Playak News Flash 2009-03-25

Playak News Flash - March 25, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Evan Garcia: The Money Drop Rock creek falls, also called as the Money Drop by the EP boys. The water was launching off the lip at an incredible rate so it was hard to decided how to run here.

Peter Csonka: First training on the Kuchl When we discussed date with Austrian guys for they training on Kuchl we expect a warmer weather. We were driving on highway and how we were closed to Salzburg we saw more and more snow around us.

passion4adventure: The Mungo Below us whitewater raged constantly downstream and we peered into a number of gorges. After a couple of minutes it became a joke, there was so much steep whitewater below us that I gave up trying to memorize lines and looked at JJ in disbelief.

New Mexico H2O: Kayaking in New Mexico in winter It is winter time down here in New Mexico. The mountains have snow but the lower valleys are getting toasty during the day. Perfect for some nice 60 degree weather to go boating in. The Rio Grande Racecourse section flows year round and some folks kayak it all winter.

Sea-Boo-Photos: Donut in Vermillion The level had come down a bit but Donut is still rocking strong. Alon, Aaron and I spent another great evening on the Verm. Aaron for his second time on moving water did incredible! He watched Alon and I play the heck out of Donut and then before we left we had him try to surf it in my creek boat.

Am. Whitewater: Public scoping announced for Green River Pumpback After much anticipation, the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) has announced the first set of public meetings on the controversial Regional Watershed Supply Project (RWSP) also known as the Green River or Flaming Gorge Pumpback.

Hans Heupink: Spring Cleaning 2009 I just returned from the so called "Spring Cleaning"-weekend workshop of the German Seakayak association "Salzwasserunion". The Spring Cleaning is a training Weekend on the Isle of Wangerooge for (to be) instructors, tour-guides, and experienced seakayakers. This year the main topic was "group control in demanding conditions".

JaxKayakFishing: West Marine teams up with jaxkayakfishing.com JaxKayakFishing.com, Jacksonville's Kayak Fishing Community, is pleased to welcome West Marine as a site sponsor. West Marine, the nation's largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories, will open the company's largest store in Jacksonville, FL at The Markets at Town Center. The grand opening of the 30,000 square feet flagship super store is March 27-29.

UK Freestyle: Youth Freestyle Series 2009 Youth Freestyle is back for 2009 and we hope to make this year even better than the last. The Series kicks off on the 19th April at Llangollen it then moves to the Nene on the 14th June, then on to Boutlers on the 11th July, followed by the Washburn on the 6th Sept and finishes with a final at Nottingham on the 13th Sept.

Playak Product News: Ophion Paddles: New: Senior Rapture Our Senior Rapture is specifically designed to give the smaller paddler all the benefits of our leading freestyle blade with the added advantage of been fine tuned for the more refined technique. Giving the paddler the same aggressive, accelerating power in a smaller more compact design.

surfski.info: Doubles comparison: Elite vs Apex Both skis are finished well. If anything the Apex seems to have the edge in terms of attention to detail. The Apex used was a lightweight hybrid lay-up model and the Elite was a standard glass model.

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