Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

I dont feel that the panels descision to do races 1+2 next weekend is right it will be be only 10 days since some of the participating juniors witnessed the lost of a friend some were involved in the attempted rescue and are deeply distressed and as a result were considering not taking part in the ...

i fully support the use of natural rivers but the fact is that town falls did not offer a difficult enough course for the british open even at mid to high levels there is little scope for movement of gates over the falls but the river levels have been unpredictable in recent years resulting in very...

but that cant be right dave the jury are a group which consist of judges organisers ans paddlers who make descisions together based on the evidence they have from section judges and gate judges or a least that was what i thought are you just having a go at the section judges ??? ??? i dont think th...

yes but if you forget about 'forcing the good paddlers down bit' flipper is right about the bounce back brigade who not only can bounce back are then in line to claim the div 1 champions prize which is worth quite a bit so you may end up better off being demoted bouncing back then not only can you ...

the 'concrete ditches' provide almost certain water to race on when you look at the sites in europe they are all a section of natural river that has been manipulated in some way is this artifical or not ??? lookin at a higher level then paddlers have to be 'stopper proficient' which seems to be pro...

you should not have to ask for extra time if you are in prem however it has been the case that an offical has been sent down the course before a prem paddler was set off, this can lead to a catch up situation which isnt fair for either paddler especially the prem paddler who has paid their entry i ...

i think that its some of the nostalgia thats preventing the sport moving forward yes llangollen is a fantastic venue and i would agree that a prem needs to be retained there but the british open needs to be on more reliable water if its to attract foreign paddlers and improve its status the euros w...

im now really confused how can someone win the british open (k1w) that they didnt qualify for ??? the winner got a 50 in the semis and went thro as a world ranking paddler i thought to get the ranking points but how then did they manage to beat someone who qualified for the final and then came seco...