Playak News Flash 2009-03-03

Playak News Flash - March 3, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Playak: Independent Review: KayakPro Speedstroke Gym ergometer I'm a huge fan of the outdoors and I normally paddle 4 times per week, throughout the seasons. I typically laugh about people watching TV on home trainers and in fitness centers, wondering why they don't take a real bike and breathe some fresh air. This year was different though. Global warming isn't what it used to be and just after Christmas I noticed that I hadn't been on the water for 3 full weeks. This was an excellent reason to re-think my prejudices and finally I decided to try a kayak ergometer.

Paddle Press: Nova Craft Canoe and Fanshawe College Collaborate on New Canoe Designs Nova Craft Canoe has a history of improving canoe design, be it structural for improved hydrodynamics or compositional for improved efficiency. Not stopping there, the production staff at Nova Craft has experimented with different themes for the graphic arts incorporated into the lamination process. After making a couch from an Angler canoe, a birchbark-coloured canoe, several different plaid canoes, and a colourful tie-dyed canoe, Nova Craft staff realized that it was possible to laminate almost any design into a composite boat. Roch Prévost, Sales and Marketing Manager, and Tim Miller, owner of Nova Craft, recognized this as an exciting opportunity to offer a unique, personalized and very different designs to customers and this is rejuvenating the canoe-manufacturing industry.

Double You Ess: 2 Weeks Of Bliss Creeking in Northern WV, testing the Project 54Cx, running a new line at Great Falls, and snowboarding in CO and MT.

surfski.info: First Glimpse - Think Uno "The Uno is the result of feedback from elite paddlers," said Daryl, "including Jean Rillard, Peter Scott, Patrick and DeAnne Hemmens, and others.

playak.net: First playboats in Madagascar That's it for Simon Osborne. He somehow got airlifted by an other company and did not flew to Nairobi but direct to Paris and London.

homemade kayaks: in the eye of the storm, almost We could see the approaching clouds, see the whirlwinds dropping form the clouds and the occasional lightening flashes. You could feel the power and the energy of the storm system approaching.

Immersion Research: Mail from West Africa Mr. Whittemore, I just wanted to tell you that you guys are doing a great job with your products and I will definitely be an advocate of anything IR.

Jackson Kayak: Dynamic Duos creating a real shake-up on how we kayak! The day started off with some surfing and spinning at the put in and some fun ferries and attainments. Once we got under way every rock, slot, eddy, boof, hole, and wave, even the trees became games

Werner: Ernie Alvarez Is A Hard Charging SUPer! In the last 24 months, I've tried a bunch of paddles including one Werner Spanker paddle given to me by the Jimmy Lewis distributor at that time, and its been with me since my early days on an SUP.

OR Kayaking: The Waterfalls of the NF Clackamas It was just another day on our local favorite, though we were a little more cautious than usual because we hadn't been on the run since the huge flood event earlier in the year. The good news was that the run was as wood-free as any of us could remember, the floods flushed almost all the wood out.

Paddling Instructor: TRAK, The Producer of the World's First Urban Kayak Announces New Leadership TRAK Kayaks Inc., the producer of the world's first Urban Kayak is pleased to announce that Nolin Veillard has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors.

Misc.: Jet kayaking over the Niagara Falls Shaun Baker plans to leap over waterfalls in his own invention – a jet kayak. And he even has his eyes set on Niagara...

Werner: White Squall Paddling Centre Invites You to Storm Gathering White Squall Paddling Centre, of Nobel Ontario, invites you to celebrate some open water paddling and skill building before the grip of winter takes over.

Kokatat: 'Go Wild' Inside Passage Kayak Expedition In January 2010, Hayley Shephard, a Kiwi now residing on the West Coast of Canada, will attempt the very first solo sea kayak circumnavigation of South Georgia Island in efforts to help save the Albatross.

Kokatat: Around the Great Lakes Kayak Expedition In May 2009, photographer, writer, and kayaking guide Bryan Hansel will attempt a solo circumnavigation of all five Great Lakes.

Bellingham Whitewater: Middle Fork of the Nooksack, Canyon Section. Erik Schertzl in a dark place. Below him lies either glory or a trashing in "Superboof." I feel its time to pay a bit of a homage to a often overlooked, underrated, and yes, feared, river here in ole' Whatcom County, the Middle Fork of the Nooksack (or MF as I will call it from hereafter).

Freya Hoffmeister: Day 44, Monday, 02.02.2009 (by Freya) The plan was cutting across to Bribie Island in one run, 60 km "only"…but plans have to change sometimes…headwinds came in stronger than expected and made paddling a real slog again. Not many chances to get out of the way on the open crossing…Mud Island was directly on the way, but this didn't look on the map like having a landing at all through the mangroves.

SUP Surf Mag: Stand Up Paddle Surf T-Shirt Design Contest to Benefit Surf Aid International Surf Aid International runs health, disaster preparedness, and water and sanitation programs in the Mentawai Islands, 150 km off Indonesia's West Sumatran coast, and Nias island, 125 km off the North Sumatran Coast.

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