Playak News Flash 2009-03-13

Playak News Flash - March 13, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Jackson Kayak: Check out a waterfall in Arizona! Travis Collins (6' 8" tall) paddles the Mega-Rocker over it My best friend Travis Collins is 6'8'' and was not sure he could find a boat to fit. Well last year at the Kernville Festival he bought a Mega and was on his way to falling in love with kayaking.

Vaya Con Rios: Futa Fest 2009 Futaleufu is one of my favorite rivers down here in the patagonia and every year since the first descens back in 1985 a lot of kayakers and rafters come and fall in love with this beautiful river.

Jackson Kayak: Keegan Grady's NRA New Zealand trip video My favourite stop on our tour from the North to South island was Murchison, home to Maruia Falls. The water was quite high and the stakes were high.

Jackson Kayak: Pakistan, Indus River - Day Seventeen Now that we were approaching the Haramosh Valley on the river, we knew it was time for our anticipated visit to the school.

Jackson Kayak: World Cup Road Trip Short Vid and Cover Well I can finally release the cover of our latest video, World Cup Road Trip showing the team in Switzerland. Clear water, a great wave and all right in the middle of town.

Wet Willie: North Santiam, Bruno Mt. section: OKCC playboating clinic Also known as the Boulder Creek section of the North Santiam, the Bruno Mountain stretch was found to have some good play features at 1000cfs on the Boulder gauge.

This River Life: Lets Play #3: March OKCC Play Clinic The water situation is getting dire. 3 days of rain and the rivers hardly even bump. But life goes on and we still have some play boating to do! 13 of us converged on the Bruno Mt run on the N.Santiam to cartwheel, surf, spin and bump our way down the run.

All Outdoors WW Rafting: Cal Salmon River Rafting this April If you want an unusual trip this year, some challenging whitewater, and some good old fashioned adventure you're gonna want to can that spring break trip to Acapulco and head north with us as we charge up to raft the Cal Salmon this spring.

Canoe Kayak: Kokatat Joins "Go Wild" Inside Passage Kayak Expedition Arcata, CA In May 2009, Apryle Craig and Phil Magistro will be embarking on a sea kayaking expedition along the British Columbia coast to examine and document the effects of salmon farming on the environment and coastal communities.

SUP Surf Mag: 23rd Annual Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival Features Stand Up Paddle Division Santa Cruz will be rocking for four full days of kayak and stand up paddle excitement from March 20-22nd as stand up paddlers are invited to join in this year's competition.

Jackson Kayak: Dynamic Duo runs the Caney Fork I have already made a list of all the different rivers I want to run in the Dynamic Duo. It is like a canoe, but you don't have to worry about filling up with water, and it is easier being that you have two blades on your paddle.

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