Playak News Flash 2009-05-20

Playak News Flash - May 20, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Paddle Press: Native Watercraft: Roger Bump Wins Slam at Kayak Fishing Classic in Ultimate 14.5 Propel Capt. Roger Bump of Jacksonville Florida and his Ultimate 14.5 Propel beat out 430 anglers and won the grand prize in the 2009 Columbia Sportswear Kayak Fishing Classic held May 2nd in Jacksonville Florida.

Misc.: Kayaksurf.Net video: Kayaksurf Session Official video of the Kayaksurf Session 2009 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. If this feeds your appetite, consider coming to Portugal for the World Surfkayak Championships in Santa Cruz late July.

Palm Blogs: In the mix with the Palm Mac Monkey After the warm up day, we're off to Ribo for those Park n Huck shots and then the Loana and its side creek Alpe Basso.

Jakub Nemec: Italy and Switzerland; movies from Uganda and Norway All the rivers had like little bit more water than usually during this time. Was just perfect. And I can promise everyone that season in Europe is gonna b big. There is still heaps of snow in a mountains all around.

Simon Westgarth: Early spring escape The Winter in Devon was long and dry, the river days less than normal, the running trail crisp and fast, and the editing of Genotype 2 slow and difficult.

Chris Eastabrook: Going up North We warmed up with two cracking runs down the middle Etive and then went to paddle the larger, less run waterfall on the mighty River.

P&H Paddlers: Kid in a candy store I also get access to Pyranha's whitewater kayaks as well such as the new Karnali which for a sea boater like me is the perfect craft for tackling my first California waterfall, Indian Falls in the Feather River drainage

Chasing Rain: Reno-California update Reno is the first major event on the circuit for the year. It's a big event, and it's great to see a lot of my friends again.

Werner: Juniors Show Up in Force to Golden High School Event A personal goal for this particular race was to not miss any of the gates, and I didn't. This was a great event and had an enormous amount of juniors.

Simon Westgarth: Soča, Genotype 2 & England Trnovo ob Soči, is at 350m above sea level, in the middle of the Julian Alps, and occasionally there is considerable snow, and this year was no exception.

Paddling Instructor Blog: The making of a Venture kayak Venture Kayak recently released a great set of videos on the manufacturing process of their plastic kayaks.

Palm Blogs: The place to be We decided to make the most of the good levels and for most of the week we were based in Campertogno making day trips out to enjoy the fantastic white water here. Before making an excursion into Ticino.

sea kayaking dot net: Repairing a damaged Hull: Part 5 The final steps in repairing hull damage are pretty straightforward. After Brian preps the damage and backpatches it, he lays on five or so layers of fiberglass and the structural the repair is complete.

Team Midwest Mountaineering: Tres Rios weekend After the Poplar river, the crew heard the Kadunce water levels were up from the day before. The level ended up being a perfect Medium flow.

surfski.info: Molokai Newsflash - Hank McGregor wins! Hank McGregor is the Molokai 2009 Champion. It was a neck and neck tussle between Aussie Clint Robinson and the South African until 3:18 into the race when the heat and flat conditions finally broke Robinson and he pulled up with cramps.

SUP Surf: Stand up paddle swimming On my paddle back out I got stuck in the bowl and the board got caught in the wave and my leash snapped. I paddled for about 10 minutes and then caught up to it only to get pounded by another wave and losing it again.

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