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2007 Glacierbreaker - February 24-25


Open the 2007 racing season in Western North Carolina. This event includes a slalom race on Saturday at the Falls and classic wildwater races on Saturday on the Tuck in Dillsboro and Sunday on the Nantahala. Click here for race schedule, entry form and waivers. For more information contact Rafal Smolen (slalom) at nrccoach@yahoo.com or Chris Hipgrave (wildwater) at hipgrave@usack.org

2007 Spring Development Camp - March 26-29


This training camp will focus on direct preparation for the US Open and US Team Trials. Workouts will take place on the Nantahala as well as the new course in Charlotte.

For more information contact Rafal Smolen at nrccoach@yahoo.com


2007 US Open - March 31, April 1


The annual classic Nantahala Doubleheader. Come and compete in the biggest race in slalom before the US Team Trials in Charlotte. For Junior athletes, this is also a Junior Olympics Qualifier. The Wildwater component of US Open will also serve as US Junior National Team Selection. The best juniors at this race will compete in 2007 Junior Wildwater World Championships held in Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC at the end of July this year.
Race entry and schedule TBP soon.

2007 US National Team Trials - April 27-29


This year NRC and USACK will team up to organize the biggest race of the 2007 season - US National Team Trials. The event will take place at the best venue in the country, US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte. For more information also check www.usack.org

2007 US Junior Team Trials Trip - May 13-20


Join NRC for the final preparation to Junior Team Trials. We'll start the camp on Sunday the week before the race and focus on the last tune up to have your best performance next weekend. More information about the trip will be available at the US Open.

2007 NRC Midwest Trip - June 9-25


After two very successful trips to the Midwest in the summer of 2004 and 2005, we are looking forward to returning to Carlton, MN and Wasuau, WI in June. This trip will give our young athletes a great opportunity to train on good whitewater and compete in high quality events. The camp will also play an important role in the preparation for European races later this summer.

2007 NRC Europe and US Nationals Trip - July 10-30 & July 30 - August 6


The 2007 NRC Junior Trip will start in Augsburg, Germany. After watching the best in the world competing at the last World Cup race, the trip will go on to Slovakia and the Czech Republic. We will return to the US directly after the Junior Pre-Worlds and travel straight to the US Nationals. For more information contact Rafal Smolen at nrccoach@yahoo.com

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