Playak News Flash 2009-05-22

Playak News Flash - May 22, 2009

News Watch Headlines

adidas Sickline: Expedition: "Into the jungle" online Torrential rapids, monsoon rain, lovely beaches and people getting hurt are only a small part of this exiting trip.

LL Ladies Lounge: Carnage Went up and did a high water Truss run a while back and didn't jump at posting, then I realized that everyone loves carnage and can learn from the incident.

Kayak USSR: East Kazakhstan for begginers report It was early May when we got ourselves to Kazakhstan. Some of the rivers were flooded, some still had winter levels.

AS Watersports: Dagger Axiom Dagger Europe have just sent us a press release about their new boat: The Axiom. An Axiom in mathematics is considered to be both a starting point from where other theories are proven and also something that is taken to be universally true.

Atlantic Kayaker: Pollet River The river had a cruisey little entrance and when we got to the gorge there was a bouncy left hand run that seemed never ending, on the right it was a little tricky with a line that was ninja sneaky but would be a rough go if you training was not up to par.

Palm Blogs: Scottish surfing The site was a great little Loch about half an hour from Edinburgh with a superb watersports facility, which also hosts Scotland's largest club: Fife Canoe Club.

Kayak Session: ICF Freestyle Judges training Trained by the two candidates to be Chief Judge in Thun (Matt Solomon and Jasper Polak), this session organised by the ICF Freestyle Committee gave the opportunity to representatives from France, Germany, UK and Holland to take the exam to be International Freestyle Judge.

Immersion Research: IR backbands in action I received two emails with photos today from people who had installed IR backbands in their boats, and since we get so many questions about installing backbands.

Jackson Kayak Recreational: All Waters are shipping! Try them out at your local JK dealer These are very exciting times here at Jackson Kayak. New designs are shipping and more new designs still to come.

Paddling Instructor Blog: Photo collection of polluted water around the world [Gross] What amazed me in the photos is how many people still work, play and use the water that is so obviously polluted. In almost every case it is out of necessity as they can't go anywhere else and cleaner water just isn't available.

Atlantic Paddle Surfing: Stormy Monday The side shore current ripping down the beach in the 15-20 knot winds. The choppy conditions made it tough to Stand Up.

SUP Surf Mag: King and Queen of Dog Patch: Results and photos here was a huge attendance, with over 100 SUP athletes competing and several SUP industry companies supporting the event with demos etc.

Roaring Fork Kayakers: Kimshew creek Well it is no secret that Kimshew creek is one of the best creeks around, with clean drops everywhere and perfect waterfalls it is truly one of the best runs in the country.

ECHO - OR/ID River Rafting: Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival Report ECHO guides had a blast at the Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival and got to experience a mini-reunion before heading out to work at the Rogue or Middle Fork this summer.

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