Playak News Flash 2008-11-19

Playak News Flash - November 19, 2008

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Double You Ess: Redesigned Diesel 70= Out Of The Mold! The New Diesel 70 has just been popped out of the brand new mold and is picture-perfect. Designer Robert Peerson was on-hand to see the first lime green 70 be pulled from the mold and in his words the boat "Is friggin' awesome looking!"

Stan Mac Kenzie: "above"  There is nothing like paddling a brand new boat. Malcolm involved me in a trail today of his two Nordkapps. The LV is his newest and we put them both thru a battery of tests in what I think were proper conditions for testing a Nordkapp. Lots of swell, wind waves, wind and protected and unprotected waters, quartering seas, following seas and beam seas.

TopKayaker: Fall Paddling Fun & Precautions Fall offers some of the best paddling experiences for the kayaker. Not only are the views spectacular, but summer crowds have all but disappeared from the landscape and bugs are not so buggy.

Stan Mac Kenzie: "nordkapp Attraction"  I've paddled the Nordkapp again thanks again to Malcolm. I can't say enough about this boat and glad I've made it my choice of a new boat. Nice conditions in Brigus South today,Newfoundland.

Hans Heupink: Black Beauty - Tahe Marine Greenland Kayak This morning I went to Wormer to pick up a kayak at René's place. I can't pass by Wormer without at least a quick visit at the Kajakcentrum - the largest kayak retailer in the Netherlands (and probably one of the biggest of Western-Europe).

CKS Blog: At Eddy White Water Paddle The Eddy is the newest whitewater paddle from AT. It's basically a Red AT3 Edge with a Carbon/Kevlar weave shaft(see photo below). The main appeal of this paddle is it's durability, semi-buoyant blades and price point. It has many of the features that the AT 2 series has, but costs $100 less. It's also more durable than higher end foam core paddles on the market.

Inflatable Kayak Blog: Kayak Paddling - Reverse Sweep Stroke Here's another paddling stroke that can be used in a hard shell, inflatable or folding kayak. It's great to use to make your kayak turn rapidly on its place. Essentially, it's the forward sweep stroke done backwards, starting from the back and ending close to your toes.

SUP Surf Mag: 111 Km: A Stand Up Paddle Ultra Marathon (part 3 Of 3) At 45 km a lady paddles up and slows. We introduce ourselves. 305 meet 471. From the dark her advice drifts to me "when we hit the tide don't expect to keep going the same pace", "just try to keep moving forward". She moves off into the dark and my expectations change. The tide hits and it's a grind.

Inflatable Kayak Blog: Innova Solar Inflatable Kayak I've had a chance to start analyzing the Innova line of kayaks and one of the niftiest and most impressive one-person models is the Solar. It's strictly recreational with a river rating of Class 1 (only small rapids, if any and basically no water danger).

P&H Paddlers: Cetus And Scorpio At the Kanumesse in Nürnberg was happy too meet Sammy and Pez from P&H sea kayaks.At the Kanumesse in Nürnberg was happy too meet Sammy and Pez from P&H sea kayaks.An orange kevlar carbon Cetus and a green polyethylene Scorpio.Hao especially likes the stable Scorpio.

Isle of Man Kayak: Sea Kayaking Isle Of Man - Sound Paddle Meet. I went to the Calf Sound, Isle of Man, twice this weekend. The first time was with Jess. Spring tides against force 5 winds meant that it was survival rather than play in that tidal race. The second time was just perfect.

Palm Blogs: Colligan Gorge Games The event kicked off bleary eyed early on Saturday as the plan was to get it done in one day. With about 100 entrants (many of them fresh faces to Irish boating thanks to the Uni clubs of UCL and UCC) it ran amazingly smoothly throughout thanks to Paul and his organizing team who impressively were hosting an event for the first time.

PeakUK: Raft Teams Take Clean Sweep Held in deepest, darkest wales at the Llandysul paddlers center on the River Teifi, 20 teams came from around the country to battle to be crowned British White Water Rafting Champions and be selected to represent Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships to be held in Bosnia.

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