Playak News Flash 2009-07-04

Playak News Flash - July 4, 2009

News Watch Headlines

adidas Sickline: Deb in the French Alps After what seems like a really long and uneventful spring term at school back in the U.K, the overnight drive to the southern French Alps was a shear pleasure. I was so happy to get out of the flat dry areas of the U.K and hit the mountains and melt water of the Durance area in France.

rockratrobinson: Three days on the Durance The river did eventually leave the gorge and this meant we were left with a lovely float through Briancon, doffing our caps at any one that looked down on us, back down to where the minibus awaited.

Savannah Canoe and Kayak: The New Bullitt X-S ! The stern is narrower and slicer and with greater exit rocker making for a snappier feel. The original Bullitt S was a chopped down version of the IC Bullitt with the 'chopped' parts taken from the ends. This new design is largely the IC Bullitt, but with the 'chopped parts taken from the middle.

Billy Harris: Mission: Shindig Manitoba The event is based around a beautiful wave called Sturgeon and it was fantastic. At a higher level it was not as steep as you might think it would be.

Sea-Boo-Photos: When playboaters attack Playboaters were drawn to the Wausau Whitewater Park this weekend with the promise of three open holes at the top of the course. A weekend filled with all kinds of slalom racing events. I have always loved the grace and discipline of slalom boating. It's an incredible sport.

Palm Blogs: Back in Norway The drop consists of a 9-10m mandatory boof into a tiny (it's smaller than it looks) pool, before plunging directly over another 12-13m drop with one or two rocky ledges waiting to punish any mistakes. You cannot see the halfway pool until you are right on the lip and it therefore feels a lot like boofing off the edge of the world.

A Wet State (CA): Middle Stanislaus, Dardanelles There were two gorges that would certainly kill you, there was another gorge that would be class IV-V if it weren't chalked full of log jams requiring a portage, there was 7 miles of high stress, tree around every corner class II to III.

P&H Paddlers: Prolonging summer How to prolong the summer paddling time as a European paddler? Right ,you go for the Mediterranian Sea in spring or autumn and enjoy the real summer at home. This spring we went for Corsica with a Cetus and a PE Capella

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