Playak News Flash 2008-12-11

Playak News Flash - December 11, 2008

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Kayak Session: Jakub's Nemec First Nepal Trip Our trip started on 12th of October when me and Basti have come to Kathmandu.We moved to Bhote Kosi. Its pretty good river with some big rapids and still quite big volume in October. Whole section is like 20 kms and it is just nonstop fun. We have spent there couple of days and then we moved to Balephi kola in next valley. Its a small river and not so steep with like 50 cubics. But the nature and landscapes is really nice. Also with friendly people.

Mike Dawson: Kaituna Showdown We just had the Kaituna race which is the southern cup. It was a sweet race, Johann was chief course designer, but I wanted to throw in a little move in the shoot to mix it up a little bit. It was sweet to race, mixing it up a little but from aerobic training all day. Soon it;ll be racing time!!

Palm Blogs: Gene 17 Adventure Paddlers' Weekend, River Dart Vast amounts of paddlers rocked up at the River Dart Country Park this weekend for Gene 17's Adventure Paddlers Weekend, and what a weekend it was!

The Water Cycle: Río Sacsara: Iii/iv We made it to Santa Teresa near the downstream end of the popular Inca Trail trek to stay at Gian Marco´s place and check into some of the creeks in the area. The first was the Río Sacsara which, despite road access, was run for the first time just three days before our arrival.

KayakQuixotica: Sweetwater Cancels Symposium When I asked what YOU might put off this year due to the current economic issue, I should have also asked what events may not happen as well. Dominique noted that Sweet water in Florida has canceled their annual February symposium.

about paddling: Win a Dagger Kayak from American Whitewater Who doesn't want a free boat, right? You can never have too many kayaks! Here's the catch. All you have to do is be a member of American Whitewater and make an additional donation of at least $5 by December 15th and you'll be a part of the drawing.

Dash Point Pirate: Deception Pass Dash 2008 Here is a picture of my new kayak. It is the first production kayak I've ever owned. All my others were skin-on-frame or homemade wooden composites. So yeah I actually did make that paradigm shift after all.

Double You Ess: Rio Desague, Chile After an epic first few days in Pucon things only seemed to get better! Mariann and I teamed up with Long time Chilean river explorer Kurt Kassey and Chilean kayaker Miguel Ruiz to hit the Rio Desague.

homemade kayaks: Festival Of Paddles I had planned for about 6 people to work, and had no idea how the day would turn out.In the end we had about 10 people working. The energy was fantastic, I think that we all have a creative streak inside of us just waiting to be let free, and that is what happened here. Each carver was given a 2 by 4 and some sharp instruments and a bit of guidance and at the end of the day everyone had a paddle, or something resembling a paddle.

Frogma: Rudder Post Basically, the rudder post sticks up through the hull of the boat and into this big pie-shaped chunk of metal. That's the rudder quadrant.There's a cable end attached to either end of arc at the front of the the quadrant.

Whitewater-Koa: Intermission Update - Upper Seti Mission Heading into the upper canyon, Porters make life a lot easier! photo Anton Immler Montage pic of Me on and looking at OUT, Photo Anton Immler While i take some time out to update you on the Nepali Girls kayaking Expedition I had the opportunity to head back into the hills once more with some old and new friends to check out what Will Clark and Anton Immler had found a few weeks ago.

SeaKayakPhoto.com: Ayrshire's Gem Of A Coastline. We cut across the wide expanse of Culzean Bay. It is backed by the sands of Croy. Behind the shore there is a cliff line with a raised beach behind. This is now rich agricultural land and when the fields are ploughed, many gem hunters follow the plough seeking out agates.

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