddlers very motivated for kayaking and have party.

Chonicle by Marc Parra

Friday afternoon I left Catalonia with my friend Carla 

Solé and we drove along five hours until arrive in Lumbreras de Cameros (la Rioja), a little village at the north of Spain. We arrived about 22h and the local friends were waiting for us with a big dinner. The event was too a kayakers meeting and the village council had enabled a big area where camp.

Saturday morning, after having had breakfast, we run the high section of the Piqueras river with a lot of people and enjoyed the characteristic alpine environment. Then we had lunch and did again that section, but this time to train for the competition of the next day. At night, the organization prepared a brilliant dinner with the typical local dishes accompanied with a lot patxaran!!

Sunday we got up early due to the race was beginning at 11h and we hadn´t inscribed yet, so when all the paperwork was done we went to the put-in. 
Each minute a paddler began the race and kayak as fast as were possible for a 1´5 kilometer distance down the river, where it finished the race. It´s not usual compete in such a large distance, so we had to distribute the energy we used. It competed about eighty paddlers, thing that made the results very similar but at the end I get the third position.

I invite all kayaker to take part of this event. It´s for sure you´re gonna have fun with the river, the environment and the people.

Marc Parra- Hiko Team