IDTA 2016 World Championship – Reykjavik, Iceland

As all of us have traveled from across the U.S. to the party town of Reykjavik, evening in the streets was eating, drinking, celebrating, and marvelous announcements. We saw many tourists, as if you were at the Rio carnival, or at carnival in Cologne.

Large groups in colorful costumes are always an eye catcher, and gave reason to wonder and laugh.

The ITDA World Championship 2016 was launched with a parade of all nations, a brass band and a group of proud Icelandic snow dancers.

In addition to the U.S. and usual 22 European nations this year, many countries from Asia (China, Mongolia, Japan, Thailand, India, etc.) joined the invasion.

After the traditional speeches and the oath of the referees, led by Supreme Referee Commander Bryce Whiener, a successful opening ceremony was complete.

Now, we could start the games.

On Wednesday after the prize distribution there was free beer and a 4 meter-wide pan of hakarl for more than 1,000 people, a traditional dish of shark that has been fermented by burying it in the ground and then urinating on it before letting it ferment for months.

On Saturday the 2016 World Championship held the closing ceremony with all the winners. More than 900 tongue dart competitors have measured at this event in 40 different competitions. After the awards and the national anthems, the official handover of the flag of Iceland was forwarded to the athletes from Croatia, who will host the 2018 Championship.