Playak News Flash 2009-06-17

Playak News Flash - June 17, 2009

News Watch Headlines

PeakUK: Italy: Val Sesia Three spots stick out in my mind though, the Landwasser Waterfall, so straight forward, park and huck, amazing fun.

Evan Garcia: California Love Tour part3 The only rapid I can compare to this stout is the put in slide of West Cherry. This one was less scary, less involved, making it in my mind, more "pure" fun.

PDX River Explorers: Spring Road Trip: Part 2 The next day we made our way south to the S. F. Umpqua where we ran a section from S.F. Falls down to Campbell Falls. This run is kind of a novelty run.

LL Ladies Lounge: 2009 Worlds Team Trials- Glenwood CO The Glenwood wave is a manmade wave that is right in the middle of downtown Glenwood. With one of the biggest rapids on the Colorado River only 6 miles upstream it is a great place to be.

Dash Point Pirate: Surfing the Epic GPX Kayak on the Peruvian South Coast This place resembles the surface of Mars -- totally lifeless. The shore just south of the peninsula and around the peninsula itself is made up of dramatic cliffs and small pocket beaches. There are numerous sea caves and arches, and islands just offshore.

Werner: Sea Dogs are loose in the Adirondacks The goal of the club, as read from their mission statement, is to encourage and support recreational paddling opportunities within and outside the New York State Adirondack region, as well as to network members, plan trips, highlight launch sites, and emphasize safety.

Jackson Kayak: Clay's Lyons Outdoor Games The flows were higher for South St. Vrain Race and even top racers got pushed, flipped, and spun out to the delight of the safety crews.

surfski.info: Surfski paddler missing Police hold grave fears for a man who has been missing since telling his mother he was going for a quick paddle on his surf kayak on the New South Wales Central Coast.

adidas Sickline: Team Extreme Kayak World Championship: Winners In order to win the national team challenge, the three Kiwis had to do well in a sprint race on Chiusella River and in a slalom race in Ivrea.

Jackson Kayak: John McConville's Midwest update part 2 The Lester river is the Local Hot Spot. Located directly in the city of Duluth, if there's water in the river there will be boaters in the water.

Jackson Kayak: Lluis of Roc Roi gets his first Dynamic Duo In my company ROCROI the TOPO DUO was the first boat 16 years ago, I was making trips to tourists on the Noguera Pallaresa river, since then couple of hundreds customers descends with me in TOPO DUO, yesterday was the first day in a Dynamic Duo with a very good level and with one of those customers that they paddle the river once a year in DUO.

SUP Surf Mag: Hobie Watermans Stand Up Paddle Challenge With over 140 paddlers hitting the water, the 2009 Hobie / Hennessey's Waterman's challenge delivered some of the best paddle racing so far this year.

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