Playak News Flash 2009-02-04

Playak News Flash - February 4, 2009

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Jackson Kayak: Team Jk Runs The Green River On our way back from Rollapoolza we decided to hit up the famous Green River.

Jackson Kayak: Pakistan, Indus River - Day Thirteen Our team was happy to camp on yet another perfect sandy beach by the Indus. Boulders of large proportions littered all the beaches, offering up snug little alcoves for us to sleep in.

WCKA Spring 09: Athletics - Wcka Paddling With Last Descents River Expeditions Down The Great Bend Of The Yangtze By Ben Dann There I was on the Great Bend of the Yangtze river. This is what I had been looking forward to for the last few months of my life. Everyone had their gear loaded on the rafts and we were ready for action.

Jackson Kayak: Waterloo Falls Update Just as it seemed like the rain was over for awhile here on the plateau, we were surprised with a couple of inches again.

PDX River Explorers: West Coast Whitewater Racing Series Paddlers We are half way through winter and Spring is approaching quickly. This years West Coast Whitewater Racing Series is going to be better than ever! Make sure you mark your calenders to hit these events. I have put up a schedule of 2009 Spring/Summer West Coast Series Events and pics.

Palm Blogs: Surviving The Eater Of Men… So in an already keen wind, we began – how hard could 5 days get? – our journey through tide-tortured waters. Fourty km a day, not much for some, but a lot for two wobblies who hadn't sat in a kayak for five months, took us through tidal races, island narrows, white water rapids, and winds that built from nought to 'too scary' in no time at all.

SW Sea Kayaking: The Valley Of The Rocks We paddled the splendid East Lyn River in north Devon this weekend, trying not to notice the bitterly cold wind blowing off the Bristol Channel and up the gorge.

passion4adventure: Kayaking In The Southern Ocean, Antarctica - Photo Display My Antarctic season of 08/09 finished exceptionally well. Plagued by foul weather and more snow than the norm through early spring the Antarctic summer took its time to arrive.

ERA Blog: Exploring The Treasures Of The Oriente Of Ecuador The region of Ecuador we spend most of our paddling time is called the Oriente. One of three regions (the costa, the sierra and the oriente), the Oriente contains nearly half of the square footage of the country, but less than 5% of the 12.5 million population of Ecuador.

surfski.info: Paddle Around Australia She started at Queenscliffe Beach, Melbourne on Sunday 18th January and has covered approximately 500km of her trip so far. Paddling mostly into prevailing headwinds, she's been trying to start early each day before the wind gets up and has undertaken her first night paddle as well.

Dash Point Pirate: Press Release: Maligiaq Will Be In Pacific Northwest In April 2009 Granite Falls, WA, February 1, 2009 -- 7 Seas Video Productions and The Skin Boat School are excited to announce the April 2009 visit by Maligiaq Padilla, seven-time Greenland National Kayaking Champion. During April 2009. Maligiaq will be conducting a 'Greenland Skin on Frame Qayaq Design and Construction' seminar.

Canoe Sailing Mag: The 16x30 Sailing Canoe, A Fast And Nimble Sailer Would you like to build and sail a unique small boat that will draw admiring glances wherever you take it, let you learn new skills in the workshop and on the water and make you a better sailor? If so, you may be a candidate for the 16-30 decked sailing canoe.

Paddle Press: Kokatat: Antarctic Global Warming Kayak Expedition Underway Cristian Donoso, Juan Pablo Ortega and Roger Rovira are currently underway on their expedition to explore the effects of global warming on the Antarctic coast from the low impact perspective of a kayak expedition.

Palm Blogs: Rosie Cripps Talks To Sportsister A couple of weeks ago I caught up with the women's sports magazine editor Danielle Sellwood to talk about women in kayaking. The article is featured in this months Sportsister magazine:

canoeing.com: Michigan Mulls Canoe Registration Meyerson reports, HERE, that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking into the idea of requiring Michigan residents to register their canoes and kayaks.

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