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Although in French, the following link has some pretty interesting ideas. http://www.eauxvives.org/slalom/techniq ... aie_C1.pdf
I know that I found some interesting things to play with....Ed

This is really awesome..maybe I can get Dana or Thierry to translate for us...DM

Translation would be great. I've been picking through it line by line with my wife's high school French-English dictionary. The photos have alot to teach- I was horrified by how closely I suspect I resemble many of the "non" photos. They certainly give me quite a bit to play with, and its amazing how the little details add up. From what little exposure I've had to Euro racers they just "look" different than the Americans. This may be why...EG

i like the pictures (although i cant read the text!). is that immanuel brugvin? I like how in the "non" pictures one of the main problems is that he is looking at his boat, not the river! I know that's a pesky habit for all of us . . .

What's amazing though about slalom is how different many paddlers styles are.

check out this link:

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/resou ... al/141.pdf

It's by Jaime McEwan, regarding the classic division in slalom racing: "The Hard Charger vs. the Fast Floater"

Ah, it takes time to form your style, but the question always remains . . . Which one are you?

Alden

Yes that is Brugvin. The McEwan article was good- I hadn't seen that before. It's especially neat since the last time I raced slalom "seriously" in 2001 McEwan/McEwan nipped my partner and I for that magic 4th spot at team trials. (It really wasn't that close, but its fun to fantasize, and besides, we had a much higher combined age!). One of the things that I like about C1 is that it does lend itself to a variety of individual styles.....Ed

Ah, yes, but there was that famously windy race at Ocoee when Jon Lugbill did "float": waiting -- waiting for the exact instant for the poles to drop in before continuing the charge.