
Originally Posted by
bisayadakoo
GOOD NEWS!
A British Kayak Slalom Coach/Instructor who is married to an Iliganon will be relocating in CDO. He will be opening a Kayak Slalom School for FREE. He'll be bringing 4 Carbon fibre/Kevlar slalom boats and that should arrived in June.
KayakDomain.com will be helping him on some gears and instructions for FREE as well. This project is still on the planning stage and we'll be scouting for a good location. I've discuss with him some prospective locations/venue already and I told him that we need help from the CDO city Gov't and Tourism. I hope someone or knows someone from CDO gov't and tourism are listening here.
Unfortunately, this is not for us who are already "ganit"/old. Apparently, he doesn't believed that he can teach old dogs with new tricks. His target are 10-12 yr olds who can swim well, good health and fitness, and has the enthusiasm to succeed up to the Olympic level. N.B. kayak slalom is an Olympic sport. He said, "He is hopeful to find the next Manny Pacquiao of the river!". He also said, "Filipino people are small but strong in stature with light body weight so they too are ideally suited to this sport".
He has trained a couple of the best Olympic qualifiers in UK. One of them is a 19 year old and is in the top 20 of the seniors.
He has contacted the Philippine Olympic Committee about a year ago but was just pass on and perhaps ignored. So he is spending his own money for this project. And we at KayakDomain.com and CDO Kayak Club will be helping him.
Kayaking in CDO is looking bright. Stay tuned...
cheers,