2011_SLSNZ_SurfRescueMag
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THE INTERRVIEW<br />
Lisa Carrington<br />
flat out<br />
and female<br />
Lisa’s voyage from Ohope to London<br />
It’s been a big year for Ohope’s Lisa Carrington<br />
after winning the ski race title at the State New<br />
Zealand championships in March with the<br />
Mount Maunganui club, the 21-year-old vaulted<br />
onto the biggest stage of all, winning the K1<br />
200m title at the world kayaking championships<br />
in Hungary and qualifying for the London<br />
Olympics.<br />
She’ll follow a long and proud tradition of<br />
kayaking clubbies when she lines up in London<br />
and faces an exhausting training schedule in<br />
the buildup but still found time to sit down with<br />
Surf Rescue and talk about her achievements.<br />
SR: Congratulations on your world title Lisa.<br />
Has it been full-on since you got back from<br />
Hungary?<br />
Yeah, it’s been a bit chaotic doing interviews<br />
here and there - I’m enjoying it but there will be a limit<br />
though!<br />
SR: You qualified for London a full 11 months out<br />
from the start of the Olympics. Has that made it<br />
easier or harder?<br />
It’s easier in that I don’t have to worry about<br />
qualifying next year and can focus entirely on peaking<br />
for London. It’s also tough because it is a long way<br />
off and there’s some pretty intense training to get into<br />
before then. We’ve also got to mix it up so it doesn’t<br />
get boring or stale and having that big goal –such<br />
as the Olympics – means you can get worn down<br />
because of the nervous energy. Luckily we’ve got a<br />
good structure and good coaching and we’ll have<br />
really good plan working with us.<br />
SR: Does it help having another clubbie, Erin<br />
Taylor, alongside you in the K2 crew, knowing<br />
she has already had Olympic experience?
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