This is not jsut a problem in the US. In the UK we are struggling with numbers. The high cost of fuel is certainly not helping. Wild Water racing is a very costly sport and in these hard economic times people are cutting back. In the olden days we used to have 300 entries at national races. People used to race slalom and wild water, but now the two disciples are very separate.
In my opinion the key to the future sucess of the sport is to look at races suh as Teva challange, X boater et al. People racing in play boats. They have big entries, big entry fees, parties and fun. Playboats have got smaller and smaller each year, but now paddlers are demanding more speed.
From: "jpinyerd@..." <jpinyerd@...> To: wildwater@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2008 2:21:41 PM Subject: Re: [wildwater] Poor attendence in WW racing
Certainly, like Slalom, we are facing many challenges.The point is that we can make progress. If we work hard and work together we can get our sport growing again.
-----Original Message----- From: Chris N <mhc_antigen@ yahoo.com> To: wildwater@yahoogrou ps.com Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 3:16 pm Subject: Re: [wildwater] Poor attendence in WW racing
"We enjoyed significant growth in USA Wildwater from 2004-07"
John, I don't mean to be an ass, but where do these numbers come from? If you examine numbers of ranked ppaddlers in wildwater boats or wavehoppers they are now a fraction of what they were in the early 2000's.
Chris
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