Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

My suggestion for more runs was for big 'TV' events. There is also nothing to say they couldn't be run over a number of days just like other sports (like sailing) to make the sport more interesting at such events, get more coverage etc., not as a general rule for the rest of us. Quaker - you are be...

Spiderman - "Even sports where Mother Nature is involved, like sailing for example, it is a matter of who crosses the line first and not the time taken to complete the course. As the recent Olympics so very clearly demonstrated many times, no matter how brilliant a slalom paddler is, it is very pos...

"the same line at the overhead line that the pole was suspended from." Yikes, thats going to require good placement of the judge not to mention many are wire or black (to lessen environmental impact) and are often hard to see or can be very high up. It also means that the suspension wire will have ...

Can I encourage all Div1 paddlers to complete and return the Slalom Development Questionnaire on the slalom web site as soon as possible. The Slalom Committee have acted upon suggestions and put a questionnaire out so have your say and make it worth their effort. I'm also pleased to see they are lo...

you could maybe book one of the wooden lodges on the course itself. http://www.4seasons.co.uk/accom.htm I think there is a premier Inn just above the site too. http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=23993 and a camp site http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=4093 Du...

Judging exams are regularly provided during the year. Give it a go. They are very helpful. Best thing is to practice by sitting with judges/section judges. As well as actually judging the gates/paddler you also need to experience using the comms, filling in judging sheets including explaining why p...

The use of caravans, campers and motorhomes was heavily restricted due to the lack of a licence which did not arrive in time. The lady running the site only started doing so 3 weeks ago and having been employed to do so had to run it on a proper basis. She found on checking the paperwork and talkin...

Was on Digital TV. Must admit I couldn't find it either nor in any schedule as I was expecting it on at 8.30 but I stayed tuned in and up it popped although it did seem to miss the first C1 runs. Wish the commentator would let Helen speak, he kept interrupting her with stuff that wasn't very releva...

Hi, Just wondered if anyone knows if there is a rule regarding short course div 4's and whether they must start at gate 1. My reasons for asking is I can see an organiser might like to run a 3/4 with a short course Div 4 but still having say the first 8 gates set to challenge the Div 3's but allow ...

I'm not totally sure how such systems work (but I know a man who does). I've heard of systems where you race against a fictitious paddler (Miss Average in this case) and get your points awarded based on your result compared to that paddler. I am sure there are many ways to do it and this might be a...