Playak News Flash 2009-03-18

Playak News Flash - March 18, 2009

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Playak: Play River: Klawing River Klawing River has small, medium, and big volume character, depending on flows and season. The only section that could be run in the dry season, around May to September is its lower section. From October to November the upper section of the river starts to live, along with the coming of wet season.

The Blonde Blogger: GB Team Selection 2009 - Results Unseasonally mild weather, glorious sunshine and a green three-gate wave made for the perfect conditions at yesterday's selection event for the 2009 Great Britain Canoe and Kayak Freestyle Team.

Mark Burton: Corsica Kayak Festival 2009 The week will allow people to paddle together, and will create a visible presence of a collective group supporting the rivers of Corsica.

Jackson Kayak: Pakistan, Indus River - Last day on the river The rapid was tempting, but any mistake, or simply having a wave break at the wrong time, would land the paddler in a pocket where the situation would turn dire.

Am. Whitewater: Time for women's issue American Whitewater wants to hear your stories about--and by--Women in Whitewater. Please send text and photos (don't forget captions and credits!) to editor@americanwhitewater.org before May 5th.

Palm Blogs: Winterfun, exciting events and getting ready for the island! The White Luetschine, possibly one of the funniest rivers in Switzerland flowing right beside my house into the Lake of Brienz. As spring is in the air, this incredible place really starts to show off its magic!

Jackson Kayak: Lars Holbek lost his fight with cancer Paddling legend Lars Holbek lost his fight with cancer on Friday March 13th in Durango Colorado at age 51.Lars gave his life to the outdoors, whether it was skiing, climbing, hiking or kayaking, some bit of Lars is in and with all of us.

Palm Blogs: Test Delivery Dagger Test centers have a vast range of Dagger boats for you to come along and test out. All Test centers have water on site or nearby to get you out there quickly in the latest designs.

Jackson Kayak: Rocking the Island with Dynamic Duos A big water lead into the main hole makes your heart beat, especially when you are lining up the hole and being propelled to it at high speed. We all surfed it three times, throwing random tricks and hoping we stay away from the river left side where it goes into a nasty wall. We headed down to the Upper Brave Wave which is right in the middle of the river in between the main hole and Brave Wave.

CA WW Paddling: NF American Shirttail (II~II+) with my son Weather was great on March 14 and flow at NF American river was 950 cfs, perfect flow to warm up his paddling skill for this year.

Paddling Instructor Blog: Palmer Fest adds a second weekend for sea kayaks and canoes Palmer Fest is expanding. For the past four years the whitewater kayaking weekend in Palmers Rapids, Ontario has been extremely successful. For the first time, they are expanding and adding a sea kayak and canoe focused weekend which is shaping up to be a really cool and unique event.

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