Brandsethelva is a narrow river with crystal clear, blue water. The 500 meter long section where the competition took place holds many good spots for spectators to see fascinating and technical moves in the water.

The river is characterised by being narrow and steep, which makes it a technically challenging river and very spectacular. The water flows has been high all week and all the athlets couldn't paddle the race course untill the day before the race when the rain stopped for 24 hours. The day of the race it was gently raining and the Brandsethelva was full of people ready to see an interesting competition with a perfect water flow.

Both international and local paddlers competed with more than 50 athlets at the start. The women category has been dominated by Mariann Seather with an overall time good enougth to place her in the top 15 mens. In the men category Michele Ramazza stopped the chrono of the first run 2 seconds ahead of everybody else. Michele styled the second run too and, despite the very good run of Dag Sandvik, a local paddler, he kept the first overall time with 2 seconds of distance.