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The League of Northwest Whitewater Racers is an all-volunteer group of paddlers in the Pacific Northwest. Under the auspices of the American Canoe Association, US Canoe&Kayak, and the Washington Kayak Club, the League organizes wildwater races and races and training clinics in whitewater slalom.

 

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National Paddling Organizations

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) oversees slalom competition in the United States.  This is their website for the latest news and current rules:

 
 ICF released the new Canoe Slalom competition rules in 2024 for the 2025/26 seasons.

The changes can be summarised as follows:
Five of areas in Canoe & Kayak:
  • Standardise the width of the gates to 140cm
  • Simplification of the competition format
  • ICF CSL Pan-continental Rankings derived from CSL World Rankings
  • Implementation of a qualification pathway to access to the World Cups (including Kayak Cross)
  • Officialization of the short slalom event

And three areas of change for Kayak Cross:

  • The time trial to become an event called Kayak Cross Individual
  • Entries are reduced to 3 per NF for level 1 and 2 competitions
  • Removal of the 12 universal quotas in Elimination phase

A more detailed summary of these changes can be found in the following link:
2025 Canoe Slalom Rule Changes presentation

 

American Canoe Association - serves as the National Governing Body (NGA) as approved by the US Olympic Committee (USOC) as that term is defined in the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and as the National Federation in the United States responsible to the International Canoe Federation (ICF) for Slalom and Wildwater (as well as other disciplines).

American Whitewater - a national organization devoted to the stewardship of whitewater rivers
Check Facebook for USA Wildwater

Racing Clubs

Pennyslvannia Cup Championships
Check Facebook for: Red River Racing Team (Texas), New England Canoe and Kayak Association, Whitewater Slalom Alumni and Friends, Chilliwack Centre of Excellence (British Columbia), and Mach One Whitewater Slalom Team

Local Recreational Paddling Clubs

The Washington Kayak Club
The University of Washington Kayak Club

Paddle Trails Canoe Club

Oregon Kayak and Canoe Club

Lower Columbia Canoe Club

Willamette Kayak and Canoe Club
Colorado Whitewater Association
Vancouver Island Whitewater Paddling Society

Whitewater Slalom Foundation - Rankings
http://paddletools.com/pages/ranking

Multi-subject
http://paddlepointers.com/home.html
http://www.bobfoote.com/technique.htm
http://www.daveyhearn.com/Coaching/Technique/technique.htm
http://westwoodoutdoors.ca/category/techniquies/
http://www.sweet-skills.com/articles.html

Forward Stroke
http://www.cboats.net/technique/

Speed & Strength Training
http://www.howtorunfasternow.com/speed-training/speed-and-strength-traini
ng-for-whitewater-canoe-slalom/

Kent Ford Instructional Material
http://www.performancevideo.com/
 

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this page updated on: Thursday November 07, 2024 05:00 PM -0800