Playak News Flash 2009-07-15

Playak News Flash - July 15, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Paddle Press: Johnson Outdoors Announces Consolidation of Watercraft Brands' Operations Johnson Outdoors Inc. (Nasdaq:JOUT), a leading global outdoor recreation company, today announced it is consolidating operations for its paddle sport brands in Old Town, Maine by the end of September 2009 as part of a comprehensive effort to improve profitability of its Watercraft business unit.

CKS Squad: Silver Falls During our trip in that neck of the woods, we also had the opportunity to paddle the Little White, Green Truss, Cispus, and Ohanaposche Rivers.

Adrian Shanahan: A basic guide to plastic / kayak welding… This is one of those things that always seems to crop up either after the annual pilgrimage to the Alps or after a big dump of rain after a long dry spell. Contrary to what allot of folks seem to thing these days kayaks are large designed to paddle down rivers avoiding rocks and obstacles as opposed to being rock ramming machines.

Johnny Misadventures: Roller Coaster Wave Slave River The wave was unreal. Big and fast with a huge pile. It would green out the odd time. Well a lot of the time but it was still a blast to paddle.

LiquidLore: Middle Cheak The Middle Cheak delivered in a big way! The Whistler guys run it often enough, but aside from that you don't hear much about it. I'd paddled down to the first drop of the Middle in the past, but never bothered to keep going and see what was next.

C1 freestyle blog: Eurocup 2009 The Eurocup in Lienz provided by far the best playspot. The organization was also the best. I was surprised to see a great audience during the finals.

Evan Garcia: Ohanapecosh River, Silver Falls After a sick/epic day on the Cispus with good juice flow we camped out at the take out of that run readying us for another day out in WA. Our first choice was the Clear fork of the Cowlitz, which was looking low and full of wood. Then with a little fear and starry stout gleam we drove back to Silver Falls only a few short minutes up the road.

Canadian Ckayaker: Safety in Paradise... The local kayak club together with the Avalon Dragon Boat club and the Tumblehome Canoe club put together a day on the water of Octagon Pond in Paradise, a town just outside of St John's, Newfoundland. The theme of the day was 'safety'.

sea kayaking dot net: Extended Paddle, one-handed and c-to-c rolls Vintage footage (1928) from the Alaska states archives showing native skinboat sea kayakers demonstrating extended paddle, one-handed, and c-to-c rolls.

Sebago Canoe Club: Youth Paddle 2009 Once all the youth and Sebago helpers were on the water we paddled out under the Belt Parkway Bridge, beached for a break, and then paddled back to Sebago.

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