Independence Day Holiday, Office Closed
Tue Jun 30 18:45:00 -0400 2009
USA Canoe/Kayak will be closed on Friday, July 3rd, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Our office will reopen on Monday, July 5th, at 9:00 am EDT.
Have a great and safe holiday!
Cheers,
Gerald
USA Canoe/Kayak CLOSED today
Mon May 25 08:28:00 -0400 2009
This is a reminder that the USA Canoe/Kayak National Office is closed today in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
Happy Memorial Day!
Read MoreBoard Meeting Under Way, New Board Member Debut
Fri May 08 12:11:00 -0400 2009
USA Canoe/Kayak's first Board Meeting of the year with its new Board Members has begun. The Staff is very exciting about this monumental occasion. Please feel free to check back for updates.
Read MoreUpdate on Office Move: We're In!
Mon Mar 16 19:05:00 -0400 2009
USA Canoe/Kayak officially moved into its new office this past weekend. We are sore and exhausted, but all in all, the move went well.
As a reminder, our new address is:
USA Canoe/Kayak
330 South Tryon Street, Lower Level
Charlotte, NC 28202
(h) 704-348-4330
We're moving... Across the Street!
Fri Mar 13 14:59:00 -0400 2009
Please bear with us as we move our offices, across the street. Literally! We will be in our new office on Monday, March 16, 2009 but ask for your patience over the next few weeks as we unpack our belongings. We are excited about our new home and hope you will come to Charlotte and visit us in our… Read More
Athlete Services Coordinator Job Pos …
Mon Feb 23 11:33:00 -0500 2009
The United States Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Advisory Council is looking for athletes to serve as Athlete Service Coordinators (ASCs) at the 2010 Olympic and the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. ASCs serve as support at United States Olympic Committee… Read More
Board Meeting Underway this Weekend
Sat Jan 31 13:33:00 -0500 2009
Stay tuned to review the minutes from USA Canoe/Kayak's Board Meeting. Discussion of USA Canoe/Kayak's governance structure to include the revised by-laws is the main agenda item. We will post the minutes from this meeting here.
Whitewater Center Parkway is NOW OPEN!
Wed Jan 21 12:01:00 -0500 2009
Attention Charlotte, NC paddlers: Whitewater Center Parkway is now open. On your next visit to the U.S. National Whitewater Center. Please use the new directions by clicking here.Read More
USACK Brainstorming; Give us your thoughts
Wed Jan 21 11:02:00 -0500 2009
As part of our ongoing effort to re-engage with the membership, we've decided to create on online forum for brainstorming about USA Canoe Kayak, open to everyone with an idea and the time to submit!
The website can be found here:
Welcome to the World of USACK Office …
Tue Jan 20 10:20:00 -0500 2009
Welcome to our *NEW* Office News blog where Staff will have post information about anything and everything pertaining to their daily responsibilities here at USA Canoe/Kayak (USACK). Here you will find various postings from the Executive Director, Marketing & Communications Director,… Read More
ICF Congress 2008
Tue Dec 02 13:04:27 -0500 2008
It was pasta instead of turkey as the ICF held its biannual Congress over the thanksgiving weekend in Rome. Gina Sanchez and Eric Lokken joined me as official delegated of USA Canoe/Kayak. Also present from USACK were Cecilia Farias, Charles Yatman, Charles Luckman representing COPAC. USACK Board… Read More
Why Focus on Governance Now?
Tue Nov 11 14:03:58 -0500 2008
Through open letters to our membership (click here to view the most recent letter on the homepage of our website) from our Board President Gina Sanchez, we have explained the series of decisions by our Board to undertake a sweeping review of how USA… Read MoreMore on our new website...
Tue Oct 28 11:08:07 -0400 2008
Long time, no blog. This isn’t easy! When I was in Beijing I built writing about what I was doing into my daily routine. Since I’ve been back I’ve discovered I have very little control over my own time.
Since I last wrote about our new website initiative, much…
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Sponsor Facilities in Beijing
Wed Aug 27 10:57:28 -0400 2008
It’s obvious that Olympic sponsors at all levels make a huge investment in their affiliation with the Olympics and that they focus intense efforts on realizing the maximum gain possible during the Games themselves.
The very large global… Read More
A special place for the families of athletes
Tue Aug 26 20:34:26 -0400 2008
A beautiful facility called USA House is operated by USOC. It is located in what was once an upscale restaurant and bar near to Workers Stadium where the soccer matches are being played. USA House is private and like almost everyplace associated with the… Read More
Venues you won't see on NBC--Part 2
Tue Aug 26 20:32:51 -0400 2008
A beautiful facility called USA House is operated by USOC. It is located in what was once an upscale restaurant and bar near to Workers Stadium where the soccer matches are being played. USA House is private and like almost everyplace associated with the… Read More
Venues you won't see on NBC--Part 1
Fri Aug 22 14:46:52 -0400 2008
There are many important venues in Beijing that are vital to our Olympic success that you will likely never see or heard mentioned on NBC.
The most important is the USOC High Performance Center at Beijing Normal University (BNU). This oxymoronically… Read More
Olympic Security
Sun Aug 17 19:34:40 -0400 2008
Despite the fears and predictions of many, I’ve never felt the least bit insecure at any time or in any place since I’ve been in Beijing. There are many levels of visible security and, I’m sure, many that are never seen.
There are… Read More
The Olympic Alphabet
Thu Aug 14 03:59:37 -0400 2008
Even those who are a part of what is called the “Olympic Movement” can be easily bewildered by the array of initials and acronyms used as a common element of the Olympic language. Here’s a very quick primer.
The movement’s… Read More
Measures of a Champion
Tue Aug 12 08:45:15 -0400 2008
On Tuesday afternoon in Shunyi, years of efforts and the hopes of many were dashed when Scott Parsons was judged to have missed a gate near the end of his second run in the first day of slalom competition in the Beijing Games. I felt literally sick. His large and vocal group… Read More
Our Non-US Canoe/Kayak Team
Tue Aug 12 08:44:32 -0400 2008
The defining feature of the Olympic Games is the global dimension of the event. 204 countries had teams marching into those incredible Opening Ceremonies.
Watching that parade of athletes, I was struck by just how global USACK’s own… Read More
A Beautiful Saturday Interrupted By …
Sun Aug 10 23:08:44 -0400 2008
I rode out to Shunyi with Bill McMillan on Saturday afternoon to watch our slalom team's final workout. It's about an hour's drive from most of the central Beijing facilities. The adjacent slalom and rowing/kayak sprint venues are quite impressive, huge, in fact. Very park-like, but so… Read MoreThe Games Open!
Sat Aug 09 09:00:50 -0400 2008
Wow, what an evening. The opening ceremony was somewhere beyond spectacular. The sheer scale of it, especially the number of people involved, eclipsed the technology behind it. Not only were there tens of thousands of Chinese involved in the show, but they were not mere extras. Everyone was a… Read MoreThe View From Seat 54D
Thu Aug 07 11:38:18 -0400 2008
United Flight 897 was not going to be long enough at 13hours+ so a faulty oil gauge added two more hours sitting on the ground before we left. We’re now approaching the half way point, I think. Two full-length movies have been played and we’re now on…
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Every team has an MVP
Mon Aug 04 12:49:21 -0400 2008
We hope every one of our Olympians puts on a superstar performance in Beijing. Without the ability to foresee the outcome of the races at the Games, my early vote for our 2008 MVP is one of our key players who will not even be in China.Many of you have had the opportunity to work with… Read More
