Playak News Flash 2009-06-26

Playak News Flash - June 26, 2009

News Watch Headlines

PaddleBlogs: Volvo Ocean race stopover in Galway For the past 3 weeks my home town Galway has been a festival of fun because of The Volvo Ocean Race. We have had sun, atmosphere, concerts and good old Irish Craic!

Simon Westgarth: In spring These prefect conditions also meant that we were to get on some of the rarely run rivers, places of legend and prefect paddling attraction.

Jackson Kayak: EJ in the Durango Herald Eric Jackson, a four-time and reigning world freestyle kayak champion, gets wet in Corner Pocket during Sunday's kayak rodeo on the Animas River, just one part of several competitions during last weekend's Animas River Days' festivities.

Jackson Kayak: Review of the new 2010 All Star as a C1 Firstly, this boat is nothing like the old All Star. This boat is shorter, with more volume at the knees, different stern and shorter nose.

Small World Adventures: Help the Topo River! Ecuador's rivers are under heavy pressure right now from a government that is eager for development. There is a long list of rivers in Ecuador that the government is looking to dam to generate hydro power.

adidas Sickline: Campo Freestyle Cup Campo is a small village located at the base of the Pyrenees, offering a great view at the awesome landscape all around.

LL Ladies Lounge: Rogue river adventure: Day 2 and 3 Steve used an inflatable kayak while Josh and I paddled in our spud boats. Our gear boat was captained by Josh's mom, Debbie. She was actually one of the first women to row rafts on the grand canyon.

Got Boof?: Cucumber and McClintock The two largest rapids of the creek were a two-tiered waterfall we boofed down the center on and a tight rock jumble before the tunnel that required a stroke or two to keep from getting beat up in the hole and taking a trip through the tunnel sans boat.

Jackson Kayak: John McConville: Midwest update 4 Opening up the morning with a bang, Chris Baer, Nathan Borth and I fired up The Encampment River with great lines all around.

David Taylor Maurier: Piute Creek I hiked all the way up that drainage, and up Piute Creek to the pass some 15 miles up the trail when I was a kid and always wanted to get back there to boat it.

Hans Heupink: Paddling in Zeeland: Oosterschelde - Westerschelde Weather was great, impressive Dutch sky's, sunny and dry. Sea state was a joy: good wind and waves! I do admit the first day was heavy: battling 45 km against the wind.

surfski.info: Michelle Eder won: Big Durban Surf Matt Bouman extended his unbeaten run in the Discovery Men's Health surf ski series with an emphatic victory in the Island Tribe Scottburgh Surf Classic, while Michelle Eder posted her maiden series win in tricky South Coast surf conditions.

Ke Nalu SUP: Big Winds SUP race I wandered back to the hook and people started showing up. Soon there was a surprisingly large crowd. I had jersey number 46, and there were a lot more people that signed up after me.

Jackson Kayak: The Hero video We experienced great flows, sweet weather and wonderfull 14 days of kayaking.

PaddleBlogs: Its cooler in Mountains, even in Oklahoma The long hot summer has set in here in Oklahoma. However, you can still find flowing water on the Mountain Fork River in Southeastern Oklahoma.

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