Whitewater Slalom
Every year the League of Northwest Whitewater Racers holds a two-day slalom event on the Cedar River at Landsburg, about 15 minutes south of Issaquah. This year the races are March 17 and 18, with the slalom course open for practice all day Saturday, two downriver races on Saturday, and the slalom races on Sunday. [...]
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As usual, after watching videos of my friends creeking Class V, I went searching for some instructional videos on kayaking slalom technique because I know I’m weak in the eddy-catching / boat control department. After plugging around for a while I finally found this awesome site called Canoe Slalom Technique that has a big section [...]
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I was surfing around this evening looking for videos that might give some pointers on whitewater kayaking slalom technique and came across this one showing Eoin Rheinisch, Dave Ford, James Cartwright, Campbell Walsh, and Laura Blakeman training for the Canoe Slalom Olympic Test Event in Beijing 2007. I can’t say someone like me can pick [...]
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The Cedar River whitewater and slalom races are coming up this weekend, March 13 and 14, 2010! Here’s the email I got from Northwest Whitewater Racers director and slalomer extraordinaire Jennie Goldberg: CEDAR RIVER WHITEWATER RACES This event is Northwest Cup Race #1 for Slalom and Downriver and is a USA Regional Team qualifying event for [...]
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Back in early April 2009 the Northwest Whitewater Racers held the WKC Cedar River Race at the Cedar River Gates near Landsburg, WA. I stopped by and took some photos before the event while people were warming up. (I’ve tagged this post with the names of the people whose names I recognize from the WKC [...]
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