SLALOM Magazine The Extra and the New Extreme Competition Kayaks for the High Performer The art of Slalom SLALOM Magazine 1 Contents <I CANOE..ill slalom Special ~ 106 Wiggin Street, Ladywood, Birmingham 021-454-5690 Features EDITOR: JOE LYONS FEATURES: RICHARD FOX • Breakthrough 1988 The official magazine of the B.C.U. Slalom Executive, by R. Fox 45/47 High Street, Addlestone, Weybridge, Surrey. KT15 1 JV The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily • A.G.M. Report those of the Editor or of the Slalom Executive. by J. Lyons SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscriptions may be obtained at £6.00 for 6 issues post paid from Slalom Magazine, 7 Sparrow Close, Little Haywood, • The Shepperton View Stafford. ST18 0JX. K. Orledge Special rates tor overseas readers. by ADVERTISING • Junior Winter Training Rates for the next issue are available from the Editor - Telephone 021 454 5690 by G. Nevin COPY The next issue • Pre-Competition Training Copy to reach Editor by 24th April by Alan Edge Cover Photo by T. Tickle Redular Next Features Issue 1 1 Editorial 2 • Stroke Sessions For All Current Affairs 3 by Bill Endicott AlansAgony 21 Backroom Boys 25 Which Slalom 28 TONY PR/JON WORLD CHAMP 1987 RICHARD FOX N.K.C. CHRISTMAS DINNER Photo by P. Ast/es Photo by P. Ast/es 2 SLALOM Magazine Editorial 1988 sees a new Slalom Magazine. A new team mundane and boring issue to you all, but I will helping to produce the only slalom specific say that it is the most frightening thing in Slalom magazine in the world, including Alan Edge - at the moment. The problem is with the use of ex World Team Champion and B.C.U. National proxies at the Slalom A.G.M. It fias been Coach for Slalom and White Water, top practice to allow clubs to give their vote to a International Coach Bill Endicott, Slalom's Press representative, who may gather together 3 or 4 and Publicity Officer Jennifer Munro and Gary votes, and use them as they think fit. This helped Nevin a member of the Press Publicity and some the Scottish clubs faced with a 1000 mile Marketing Committee, and someone who is round trip, they would pass their vote to the highly active in the non elite divisions. S.C.A. representative, who would use them as This editorial team will be led, as before, by per their instructions. This year the same system myself, but hopefully this wider input will solve was allowed for the W.C.A. The problem became the problems of insufficient copy and elitism that obvious by the end of the meeting, when one have dogged the magazine. block vote was almost bigger than all the others New aims for the magazine as well. The left in the meeting, so that effectively the casting previous editions have been unashamedly elitist, of that vote controlled the meeting. I am sure revolirig around premier and division 1. In the that these votes were cast responsibly and future regular features on lower divisions, correctly, but that doesn't mean that a smaller events, local clubs, and or some of the dangerous situation doesn't exist should these more active, less well known faces of British votes fall into the hands of someone with other Slalom. A regular problem page by Alan Edge, interests than slalom. features on top class racing from Richard Fox. For instance, I had no vote, but halfway through We will still welcome articles, reports and the meeting someone who was leaving offered information from anyone on anything to do with to leave their vote with me for me to use, without slalom - I'm sure you'd enjoy seeing your knowing how I would vote on the remaining name in print and showing your friends. issues. I refused, but othe votes were passed around. Photographs will still be an important element of the magazine. Tony Tickle, Pete Astles, Ian. It is the chairmans job, and his right, to chose a Crosby and others will continue to provide method of solving this problem, but I would excellent photographs. With their help, and the suggest that in future the use of proxy votes support of our advertisers, some of whom have must be made motion specific and user specific - i.e. that a proxy must only be used where the been very helpful over the last 3 years, we will user has written authority from the club where produce a bigger magazine, with more pages, the votes originate, and clear instruction as to more content and more photos. There will be no change in the subscription rate of £6 for 6 when they should be used - though not issues, post paid, but the cover price will go up necessarily an instruction as to which way they must vote - this could cause the secretary of to £1 per copy - so take out the subscription and guarantee it every time. the meeting a little more work, but it would stop the passing of votes around and the risk of block The other issue this editorial must raise is the votes being badly used to damage the sport. The future conduct of A.G.M.'s. There is a report Chairman can no doubt discuss this with the elsewhere on the actual events of the A.G.M., executive and with other interested parties, but I but Roger Annan, the Chairman, raised the think his decision needs to be publicised, major problem of votes, and this must be solved perhaps in this magazine, before the next A.G.M. before the next A.G.M. This may seem a .. SLALOM Magazine 3 Current Affairs (News & Info) pink and green flashes! 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