Playak News Flash 2009-01-23

Playak News Flash - January 23, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Team Riot Kayaks: Nw Riot Team: Going Big At Outlet Falls, Washington I have been looking for the right falls to take the next step and really go big! Lucky for me I live in the Northwest, a land of waterfalls. This day took me to a little known creek in Washington called Outlet Creek where 70ft Outlet Falls stands tall looking over the canyon below as if it was guarding the creek.

Queens of Carnage: A Kayaker's Guide To The White Nile, Uganda After a month in Uganda I got to know this and that about the place and the river... The eddie at the Nile Special! Ash flying at the Bell Wave. Boats and flights - It's possible to rent kayaks from Kayak the Nile. They got lots of Fluid boats, but it's hard to get good foam and it's expensive - 30 dollars a day - unless you get a good deal.

The Blonde Blogger: Uganda To Uk - Back In The Cold After 4 months or so, I'm back in the land of fast internet. I've even surprised myself at how lame I've been at updates while I was in Uganda. For the most part I was living and working on the Hairy Lemon, which meant getting online once in a blue moon. It was an awesome and eventful trip; lots of paddling, cool people and malaria.

Liquid Kayak: First Descent of Outlet Falls The combination of massive amounts of snow, warm temps and consecutive days of rain ignited the idea of Outlet Falls, a 70 foot waterfall, for a First Descent. Eric Boomer has been looking at this waterfall for over three years. On each of his prior visits to the falls, the drop has either been too low or too high. On this particular day, Friday, January 9th, the level . . . the drop . . . the weather . . . the crew . . . everything . . . was perfect!

wavesport.de: Galère Africaine - Zambezi Report By Nouria Newman I wanted to do something new for Christmas. A brand new kind of Christmas! No snow, just some rain; no skiing just some paddling and no heavy Christmas dinner, which would make me feel guilty for the extra weight, I gained.

NW Rivers: Winter Paddling Well, we are finally back to normal winter weather after one of the craziest stretches of weather I've ever experienced in Oregon. Portland was virtually shut down for several days around Christmas because of snow. We had over a foot of snow in some parts of the city and because plowing is pretty spotty, it's pretty interesting trying to get around town.

Willy P: Chattanooga Chargers  Thanks to all the kayakers ritualistically doing rain dances, prayers, and checking the radar. The blessed rain returned to defeat the evil drought that gripped the Southeast so tightly in its grasp.

Team Pyranha: Chute The Hooch Racing Camp As almost any kayaker knows, the best feeling one can have is when they can give back to the community of paddlers who helped develop their skills. The January 17-18, 2009, weekend during the USACK Chute the Hooch Wild water Training Camp was such an experience for me.

ERA Blog: Modern Day Team Sbc River Explorers In 1540, Pizarro ordered an expedition to the eastern part of Ecuador. Orellana joined the expedition along with 220 spanish and 4000 indigenous.

Keith Wikle: Spencer Cooke Riot Surf Kayak Shaper Interview On Kayaksurf.net Riot it seems will try to remedy this by making their three surf kayaks readily accessible in the US starting in January of 2009.

Blogs: Deon Breytenbach's Adventures: Blyde Festival Events Update The usual events of Beginner and Expert/Open Kayak races. Beginners on the Lower Blyde and the Experts/Opens will be paddling the Blyde River Canoyn (largest vegetated canoyn in the World, and the only way to see the inside is to paddle it) racing 3 of the biggest rapids in the canoyn.

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