M. DAWSON
J. CLARKE
M. SMOLEN
E. FER
C. KUHNLE
M. CHOURRAUT
M. BENUS
F. ANTON
L. BOZIC
K. HOSKOVA
J. FOX
BREZINSKI/BREZINSKI
A. PETERS
V. KHUDZENKA
E. MEDVECKZKY
GRIJIC/NOVAKOVIC
L. QIANG
M. DE JONGE
R. POULSEN
A. CHERVOVA
S. TARNOVSCHI
J. MOCKE
E. LEVEMYR
S. RAFAEL
H. TAKAKU
M. GRAZIANI
J. EGAN
N. LJUBEK
MINDE/HAMAR
PINTA/MOZZICAFI
S. LAMMLER
A. BUSLAIEVA
M. WEGMAN
S. REINOSONot making the team - Mark Proctor moves on
I can normally write at any given moment, but it’s taken me nearly 6 weeks to actually sit down and want to write this article.
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Interview with Jim Foti - Organiser Molokai Surf Ski World Championship
Jim Foti and the Committee of the Kanaka Ikaika Racing Association are this year in charge of running the Molokai Surf Ski World Championship event. The Association have run the event for approximately 30 years of the event’s 37 year history.
The Ultimate Run - 25 years on
In August 1989 Colin Thompson writing in Canoe Slalom Magazine described “a masterly performance by Richard Fox and a perfect run by Jon Lugbill – the undisputed champions of the World.”
Sprint athlete Hannah Davis Climbing Kilimanjaro for the Kids
Australian Dual Olympic sprint kayaker, Hannah Davis, is replacing her kayak with hiking boots and her kayak paddle with walking poles, and is going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro! In June, Hannah will head to Tanzania, Africa, where she will trek to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part XII
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Highlights World Cup Canoe Sprint Milan
It was a beautiful though bumpy weekend in Milan for the first sprint world cup of 2014. The first international race of the season is a chance for athletes and coaches to test how effective winter training was, try out new race plans and, of course, send a message to the competition.
Penrith Junior & U23 World Championship Race Analytics
With a historic double for Australia’s Jessica Fox on her home water, the Junior & U23 World Championship provided the opening night of the ICF 2014 canoe slalom season.
Czech Rafting Cup is under way
Due to weak winter and poor snow conditions, which have caused very low water levels in the Czech Republic, the Czech Rafting Cup will happen at different locations than in the past. Races are being relocated and it seems to be that this year's wild water rafting competition will only be a pipe-dream.
World’s Fastest Paddlers Set For Milan
Canoe sprint paddlers from every corner of the globe are descending on Milan, Italy for the first 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup of the season that will be contested from the 2-5 May.
Bridgitte Hartley ready for the first sprint World Cup in Milan
After a challenging 2013, London Olympic bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley is aiming for a strong start to 2014 in the first sprint World Cup event of the season in Milan. She has been in Europe since mid-April preparing to take on the world's best.
Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way.
José Ramalho beats Spanish Armada at the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon
The 42nd edition of the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon has been won by José Ramalho. In a time of 1.42.15 José was the first paddler to sprint across the finish line in a very compact race.
ExtremeSlalom.com - It’s slalom, but not as we know it!
Last year, some ‘old school’ slalom paddlers set out to redraw the slalom rules and create a new event that would be fun to race and easy to organize on rapids up to grade 5. This was their story. Whatever changes needed to be made, one central idea had to remain intact.
Ekaitz Saies: “The journey’s more important than the destination”
Life lessons over a coffee with 2-time K1 4x200m World Champion Ekaitz Saies in his home-town San Sebastian, Spain.
Life, like sport, is unfair. But you do have a choice.
In my biography on my website, I wrote that the number one thing I learned from racing was: life is not always fair, but fairness does not have to control your ability to be happy or your ability to succeed.
Youngest ever marathon world champion Cam Schoeman retires
Former K2 world marathon champion Cam Schoeman (pictured right) has announced his retirement from competitive paddling. The Natal Canoe Club star can look back on a sparkling career laden with highlights.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part XI
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Bridgitte Hartley looks forward after South African Sprint Nationals
Natal Canoe Club star Bridgitte Hartley underlined her credentials as South Africa's leading sprint canoeist by dominating the South African National Championships at Nagle Dam outside Pietermaritzburg on the weekend.
Re-allocation of select Summer Olympic sports to the Winter Games?
Cycling chief Brian Cookson has reiterated his desire to discuss the re-allocation of select Summer Olympic sports to the Winter Games, despite widespread criticism of his proposals.
Hartley stars at South African Sprint Champs
Bridgitte Hartley starred at the South African Sprint Canoeing Championships on the weekend at Nagle Dam as the Olympic bronze medallist ticked all the boxes in her long term strategy aimed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.