South Africa is looking for a Slalom Coach and Development Manager. The objective is to find someone who will be able to coach mostly kids and give some input into the national team from time to time. If interested, contact Iain Rennie at or Graham Bird, General Manager of Canoeing/Kayaking in South Africa,

...and more to come!
Check out http://spot.colorado.edu/~koppg/Racing/ for the schedule of events and contact info.

The U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC has published the water release schedule for Spring 2010.
Find it at http://www.usnwc.org/whitewater%2002-09-10.pdf
For more information about canoe, kayak and rafting as well as other activities at the USNWC, go to www.usack.org or phone 704 391 3900.

Kayak Pro USA and Chesapeake Boathouse presented the 2010 US Indoor Kayak Championships this past weekend in Oklahoma City.
Held in conjunction with a community-wide health fair, rowing ergometer competition and the Nadia Comaneci International Invitational gymnastics competition, the US Indoor Kayak Championships provided exciting races for novice to expert paddlers and spectators alike.
Kayak Pro awarded kayak ergs to the overall male and female winners.
http://usack.org/events/2753
http://issuu.com/ckrmagazine

Australia's 2010 Oceania Open Canoe Slalom is featured on Sportscene at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmAvE85ThL4
Molmenti (ITA K1), Skantar2 (SVK C2) and Fox (AUS CW) start the 2010 season off with wins.
More information at http://oceania.canoe.org.au

On and off-water training camp free of charge for Senior/Junior National Canoe/Kayak Slalom Team + Canoe/Kayak Slalom Medalists from Senior/Junior Nationals and Junior Olympics. Coaches are welcome. Others can apply (registration fee applies) if interested. Training will be governed by USACK, USOC and Positive Coaching Alliance guidelines.

November 20-29 2009
Durango CO
Coaches: Cathy Hearn, Nic Borst, et al.
for registration/information: www.usack.org

Athens Greece will host an International Training Camp February 22-March 14, 2010 at the Hellinikon Olympic Canoe Slalom Course.
Athens is scheduled to host a World Cup in 2011, making this spring 2010 camp a good opportunity for you 2011 US Team Hopefuls to get in some early preparation on this challenging course.
For more information and registration:
Mr. Yiannis Holevas, Venue Manager Canoe-Kayak Tel: 0030-210-9848676, Fax: 0030-210-9832288, Mobile: 6944-656.029, email:
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhqJlVmIp9o for an informative athlete video of previous Athens Spring training. From that link you can easily find video of Athens slalom racing, including Martikan, Walsh and others.

The Charlotte Open and USACK National Slalom Championships provided a great opportunity for paddlers from North America to compete on two very challenging courses against a field peppered with international champions.
Olympic Champions Elena Kaliska (SVK K1W) and Michal Martikan (SVK C1) headed the group of foreign stars, with international champions and medalists backing them up.
Fraker achieved a rare coup for C1s in his victory over all, including K1 Men, at the 2009 Charlotte Open World Ranking Race on Saturday, October 3. Other winners included K1 Pierre Bourliaud (FRA), K1W Dana Benusova (SVK), C2 Scott Parsons + Benn Fraker (USA) and C1W Hailey Thompson (USA).

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