Playak News Flash 2009-04-29

Playak News Flash - April 29, 2009

News Watch Headlines

wavesport.de: Wave Sport launches new website and DoubleYouEss Wave Sport just launched a brand new website where you can get all the information about new products, team activites, events, support and much more at first hand.

CKS Squad: Bring on the spring Every year in the Southern Rockies there is a week of fear. It weaves through the community like a storm of buzzing bees and hissing like the ghost of a rattler.

OKS Keener: Keeners dominate the Level 6 Capital Cup This popular Ottawa event draws a local crowd but the addition of New River Academy added international flair and raised the paddling bar. With Keeners making up a big part of NRA's enrollment, the Capital Cup was a showcase of Keener kayaking.

Fluid Blog: King Edward expedition The King Edward expedition has returned and was a dream trip. Good friends, quality white water, raft support, play boats and extreme wilderness all contributed to a very successful 31 days (10 transit and 21 on the river).

Stan Mac Kenzie: Derek and Pam Derek is a wood working phenom and it certainly is visible in his wokmanship he put into constructing their kayaks and paddles.

Adventures of Burgess: The Stewart River: Low water This time I had some apprehension about the pillow drop due to the lack of water many more rocks were plainly visible and uncovered. I plunged down the pillow drop with only a minor hit to a rock near my feet.

Savannah Canoe and Kayak: Cocoa Beach Waveski Comp - Report The wave ski crowd are a cool bunch of dedicated dudes from all over Florida mostly, many are stand up surfers.

Jackson Kayak: T'Ville Triple Crown Competition: Huge hit The concept was simple- There were three competitions and your results in each event is added together for a final placing. The winner of each event got 30 points, second got 28, third got 27, and then each placing got 30 points minus your finish place.

Palm Blogs: Youth Freestyle - Llangollen Palm/Dagger Europe are once again involved in sponsoring the Youth Freestyle series for 2009. The first event at Llangollen took place under bright sunshine and blue skies, unfortunately this also meant extremely low water levels with very few places to get any verticality for the freestyle competition.

KayakQuixotica: P&H Bahiya My quick view is that the Bahiya would be a great boat for someone who wanted a boat that was still a rocket when fully loaded.

Jackson Kayak: Clay visits NOC Demo Days It was great to now have the perfect boat choice for those little ladies and younger guys looking for a river-runner who just don't fit well in any other boat.

Paddling Instructor Blog: Sea Kayaker magazine turns 25 A big shout-out goes out to Sea Kayaker magazine who turns 25 with their May issue.

René Seindal: St. Mark's paddle This is the abandoned island of Madonna del Monte. It use to be a monastery, but it was abandoned in the late 18th century, maybe as a consequence of Napoleons conquest of the Republic of Venice.

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