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).

http://www.slalomtroja.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=166&Itemid=176&lang=en

http://www.universalsports.com/mediaPlayer/media.dbml?SPSID=95599&SPID=11656&DB_OEM_ID=23000&id=648321&db_oem_id=23000

Check out http://icfvod.sportstec.tv/ for the International Canoe Federation on-demand video from the 2009 Slalom World Champs in La Seu d'Urgell.
A series of video reports on the 2009 Slalom World Championships can be found on youtube. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V5NoJaVbFw for the first one.

Benn Fraker (2008 Olympian, USA) has presented the first entry in the 2009 "One Workout" movie contest. Find it at http://vimeo.com/4054978
Inspired by the fantastic feats of a group of training athletes in one afternoon session at the USNWC, this contest is ongoing. For more info, contact us.

Daniele Molmenti (2008 Olympian, Italy) has created a tutorial on upstream gate technique in collaboration with Richard Fox and Mike Druse in Australia.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygnrKg3IMQs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%25

Congratulations to the 2009 US Junior Slalom Team!
Go to the gallery for photos.
Additional information can be found at www.usack.org
K1
Michal Smolen (NC)
Peter Lutter (Wash.DC area)
Nick Wilkening (CA)
Simon Ranagan (MD)
William Farmer (NC)
Ben Peters (WI)
C1
Zach Lokken (CO)
Tyler Hinton (CO)
These athletes qualified by their placement and meeting of percentage criterium in two days of racing at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in North Carolina.