Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:59 pm
I have found some ancient footage of slalom on the british pathe web site. It's a bit of hard work to get the film though.
I have only seen the first one, the Marsh Lock Canoe Race, and it was very compressed. Top billing goes to:
The commentator talking about canoe "slaylem"
No one wearing a helmet, and the commentator saying that they all wear lifejackets to protect them in case they get a bang on the head (!)
The rule that all boats must be folding
See here British Pathe
I have only seen the first one, the Marsh Lock Canoe Race, and it was very compressed. Top billing goes to:
The commentator talking about canoe "slaylem"
No one wearing a helmet, and the commentator saying that they all wear lifejackets to protect them in case they get a bang on the head (!)
The rule that all boats must be folding
See here British Pathe