Qingdao, which has just warmed up for a few days, is once again suffering from strong winds and cold weather today. This unexpected gale has brought great challenges to the players participating in the 2019"East sail Cup" international canoeing Federation World rowing championship. However, the cold wind did not resist the enthusiasm of the athletes. Facing the sea breeze, more than 300 world top players from more than 40 countries and regions, such as France, Germany, Brazil, Egypt, etc., have launched a fierce water competition in the Olympic Sailing Center. This fashion sport originated from Hawaii, USA, has been popular with athletes and citizens since it was introduced into China.

Shanghai female fans set their own air tickets to watch the Games in Qingdao

"Come on! Come on. Rush!"Two petite girls shouted excitedly at the fence. They are oar fans from Shanghai. In order to follow the male god Chen Yanjun to participate in the competition, Zheng Hong and Vivian specially flew to Qingdao to watch the competition. Other people are after entertainment stars. They are after sports stars."This time, Chen Yanjun, a paddler from Shanghai, was selected into the national team to participate in the 18 kilometer long distance race, 200 meter race and technical competition. At the same time, Shanghai's paddle club, dynamic state water sports club and water club also have 5 fans who have signed up for the competition." Zheng Hong said she would like to see China's elite paddlers show their abilities in international competitions.

Chen Yanjun, a Shanghai player, said:"I feel a little bit regretful because of my injury and failing to meet my expectation. I hope that the 200m sprint will enter the semi-finals tomorrow."

Long distance self driving, oar players from all over the country gather in Qingdao

Many of the players in the paddle competition brought their own equipment to transport the easy-to-use all carbon racing boards from all over the country to Qingdao, and prepared paddle models to cope with different water conditions. There are competitors from Weihai who bring the racing board to compete. They bring the local racing board brand"creative" board to compete. This is a brand of racing board independently developed and produced by China. The board is 14 feet long, divided into 23 inches and 25 inches wide. It can be used for players with different balance levels. The competitors in Shanghai drove more than 700 kilometers for 10 hours and brought 5 all carbon racing boards to compete. Not only use it, but also temporarily lend a match board to an international player whose equipment is damaged for emergency. Players from Wuhan are also self driving to take part in the competition, because it is easier to achieve good results using their own long-term running in and easy to use competition equipment.

"Senior" player is only 15 years old and has participated in paddle sport for 7 years

Kogai MIU, a 15-year-old from Japan, has signed up for all the events in the youth group, but has been involved in paddle for seven years. Kogai Miu recalled:"because of my father's relationship, I began to contact kayaks since I was a child. At that time, I was only 8 years old. I followed my father to do water sports at the seaside. At first, I just played and felt relaxed. Now I can participate in world-class competitions. I feel very happy!" When it comes to oars, another 17-year-old said:"it's awesome!" She said that although she had only been in touch with paddle for six months, she had been deeply infatuated with the sport."Although today's wind is very strong, it will make the game a little difficult, but I will go all out!"

Extreme sports enthusiasts are full of praise and hope that paddleboard can be popularized

Mr. Guo, who originally planned to attend the International Mountain cross-country race in Qingdao, came from Shenzhen. After learning that Qingdao held the world rowboard championship at the same time in recent days, he did not hesitate to put the attendance on the schedule. Mr. Guo has participated in many extreme sports, especially for paddleboard."Paddleboard requires skills, not only strength, but also balance." In his opinion, as a kind of water sports, paddleboard has its unique advantages:"its safety factor is relatively high, unlike some extreme sports, there are risks such as collision. In addition, I think the viewing of paddleboard events is also very high, which is also a kind of enjoyment for people watching the game." Mr. Guo said that he hoped that this new water sports project could take this opportunity to be popularized nationwide and make more people fall in love with paddleboard.