Playak News Flash 2008-12-09

Playak News Flash - December 9, 2008

News Watch Headlines

PeakUK: Rio Pozuzo And The Santa Cruz We paddled the Rio Pozuzo for a couple of days, a class V day stretch that finished in town and we also managed to put in a first descent of the Rio Santa Cruz. The whole village had come out to watch us and were absolutely amazed that "2 Gringos" were kayaking the river.

Adrian Tregoning: The Molenaars with Sunshine and a Wee Bit of Snow The Molenaars is usually paddled in some rather ugly conditions. The good old Cape of Storms releases a little extra wrath into the Du Toits Kloof so when we decided to hit the Molenaars early the next morning and the weather predicted sunshine I was sceptical...

Keith Wikle: Mentally Preparing For Kayak Rolling At a very basic level rolling is an entry level skill that allows a margin of safety for paddlers looking to paddle in textured water. Having an unplanned swim can be life-threatening under the wrong conditions. Cold water is the number one reason for a kayaker to learn to roll. Having a nasty swim in cold water can be the end of you.

Beat Rüttimann: Weather Is Not That Important... For all these guys out there who don't have the possibility right now to leave the northern hemisphere. I'm with you.

Richard at Point 65: December 6th Saltys At Chiba, Japan (part 2) Saltys at Chiba is a magical place. Saltys is not only a great dealer for Point 65 but a really cool and groovy place to hang out, paddle, have fun and party. It is right on the beautiful beach with Mount Fudji as a spectacular back drop and sometimes surfable waves.

Am. Whitewater: Aw Secures Flow Information For Fox River, Wi For the past year American Whitewater has been actively engaged in an effort to provide flow information for the Fox River and specifically the reach impacted by the Kaukauna Hydro power Project. This project diverts flow around a section of the Fox River with some outstanding whitewater features that are enjoyed by paddlers in northeast Wisconsin during high flows.

Dash Point Pirate: Stern Cam This is what is looked like at the Deception Pass Dash today: 15 to 20 knot winds from the west opposing the ebb current, and 4 foot breaking waves.

Kayak Session: My First Nepal Trip - Part2 After one day in beautiful village Simikot we trekked down to the Humla Karnali. The river started like easy class3 but after few kms changed in a brutal hardcore. So we portaged and then it was changing still like that. Then it finally started as a nice class 4plus river with some harder and easier rapid. On a fifth day came the first gorge. Was really good and that was a signal that we are coming to upper Karnali. The river was getting bigger all the time and we were having good time.

Hans Heupink: Dwd - Picture Report More pictures of a fantastic morning in Zoetermeer in the Picasa-album. The number of seakayakers exploring the white water discipline is steadily growing - today we were 3: Hans, Bernhard and Govert.

Atlantic Kayaker: Great Falls Burrito Challenge I arrived in Washington DC after spending the majority of my day on a plane. After a short wait I was greeted by Bryan Kirk and the Wave Sport van. We talked like dummies for a while (we've spent a lot of time together and have developed our own language) then headed for our first burrito of the trip. We both have a thing for burritos and pretty much eat them every meal when we're around a Chipotle, Baja Fresh, or Qdoba.

Whitewater-Koa: Nepali Girls Expedition Part 2 With the trip now well underway and making our way steadily down the river the Nepali girls were out in force at camp 2 practicing their eddy truns and some more rolling. Anita, who i hadnt even seen learning to roll told us to watch as she submersed and ca...

surfski.info: 30 Year Old Cape Point Surfski Classic Gets A Major Boost Fish Hoek, South Africa - The iconic Fenn Kayaks Cape Point Challenge surf ski marathon that harnesses 48 kilometers of the toughest paddling on the planet has been given a major boost with a number of technical innovations and an increase in prize money to bring the race in line with the explosion of the sport globally.

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