Southern Alberta Summer Games - Brooks

Here's some pics from last week's Southern Alberta Summer Games. These games are open to all ages from Zone 1. The site is on a irrigation canal outside Brooks. Good job Chuck and Dan for setting up the course, and thanks to the irrigation district for turning on the water, depite the fact that the farmers didn't need it!

Sam Hosoya - Athlete spotlight

Welcome to Sam Hosoya, our newest HP athlete. Sam is 15 and comes from Japan. He has been paddling for about three years and is now attending high school at Bishop Grandin in Calgary while trying to learn some english and improve his kayaking. Please make him feel welcome.

Sam's First Day on the Kananaskis, November 30th 2009 during a reconisance trip to Alberta. Why did he come back you say?

Zone 2,3 Pre Alberta Summer Games Camp

Great Back Stroke Pivot Technique - Levi

Nice Open Draw - Graham

K1s, C1s, C2s!

The Whole Gang!

A great three days on the Red Deer River near Sundre. Mikkel St Jean lead the team of coaches, Brace, Gayle, Jesse, Graham & Jim to a sucessful camp designed to get everyone ready for Alberta Summer Games. Slalom, Polo & Downriver were all on the agenda and everyone got in lots of paddling.

I saw some great C1 and C2 skills as well and solid river running skills on Thursday. Good luck to all at the Summer Games!

Junior World Championships

The Junior World Championships were held in Foix, France this past weekend. Alberta had two members competing for Canada, Marissa Dederer and AJ Cole.

Marissa had three very respectable runs earning her a 21st place in the World. AJ struggled on the last couple of gates on the course and ended up 61st.

The rest of the Canadian Team also went well with Michael Taylor of Ottawa in 13, Jazmyn Denhollander of Chilliwack in 15th, Alex Mcgee in 16th.

I hope to get some pictures from them soon to upload. Good Job Canada!

Alberta Cup #3 - Whirlpool River, Jasper

Thank you to Parks Canada for allowing us to host this race in the National Park. Thank you Al for coming out and talking about the Park. Thank you parents and coaches for helping make this event a success! Check out ASCK.ca for the lastest Alberta Team standings.