The best whitewater run evah!!! In C-1 Slalom! Jon Lugbill!

[Roger]

The big moment comes at gates 23 and 24 when he hits an off-side brace to make that ferry go like it does! Storyline is good as well considering the times he turned. Savage River, Va in 1989 Worlds.

http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/vi ... nr=21&js=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

One for the single-bladers!

[fryingsquirrel]

Pretty impressive. Did he go on to win many other competitions after that?
Jon Ellwood

[Shep]

This was towards the end of his dominance, but his impact goes far beyond his athleticism and skill. There was throw-away line in the video that he built his own boat, paddle, and helmet. He has been a major influence on hull design, primarily in racing C-1, but throughout the whitewater world as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lugbill" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You might even say he is the John Kazimierczyk of C-1...

[canoe]

Jon Lugbill was tha best I ever saw, Davey Hern a distant second. dale

[RandyJ]

That run was a work of art!

[Cowper]

Beautiful. I'm not a racer, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating that level of precision and perfection, coupled with raw power.

[L.A.paddler]

I hope at some point in my life I live somewhere I can slalom race!

[Roger]

Working the slalom gates can only make one a better paddler.

[L.A.paddler]

Yes, I agree Roger. I feel the best instruction I ever received was running slalom gates on the Guadalupe river with Mark Poindexter.
I have an opportunity to buy my buddies old C1 slalom boat for cheap. It is a really nice boat. I will have to completely re-outfit it. But I am looking forward the challenge of that. And then of course I will have to learn to C1. Looks like another yaker may be headed to the "dark side!"

[Tim Eubanks]

"kayaker to the dark side?" You're on the dark side, man. Come to the light!
Disclaimer: I have and occasionally paddle a kayak. I do not consider myself a "kayaker". Not that there's anything wrong with that. Call me a paddler!