Wausau canoe / kayak corporation training opportunities

Mark Poindexter from Texas His current C2 partner, Ben Kvanli, says the following about him. "One of the most decorated paddlers in whitewater slalom history! Mark has competed in, and won more races than most others have entered. Mark, a retired schoolteacher, has been instructing for 20years. He loves to share all he has learned from his vast experience paddling. He loves to lead trips, particularly Grand Canyon trips. Mark's passion is Kayak polo. He is a member of the United States Men's team, and the coach of the U.S. team. Currently Mark has partnered with Ben Kvanli to run for a spot on the U.S. Whitewater Slalom Team, and is the U.S. Kayak Polo Men’s Team Coach."		As an athlete, I had the privilege of being part of a highly successful high school distance running program under Coach Jon Ewing, earning two state team titles. Following, I competed for the University of Missouri under Head Coach Rick McGuire and Distance Coach Jeff Pigg. Under their guidance, MU Cross-Country earned the right to compete at the NCAA National Championships for the first time in over 20 years while I was part of the team.My paddlesport experience extends to before birth. There are pictures of my mother on the river while pregnant. Even with a lifetime of paddling, becoming serious about slalom did not come until after completing my collegiate athletic career. Turning my focus for running toward paddling, the path as an athlete quickly led to include coaching. During the summer of 2005, Chris Wiegand and I combined ideas, philosophies and forces for the first annual FRPA High Performance Camp. Drawing on our combined histories in athletics in both running and paddlesport, the camp was a raging success and still one of my fondest memories. In the summer of 2005 I moved to Charlotte to train full time at the US National Whitewater Center under Cathy Hearn. This has proved to be an outstanding partnership as Cathy and I share very similar philosophies and passion for the sport. Living in Charlotte and regularly training at the center has provided the opportunity to train with and coach athletes not only from around the country, but also from around the world. Coming into the Ray McClain Camp, I am excited at again being privileged enough to have the opportunity to work with emerging athletes along their journey toward perfection, athletes pursuing excellence through paddlesport.

Joel McCune, Charlotte, North Carolina sent the following bio: Excellence through paddlesport, this is my coaching philosophy. Paddlesport excellence is settling for second best. Paddlesport is the medium. Excellence is a habit learned through the medium of paddlesport. Further, the only way to ever reach excellence is through the relentless pursuit of perfection. When falling short of perfection, this is when excellence is realized. Throughout my own athletic career, I have been lucky enough to work with some outstanding coaches. Among these, Coach McGuire was the largest influence on who I am as a person, athlete and coach. Coach McGuire coaches the entire person, believing a better person is also a better athlete. Following this philosophy, at the end of the day when the game is over, through the medium of sport, a better human being emerges. This is Coach McGuire's philosophy, one I firmly believe in.