Playak News Flash 2009-03-27

Playak News Flash - March 27, 2009

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Wavesport: The Project 54cx limited edition Developed to push the limits of hull design, outfitting design, construction materials, and performance freestyle kayaking. The result is the a now ultra-famous, ultralight 20 lbs of ultimate playboat high performance.

Werner: Record Waterfall Decent on the Today Show If you didn't catch a glimpse of Pedro's 127 foot world record fall on NBC's Today Show this morning (March 24th), you will have a chance to check it out this Thursday morning the 26th of March on the Today show.

Team Pyranha: Chasing the Gray Fox Deep in the gorges of northern Alabama, one might catch a glimpse of a rarity that is unknown to most of the general public. Some residents of cities and towns throughout this region may occasionally see a flash out of the corner of their eye, but never know what it is that they saw. However, among the lucky and diligent few who choose to venture into the remote river canyons in the area, sightings are common and the Gray Fox is well known.

Irish WW: Doug Ammons - Extreme kayaking presentation Doug has been hailed as "one of America's most famous white water paddlers - known for his outrageous solo descents of Class V+ and VI runs and especially of the Grand Canyon of the Stikine.

rockratrobinson: Three days with Wild River The paddling was just what I liked: low volume, tight and technical pool drop where boofs were a plenty. There were some minor hiccups on the river, like me calling the group down believing that everything was good to find that we were all dropping into a pool with no exit.

Team Swain SE Boating: A self supported trip I started off the rain event paddling with a group of friends on the North Fork of the French Broad and followed that up the next day with a nice padded out 9.5" run of the Green.

Chris Harvey: Hatric at Santa Cruz It's been a really tough event over in Santa Cruz with almost no waves for the first 2 days of competition. Somehow after taking off on rocks and a lot of jostling for the few waves, I scraped through the flat spell.

Werner: Ernie Alverez wins Puerto Rico's SUP contest Ernie showed patience and poise waiting for the best wave and then charging them with a combination of turns that made everyone look twice to realize that he was doing this on a SUP and NOT on a 6' shortboard, sticking his paddle on the face and completing bottom turns, cutbacks, roundhouses, smacking the lip hard.

Valentin Grollemund: Free Kayak Tour - Tournon Saint Martin, France Free Kayak Indre, on March 21st and 22nd in Tournon Saint Martin, signed the opening of the Free Kayak Tour in 2009.This year, like last year, the Free Kayak Tour is in 3 steps and allows for the ticket to the freestyle kayak World Championship in Thun, Switzerland.

Isle of Man Kayak: Isle of Man Kayaking - Learning to paddle again! I took my new Mega Jester Trident out today in an attempt to familiarize myself with the new surf boat. After nearly 4 years in sea kayaks, I needed gentle conditions to get the hang of it, and to adjust the foot pads etc.

Roaring Fork Kayakers: Westwater and The Liquid Logic Biscuit The production version is quite different than the prototype that I had been paddling. There is less bow rocker, and less stern rocker, the spin disc is removed. The stern is a bit longer, and it has a little bit more volume. This made the boat much faster which I was very happy with. It surfs great, easy to control, big bounces, spins easily. I was super stoked with how it performed.

canoeing.com: Women added to Canoeing World Championships The International Canoe Federation, the governing body of world competitive canoeing, plans for the first time to allow women to compete in its Olympic disciplines.

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