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Jul 15 | Bryan Kirk USACK Champ, Secures US Freestyle Spot
07/15/2010
Bryan Kirk USACK Champ, Secures US Freestyle Spot
US Team Trials took place in beautiful downtown Missoula, Montana. This was a perfect event to be the grande finale for the season; over 10,000 spectators, perfect weather, and enough rainfall to bring the wave up to an awesome level to throw every trick in the book!
Team AT’s Bryan Kirk finished up by securing a spot on the US Freestyle Team! I paddled the Wave Sport Project 52 with the AT Superduty to claim the 5th spot on the men K1 team to be able to represent the US against the rest of the world's talent in Plattling, Germany in June, 2011.
Bryan is also the 2010 National Champions from the results of the 1st USACK National Point Series, which was an accumulation of points from 5 events. The events were: NOC Shootout, Lyons Outdoor Games, Fibark, Gunnison WW Fest, and the Missoula Team Trials which counted as double-points.
Though it was the most grueling team trials of his career, Bryan has now made the US Freestyle Team 5 times now since 2001.
The raw talent this year in all the categories was simply amazing to watch, with some ridiculously high-scoring rides being thrown in just 45 seconds. We should have a strong presence in Plattling next summer!
Some photos from the Missoula event can be seen on Sports Illustrated: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/?eref=sihp
