American Rivers
www.americanrivers.org
A nonprofit organization that works to preserve, protect, and restore
the river ecosystems of the United States. Cleanup of pollution,
restoration of salmon runs, prevention of new dam projects, and removal
of existing dams are just a few of the activities of American Rivers.
American Whitewater
www.americanwhitewater.org
Similar in some ways to American Rivers, but this organization focuses
on whitewater rivers and the rights of the people who want to paddle
them.
AW works to protect paddlers' access to rivers, negotiates scheduled
releases
on dammed rivers, and fights dam proposals on free-flowing rivers.
The Epic Kayaks Newsletter
http://www.epickayaks.com/news/news
U.S. paddler Greg Barton, a double gold medalist in flatwater sprint
kayaking at the 1988 Olympic Games, and South African Oscar Chalupsky,
an ocean kayak racer who has won the prestigious Molokai surf ski race
in Hawaii ten times, have teamed up to form Epic Kayaks, a manufacturer
of high-performance boats and paddles for touring and racing.
Whenever
their busy schedules allow, they put together an e-mail newsletter with
lots of good racing news and training tips. Go to the link above
to subscribe to this newsletter or read archived editions.
Sweet Composites
www.sweetcomposites.com
Where
Elmore goes for composite boat repair materials and supplies.
You'll
find resins, fabrics (fiberglass, Kevlar, carbon fiber, etc.),
outfitting materials, and more. Owned by Davey Hearn, a retired
slalom
C-1 racer who was a world champion and a
three-time U.S. Olympian during his nearly three-decade career.
USA Wildwater
www.usawildwater.com
"Wildwater" is the sport of racing down a section of river with rapids
of Class III or higher. Wildwater used to be the inseparable twin
of whitewater slalom racing, but since slalom returned to the Olympic
program
in 1992, wildwater has faded into the background somewhat. The
sport
remains popular in Europe, however, and here in the U.S. a group of
wildwater
devotees are working hard to keep it alive. This site is their
Internet
home base.
I'll add some more links by and by..........