Wednesday, March 16, 2011

What a great opportunity for paddling in Alberta!

Lower Kananaskis River area redevelopment plan

The Lower Kananaskis River area is a popular day use destination, and is recognized for its river-based recreational opportunities. There are four facility nodes within this planning area – Canoe Meadows, Barrier Lake Visitor Information Centre, Widowmaker and Barrier Dam.

The draft redevelopment proposal has been prepared to help address issues related to the increasing recreational use of the area, while minimizing any adverse impacts on the Lower Kananaskis River watershed and area wildlife. The key objectives of the proposal include reducing congestion at day use sites; improving river access for recreational users; increasing camping opportunities; and enhancing the Canoe Meadows site to accommodate special events, river recreation, and to act as a multi-function camping area.

Information on the proposal, and instructions for providing written or online comments are available at http://www.tpr.alberta.ca/parks/consult/consultations/LKR/

The consultation period for this proposal will start on February 25, 2011 and close on April 25, 2011. The website will be updated once all comments have been considered and a decision has been made. Please check back after April 25, 2011 for updates.

In addition to public feedback gathered during this comment period, site management efficiency, cost effectiveness and public safety will be key considerations in making a final decision on the proposal.

Friday, March 11, 2011

ASCK Casino

Wednesday and Thursday, March 16-17
Calgary at Casino Calgary, 1420 - Meridian Road N.E.near Barlow and 16th Ave.

We need to fill our casino volunteer positions for our casino. As you know all HP and Winter Training families are responsible for taking a minimum of 2 casino shifts each year. But we also need help from our regular slalom community too. This casino is vitally important to providing coaching and support to our slalom team. Without our casino funds we would not be able to offer the excellent program that it has become. ASCK will treat all casino volunteers to meal vouchers at the casino and for out-of-town volunteers, ASCK will pay the normal volunteer mileage rate of $0.26/km to the casino and home and a hotel room if required. If you would like to volunteer for a position I will need to know the day(s) and the time(s) that you are available and the type of position that you would like to work in.

Download:
CasinoVOLUNTEERSCHEDULE.doc

AGLCVolunteerApplication.pdf

You can email these forms back to Sue Penner at rspranch@gmail.com or fax them to 403-335-3160. Please forward this on to anyone that you know that might be interested in helping out.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

AJ Cole's Australia Video of Team Canada!


Check out AJ's sick vid and make sure to watch it in HD if you can.

Untitled from Adrian Cole on Vimeo.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Spring and Good Technique

It's spring and time to make sure you are starting off the year with impeccable technique. Check out a great site to see how it's done.

http://www.slalomtechnique.co.uk/index.php

A Beginner's guide to Canoe Slalom