These races will be held in Charlotte, NC from April 25-27, 2008.

For more information go to  www.usack.org or directly to

http://web.mac.com/slalom2008/Slalom/Welcome.html

Please note that the Pan American Championships is an open international race. 

ANYONE CAN COMPETE IN THIS EVENT!

In order to compete in the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials, you must successfully qualify.  A schedule of qualifier races can be found at http://www.usack.org/mc_schedule.aspx   

Note that a Team Trials Qualifier is scheduled for Durango on April 5.  Be sure to check out the qualification rules at the USACK website.

Your participation in the Olympic Team Trials and/or Pan American

Championships is more than just a stepping stone en route to the Olympics.

This will be an experience which will educate you, build your confidence,

increase your resources, help you to make contacts, and more.  These will be

the biggest races of your career thus far, giving you the foundation for

greater future performances in sport and elsewhere.  Your experience at this

level is meaningful not only in a practical sense, but also as a reference

of your excellence and ambition on resumes and college applications.

Durango may still be in the depths of a frozen kind of whitewater, but the

2008 Whitewater Slalom season has begun!

In January, the first World Series slalom race of 2008 was held in

Penrith, Australia, at the site of the 2000 Olympic Games.  The final 2008

event in the World Series will be held at ASCI/WISP (Maryland) in October.

World Series Slalom Events are open to all athletes—no qualification

required.

For more information on the World Series, go to http://www.canoeworldseries.com/news  

Winter is a great time to spend some time studying VIDEO and other technical

visuals.  The following websites are places to start:

• www.stefanocipressi.it/  
• www.fabiandoerfler.com/  
• www.campbellwalsh.com   
• www.bennfraker.com
• http://www.brettheyl.com/index.php  
• www.cathyhearn.com
• www.performancepaddlesport.com/    

Other paddlers you may google in order to find video of their paddling:

• Tony Estanguet
• Michal Martikan
• Jana Dukatova
• Mathilde Pichery
• Oblinger
• David Florence

Cathy Hearn

USA Canoe Kayak

Coach, Canoe Slalom