Playak News Flash 2009-07-10

Playak News Flash - July 10, 2009

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Playak: Review: Kokatat Meridian Drysuit The drysuit is comfortable to wear on and off the water. Getting in and out of the drysuit is easy. The material makes the drysuit very comfortable to paddle.

Playak: Interview: Vince Shay I got involved with kayaking about eight years ago when I decided to get a Necky Rip to do rivers. Never had any idea to really surf kayaks, really. I mainly dabbled, very briefly, doing some Class 3, Class IV, and very easy Class V on the Kern River in California.

Palm Blogs: Summer on glorious Thames: Part 1 However when the river levels drop and the sun comes out the Thames takes on a different persona so aptly described by Jerome K Jerome in the classic novel 'Three men in a boat'.Tranquil waters, gentle currents and a generous smattering of riverside teashops and pubs make this river a classic UK touring paddle.

Dagger Blogs: A day in the life... Once here, you may notice that the Yule Creek (Woohoo) and Crystal converge just up the hill from Marble. Beyond here, the Crystal goes richter via the ominous Inner Gorge, then pitters out for a ways till the town of Crystal. Here, the river plunges off a relatively clean and highly aesthetic falls, called the Crystal Mill Falls. Beyond Crystal Mill Falls, the North Fork and South Fork of the Crystal split off and go their separate ways.

Max Bilbow: Warming up for Russia Nothing but tight drops and slides all the way to the take out. I haven't felt the need to wear elbow pads in a while but this run seemed worthy.

Stone And Water: 65' Jump Creek Falls and Middle Fork Steeps Updates I was pretty concerned with the green water at the bottom of the falls so I opted to "ghost boat" my kayak off the lip to see what would happen. It had a perfect line that would of only required someone to be sitting in the seat to clean up the drop very nicely.

Team Pyranha: Karnali video The Karnali was released this season and rounds out the River Runner Series from Pyranha Kayak's whitewater range.

Jackson Kayak: 4th July adventures Firstly we got on the Green and helped out moving wood that clogged up Rapid transit as well as the tree that was just after Go Left. It feels good to do your bit for the river, helping out the locals make this river just that much safer was awesome.

Cumec Magazine: Backyard Australia - Sevens Creek Sevens Creek, aka Seven Creeks, flows through the Strathbogie Ranges in central Victoria about two hours north of Melbourne.

PaddleBlogs: Freeky: Pure Love We couldn't find any good information about the drops, we just knew that you have to walk for a while "a few hundred meters" and then you will see the spot. The canyon is very narrow, and there is a huge rock that seemed to roll down the hill and now it looks like a perfect bridge across the canyon.

Playak: Review: NRS Inversion Drysuit The dry suit is comfortable to wear on and off the water. The dry suit is comfortably fitting and easy to move around in. The gaskets are pretty tight but not cutting off circulation. Getting in and out of the dry suit is easy (slip into the left arm and the neck first.

Immersion Research: Yukon River Quest and Team Bugman The Yukon River Quest is the longest annual canoe and kayak race in the world. Except for two mandatory rest stops totaling 10 hours, paddlers race non-stop over the 742 kilometers (460 miles) to Dawson City.

SUP Surf: Giving Birth to an S.I.C. F-14 SUP Race Board The top half already had the EVA deckpad attached. I'm not sure how it was done like that but it almost seemed like magic.

Paddling Instructor Blog: Point 65 Kayaks Snags top Scandinavian Designer [Kayak Design] Point 65 Kayaks announced the addition of a new designer to their team, Magnus De Brito who is one of Scandinavia's leading product designers.

PeakUK: WWR Europeans The course this year was continuous and demanding, as was the heat that the teams needed to contend with. With both classic (15-17 mins) and sprint (500m) events to contest in both individual and team events the programme lasts for 5 tough days of racing for the athletes.

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