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White Water Park
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A selection of other comments:
Rachel Matthews: I think a white water
park in WA is a brilliant idea. We live in Wales UK and find venues
for winter training difficult due to weather and water levels. To
have two top slalom training sites in Australia would allow us to
improve our winter training and competition opportunities. Good
luck with your plans
Andy Fuller:
I am the National slalom team coach for New Zealand and have been
a Whitewater paddler for over 25 years myself.
I have just heard
there is a possibility of a whitewater park being built in
Perth. I would like to express my support for this project.
I have travelled to most parts of Australia
to coach or compete in kayaking as have many of my athletes but
none of us have ever attended a race in Perth due to the lack of
facilities there.
Another kayak park in Australia would be fantastic
for all of us and on another note it could be a good training break
on a trip for us to Europe. Good luck.
Andre Spino-Smith: I'm a member of the
U.S. Freestyle kayak Team, and Team Dagger USA.
Every year I spend
around eight months competing in whitewater kayaking events all
over world, teaching clinics, filming kayak movies, and helping
my sponsors with research and development. By placing 3rd
2002 U.S. National Championships and 3rd in the 2004 International
Championships held in Penrith Australia, I'm arguable one of the
top whitewater kayakers in the world.
I'm writing to express my support for the proposed
Whitewater Course in Perth, Australia. In the U.S, whitewater parks
are becoming very popular.
By the year 2006, there will be around fifteen
of them in the state of Colorado alone. I've only heard great things
about the city of Perth. If this course is constructed, there's
no doubt in my mind that Perth will become one of the premier kayaking
destinations in the world.
Donk: This is one hell of a great idea!
I have seen the facilities in NSW and have been involved with white
water industry in the states, both on a commercial level and through
Camp Carolina who run one of the biggest and most comprehensive
white water programs in the South East of the USA. There is not
only the local community and financial benifits, but by building
a world class white water facility, there will be the international
interest through compitition. Bringing in tourist dollars and boosting
a growing industry here in Western Australia. I can offer my full
support and where possible I can and will be offering my services
to help see this project come true.
David A. Kurtz: A whitewater course
is a must for every city that has moving water within its reach...
whether it be natural or man-made moving water. I speak from the
standpoint of having a junior Olympic Development group formed and
active... ages 10-18. Go for it!
Peter Eickenloff: I think the white
water park is a good idea, and I think the location in Perth will
be important to assist in ensuring viability.
Stuart Midgley: I think a white water
park would be fantastic. I use the Penrith White Water park roughly
every 3 weeks. Since I spend a lot of time in Perth, it would give
me more opportunity to paddle.
Sylvia W: Why just 70? We have some
very active kayakers here in Wynnum Redlands who are near or past
that age. While we're not 'racers' that doesn't keep us from enjoying
challenging paddles :-)
Catherine Jackson: Where time - or lack
of it - and limited window of opportunity when the water is high
enough in the Valley hinders Avon Descent training - a White Water
Park would be a fantastic and safe environment for both beginners
and experienced paddlers. I have seen one near Penrith in NSW and
all I wanted to do was give it a go. I am confident there is a large
enough paddling community in WA to ensure the Perth White Water
Park's success.
Jonathan: I am 15 and have been
paddling for just over three years and have recently represented
Australia as a part of the Junior Australian Canoe/Kayak Squad in
New Zealand. While there I won three gold and two silver medals.
Also I paddled the large volume rivers in NZ that are a solid grade
4 rapids.
The white water stadium at Penrith Sydney has led to a greater amount
of canoeists in both NSW and VIC. I live 4 hours up the coast from
the stadium and it was the best place I could think of to prepare
for going overseas as during the drought it was and still is the
only guaranteed white water around. Without this I wouldn't have
succeeded in NZ the way I did and on the grade 4 rivers I would
have had much more difficultly and nerves without preparing at Penrith.
The public has enjoyed the benefits
of being able to raft at Sydney without driving any great distances
and every time I go there paddling during the day there are people
in rafts with smiles from ear to ear going down the course. The
best aspect of this course is the safety because you do not have
any foot entrapments or undercuts and the water can be turned of
at any moment for a rescue.
A new stadium in Perth would do
a great deal for the paddlers and the general community please let
the plans go through.
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