Playak News Flash 2009-07-13

Playak News Flash - July 13, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Playak: Meet Playak @ OR Helga and I will be visiting the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City next week. For those who don't have a booth at OR and would like to meet us, please drop me a mail. We will be there for the complete show, but since we don't have a booth either, it's easier to meet if fix a date in advance.

Immersion Research: Swiss and Italian Alps creeking Finn Burrows, a Dagger Europe paddler, checks in with some quality creeking from the Swiss and Italian Alps.

Whitewater-Koa: Over the Fijord and far away You had to roll in, hit a pool, push right on a shallow but fast ledge but not too far right, then boof off a drop onto a slide and pillow then come out down the slide and off a kicker into the pool.

Playak Product News: Kokatat: Ronin Pro Kokatat is pleased to announce that the Ronin Pro Rescue Life Jacket will be available in the USA for 2010. The Ronin Pro was launched in 2007 for the Canadian market, followed by the European market in 2008.

PeakUK: Big 5 Kayak Challenge #5: Update 4 The Big 5 Kayak Challenge team have now entered Alaskan waters and reached the half way point of their journey along the inside passage. We met up with the team at Ketchikan, Alaska's first city and 'Salmon Capital of The World'.

Fraser Valley WW: Callaghan Creek Callaghan Creek is one of the many awesome creek runs around Whistler B.C. This creek has a few sections. The section we paddled is somewhere in the middle and considerably steeper than the others. The high light of this run is the super clean 15 footer and the even cleaner 25 footer.

The Lake is the Boss: Calhoun Rolling Rolling classes always seem to draw a crowd. I guess the 'Eskimo roll' is thought of as the ultimate kayaking skill, although I've always believed in the adage, "Roll for show, brace for dough".

Paddle Press: Wenonah Canoe, Inc.: Wenonah Canoe Welcomes Dana Henry to In-House Sales Team Wenonah Canoe, Inc. is excited to welcome Dana Henry to the company effective 01 August 2009. Dana's joins Wenonah's sales team with responsibilities including oversight of customer service, direct sales representation for Minnesota and Wisconsin and strategic planning and execution for the Wenonah Canoe and Current Designs brands.

SUP Surf: Penetrator Run with Pono Bill Another interesting thing that happened that day was that I saw a shark as I was paddling. I looked to my right side down below and saw a shark about my size, I stopped and the shark swam off.

Am. Whitewater: USFS offers brief Chattooga update Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief of the National Forest System, recently provided American Whitewater with a brief update on the status of the long-overdue management plan for the Wild and Scenic Upper Chattooga River, located in NC, SC, and GA.

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