Below is my final gallery from Deep Creek 2014, the ICF Slalom World Championships held in McHenry Md. (please see more text and gallery below)
I have shot hundreds of sporting events at the amateur and pro level. Deep Creek 2014 was one of the best run, funnest and most photographer friendly events I have ever shot. Where many event and pro league officials are making it harder for photographers to do their job and get close to the action, the folks who ran Deep Creek 2014 did the opposite.
They were friendly, straightforward and even insisted that every photographer shooting near the rapids wear a life vest. Photographers literally could get right next to the water and the lifejackets were there just in case you got too close and fell in.
The army of volunteers, who numbered in the hundreds, was incredible to work with. The officials on the course were friendly and also accommodating. NBC is televising highlights of the championships in the United States beginning this weekend. The NBC staff was also very easy to work with. A very special thank you goes out to Dawn Beitzel of Deep Creek 2014 who ran the PR effort and coordinated all the media covering this international event.
She and her team did an incredible job. I hope you enjoy the gallery. Cheers, Rob
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Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Jessica Fox, Australia, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Cameron Smedley, Canada, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Julia Schmid, Austria, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Rosalyn Lawrence, Australia, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Matija-Marinic-Croatia Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Matija Marinic, of Croatia, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Jessica Fox, Australia, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Jessica Fox, Australia, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Jessica Fox, Australia, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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David Florence of Great Britain, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Men’s Champion Fabien Lefevre of the USA< Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Men’s Champion Fabien Lefevre of the USA< Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Victoria Dobrotvorska, of Ukraine, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Casey Eichfeld of the US Team by Rob Paine
Jean Pierre Bourhis of Senegal, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
Jan Benzien of Germany, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Anna Wider of Switzerland, by Rob Paine
Team Japan in the Two Man
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Jessica Fox, Australia, Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Men’s Champion Fabien Lefevre of the USA< Photo by Rob Paine/Deep Creek Images/Copyright 2014
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Below is my final gallery from Deep Creek 2014, the ICF Slalom World Championships held in McHenry Md. (please see more text and gallery below) 
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine 
This is fantastic, Rob. Beautiful work and kind words, thank you.
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Thank you Dawn! You all really did a fantastic job. I cannot wait until the next ICF event at ASCI!
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