Gail Allan was part of our training squad in Ambleside and she paddled amazingly well. Richard Fox is the undoubted master and has passed those genes on, as has Myriam!
The ultimate run by the greatest paddler ever. Canoe slalom was my first love and those long training sessions at Shepperton Canoe Club will always be good memories. Slalom is more like limbo these days and gone are the smooth lines and longer courses.
Yep i paddled a coulple of comps at shepperton & was at Augsburg when he won, i still have my pro am extra in the garage ( to many good memories to let that go) im not surprised hes daughter ( Jessica fox) is now world champion,this man won 3 in a Row and the woman he married was the french world champion... i used to watch him and it was almost like the water stopped for him.. but yes i remember shepperton c c and camping on the lil island when comps was on, in fact that was the event i got into Div 2 at, winning a div 3 event back then...BEST TIMES EVER ( also this world champs we would jump into the top of the course 3 or 4 of us and see how far we got before ze germans jumped in to drag us out lol, they would be at the washing machine on ropes with diving fins on to rescue swimmers...they didnt quite understand we was jumping in to swim the course lol, now we have lea valley with the elevator at tge bottom of the course,you paddle on it take you back to the top, beats Nottingham having to get out & carry the thing back up the course
Certainly a legend in men's K1. Jon Lugbill, US C1, wasn't exactly a slacker. Agree with you about the today's limbo slalom. Enjoyed the days when the poles were lower. Good racers would still excel in either format
Greetings from the US. It is fun to see the guys/gals we got to race with from back in the day. I had been racing for a couple years when I got to gate judge with Cathy Hearn at the '79 Ocoee race. Didn't know anything about her, much less that she would win three gold medals a few months later. She gave me background on the talent going down that day. The likes of Davey Hearn, Bob Robinson, Kent Ford & John Lugbill. We became friends, incredible memory
