4/26/08 Kayaker (K1) Scott Parsons keeps focused as the nose of his kayak rises from the water as he nears a downstream gate on the competition channel at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC Saturday. Parsons is competing in the 2008 Olympic Team Trials for Whitewater Slalom at the center. JEFF SINER -- jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
