Playak News Flash 2009-06-19

Playak News Flash - June 19, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Nick Troutman: Teva Mountain Games: Kayak Pro Freestyle The Teva Mountain Games is one of the biggest weekends of the whole Rodeo Tour, this is because it has a ton of different events, and it also has one of the largest cash purses of the whole year, bringing Pro kayakers from around the world.

adidas Sickline: First kayak-freestyle event of the season Graz freestyle competition was as always really good, that's why we participated at almost every event within the past couple of years.

Level 6 Blog: Pincher: Brilliant and beyond Despite the low flow, Blair (my co-instructor) and I decided to show our students what's possible in a kayak. They were thoroughly impressed on our first run, clapping and cheering.

Jakub Nemec: California classics - South Silver and Fantasy falls I came to California from Teva games with Ron Fischer to paddle. South fork of Silver creek for warm up and then three days of class 5 on Mokulemne river. This section is called Fantasy falls and its really great.

Immersion Research: CKS's Earl Richmond SUPing The wave might not be that much, but it does make me think that there might be something to this SUP business.

PeakUK: Viking Polo do the double The good weather meant that a decent-sized crowd stuck around to watch a rematch of last year's final, Viking vs. Meridian. Despite some promising early attacks from Viking, Meridian struck first on the break. It took a change of approach from Viking to get an equalizer, more direct runs into the zone and far more clinical finishing.

Nick Troutman: Teva Mountain Games: 8-Ball Race The 8-Ball race is like no other. It is a boater-cross where you have 4-8 boaters racing down a course. It is full body contact, only rules are you can't take your hand off your paddle or hit people in the face, other than that pretty much everything goes.

LL Ladies Lounge: Homestake Creek Race- Teva Mtn Games Day One of the Teva Mountain Games is always on Homestake Creek. Though it is a short race it drops 400 feet per mile in one small section, full of fun spots to pin and get spun out.

The Lake is the Boss: Vintage kayak sighting It had a nice wooden frame, a canvas or fabric skin, and a nice bright orange spray skirt which was obviously a retrofit. All of the rest of the stuff looked original including the long, rather unwieldy looking paddles.

surfski.info: Puerto Rico Surfski & Kayak Championships 2009 - Race Report The Puerto Rico Ocean Racing together with the Federation of Canoe & Kayaks of Puerto Rico, organized a 12 mile triangle between the coast of Fajardo and the Islands of Icacos and Palominos in front of the five-star El Conquistador Resort Hotel

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