Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Why Wonderful Copenhagen is wonderful

Because…
  1. It’s the first high level tournament of the spring/summer season in Europe. Many of the big names are there. For some, it's the first tournament with decent weather. For others, it’s the first outdoor tournament of the season. For the better (top 8) teams it’s a chance to have some good intense fights. For the lesser teams it’s a chance to get their ass kicked - often quite hard.
  2. The tournament organisation is very top notch. Mattias, Christian, and the WCU staff are pros.
  3. Accommodation is good. In newly-built state-of-the-art 5-star hostel. At tournaments like this one, you usually have to either camp, sleep on a gym floor, or pay three times as much and get a hotel room.
  4. There is always good music by the fields. I mean a DJ, a good sound system playing chilled grooves in the morning during breakfast, and more upbeat tracks during the day, all good stuff, and a good dose of German and Scandinavian hip-hop that you’d rarely hear otherwise.
  5. There is always food, fruit, water and coffee by the fields. And shelter in case of rain.
  6. The party rocks. Thee pool party was legendary. The Brazilian party (joint with the Capoeira group) was amazing. This year it was a bit different as there was not a women division. The organisers quickly realised that you can’t have a pool party with 400 guys and no girls. So they pulled out an excellent casino party.
  7. Copenhagen is a great city.
  8. Danish women are hot. Trust me on this one.

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