# @nicktroutmankayak on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/7TZ5equtnl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14325295-nicktroutmankayak-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2015-09-06T20:51:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nick Troutman (@nicktroutmankayak) — https://gondola.cc/nicktroutmankayak

## Caption

Well the show is over.... I am truly amazed and overwhelmed with the support I had during this World Championships. I can honestly say I have never heard my name changed so loud, and have never seen so many maple leaf flags in the air. I was majorly under performing and choking after my first two rides and really had to pull my mental game together to put something down on the board for my final ride. I decided to slow down and try to just stay on the wave and get some tricks, and I finally laid down a ride I could feel a little proud of. In the end I didn't win the title or go for an all out battle with Dane. Yesterday my battle was a large one and it took place in my head. I am honored to have been part of such a spectator World Championships and to podium with two of my greatest friends. Thanks to everyone at Wilderness Tours, all the Volunteers, to my wife for always supporting me and my mom for all she did to make this whole event so special and a memory I won't soon forget. Many lessons have been learned, some great kayaking was done and some battles won and lost on the water and in my mind.  Today is a new day with new goals to look forward to. Thank you all, off to the river. #whitewater #kayaking #OttawaRiver #ICFfreestyle

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whitewater, kayaking, icffreestyle, ottawariver

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