Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Kayak slalom - couldn't find it on the telly, but the whole thing was on the bbc site on the watch live pages. This year's commentary infinitely, infinitely better than the previous olympics (when they had that nice pretty lad off the travel show explaining oars to us, and worrying if the competito...

Yes, I know how to use a throw bag: If the swimmer looks like he is in danger of self rescuing, thus avoiding purchasing traditional "swim-beers", it is important to run FAST to the nearest point to the swimmer, shouting loudly "ITS OK! I'LL GET YOU! YOU ARE SAFE NOW". The swimmer is usually, by th...

nice one claire, looks good.

Hi Clare, good luck with your project. I have several cags, long sleeve, short sleeve, neoprene, latex, different ones for different things, all of them old. The ones I wear for slalom have neoprene cuffs which can let the water in a bit, but it doesn't matter cos I'm doing slaloms on gentle rivers...

I guess the worldclass site doesn't make it completely clear who was eventually selected: See worldclass->press info->slalom athletes http://www.worldclass-canoeing.org.uk/wcptraining/PROFILES/index2.htm it gives a list of everyone on the team, but doesn't say who actually passed the selection. Lots...