Playak News Flash 2008-12-06

Playak News Flash - December 6, 2008

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CKS Blog: Wavesport 2009 Diesel Whitewater Kayak Review The original Diesel 65 and 75 defined the term 'river runner' when they were released back in 2005. The designs were so solid that Team Wave Sport and countless others used the Diesels as their go-to big water AND creekers for years. Their combination of forgiveness, maneuverability, and bomber outfitting made choosing the Diesel a no-brainer, no matter what river you were putting on.

Mt. Hood H2O: Name Change I changed the name of the blog do to the fact that I am no longer in high school. I have started college at Western Oregon University. I don't know if the new name fits, but it is going to be the new name. I also think the picture fits. Credit goes to Aubrey Russell for the picture.

Confluence Blog: Bryan Kirk Talks (and Paddles) The New Diesel 70 From Wave Sport Bryan Kirk, a member of Team Wave Sport, has provided a great preview of the new Diesel and what went into the production process of redesigning this popular series, including new photos of the Diesel in action!

WWTCC: What's Been Going On! Well, it has been a quite few weeks on the blog front, mainly because we've been spending many hours on the new web site! The site is now nearly there, the on line part is up and running well. Please place an order! And the other content part is getting close, give me a few more days and it should be there.

Team Riot Kayaks: Summer Sessions After a few weeks of teaching the fundamentals of freestyle and our patented Park 'n Huck training system we decided to step it up a bit and take the students to surf the legendary Skookumchuck waves.It is safe to say that most kayakers have heard about Skook, but only those who have been there truly know what am amazing wave it really is.

Beyond H2O: Summer 08: Gorge Games, Spirit Freewheel, And Waterfalls After having plenty of beat downs and even more good times all across the Midwest and Colorado, I made a last attempt to catch some good summer boating in the Northwest. Kicked it off with the Gorge Games and L-Dub, then up to the Ohanapecosh and the Lewis River waterfalls.

adidas Sickline: Fall Paddling In The U.k The past two months have been a nice time to slow down and refocus, after the continuous travel and work of spring and summer. For the time being I'm based in Foulmouth Cornwall, where I'm studying photography, together with Ed Smith my class mate and paddling partner, it's pretty handy having Ed about, as he loves techy things and I hate them, so we manage to progress through work pretty quickly, with some trial and errors and we get to go paddling together quite a bit, which is great.

Total WW Fun: Yay. A Photo Of Me just excited to have a good photo of me because I'm usually behind the camera This was taken by Jeff Paine (of American Whitewater) on Fall Creek this past October.

Dash Point Pirate: Exploring Lopez Island Lopez Island has a reputation in the San Juans as being the "friendly island" (as opposed to the unfriendly islands Orcas and San Juan Island, I guess). Seriously though, I've never met any unfriendly people in the San Juans, except maybe a cashier or two at the grocery check-out who must have gotten their fill of summer tourists. Oh yeah, and then there was that cop that gave me a bogus speeding ticket on Orcas.

Whitewater-Koa: Nepali Girls Expedition Part 1 The crew at lunch one day at a nice waterfall - Photo Josh Neilson Firstly i have to say that everyone is safe and made it down the 10 day section of the Sun Kosi River. We started in Kathmandu early morning loading up the Rickshaws and making our way through the streets before light to the bus stop.

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