On Friday, the 5th of September, starts the second DEVILS EXTREME RACE. The race is Czech extreme kayaking open championship. The race is planned for entire weekend. On Friday only registration and welcome party. The registration via internet started, see www.devilsextremerace.com.

Start of all races (slalom and sprint - on Saturday, on Sunday kayak-cross heats and finals) is situated in Loucovice city, under the dam Lipno, on part of Vltava river called Devils rapids. Big water is secured, also the Alpine start. This year a new race is introduced - Sprint. Slalom represents a qualification for kayak-cross (prove of skill).

An agreement about cancelling the Preworlds came out from a great discussion between America and European states in 2006. The World Cup was established instead of it. It is organised every even year on the same continent as World Championship should be held. This competition consists of 3 races organised in one month:

15.-17.8. - Prague (CZE)
22.-24.8. - Augsburg (GER)
28.-31.8. -Thun (SWI)

There is a condition that one of the races will be held at the same place as incoming World Championship. The World Championship 2009 will be organised in Thun in Switzerland then. In 2006 the World Cup took his place in Canada and the World Championship 2007 was in Ottawa.