Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

How can a non-ranked person get hold of one ?

It would be a good idea to join a club with some slalom pedigree. I'm sure you are a very good paddler, but you will be surprised how much more there is to learn. They will have boats you can try, including older 4 m boats, but most people will advise you to get a 3.5. I took my time to change but w...

It's well worth buying next week's Radio Times. It has a pull-out with full details of the TV coverage. If you have Sky, Freesat or the other one [Virgin ?], there are 24 BBC olympic channels, each of which has a HD version. The pull-out shows that we have our own channel for canoe slalom and from S...

Come on then - tell us why. I'm guessing the question was something to do with carbon fibres

Did someone offer a prize for the best? I'm Spartacus ! Yes, I'll stand by that [£50]. It wasn't a random idea; I appreciate the importance of eye-catching, but informative posters because it's part of my job, sort of. These could do a good job if placed at key sites [schools, sports centres] local...

I agree with Neil After observing what goes on at all levels of racing, it seems to me that until you get to the top, and are then probably at an age when you can look after yourself, you really do need parents with both the funds and the time/commitment to take you to races for many weekends of th...

I wondered if it could be done through this message board [as we've had yes/no type votes set up before], but I guess it might be difficult to prevent individuals from multiple voting. Anyway, to put some money where my mouth is and make my little contribution to putting something back into the spo...

I found that a rest and the use of specialised straps recommended by a doc e.g. http://www.equipmentforsport.co.uk/products/view/384 helped with a golfers elbow. At the end of that season my paddles snapped, and when I replaced them, I went for a smaller blade and the elbow problem never returned. ...

can ATP be recycled into creatine when you are working at the rate where process 3 is dominant? That’s a good question Dave, probably the big question in the case of a slalom race. I should say that much of this below is fact [well; the results of research], but some is my interpretation based on r...

Time for a biochemistry lesson; potted and difficult without pictures but here goes; There is only one source only of direct energy for muscle contraction [and pretty much everything else] – the chemical ATP. In the process of giving up its energy, it is converted to ADP. Energy metabolism is all a...

Thanks Spiderman, for uploading the material from the 1974 race [link at bottom on main www.canoeslalom page]. What a treat – that was the year that I was most heavily – if briefly - involved as a youth. Great to see the paddlers names, as you say, but also the names and pics of the old boats in th...