Playak News Flash 2009-07-19

Playak News Flash - July 19, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Palm Blogs: Iceland: Dream Result! Camping in Iceland during the summer months is always a challenge due to the 24 hour sunlight and the extremely changeable weather. Luckily for us Iceland has a constant stream of natural hotsprings offering welcome refuge to the weary kayaker!

Fraser Valley WW: Cayoosh Chasm Until the dam was built this would have been inaccesible due to the flow of water, but now the Cayoosh has been cut back. Of course, should something fail in the mechanics of the power station, the Cayoosh would surge from 36 cfs to 1200 cfs in seconds, flooding the chasm instantly.

Total WW Fun: Madboy: Review This year Dragorossi came out with the Madboy as their new river running creeker. I have been loving mine taking it down down mellow class III-IV as well as V+. The Madboy is a fast boat with responsive playfull edges.

PeakUK US: " HAYMAKER " announced!! HH FILMS is proud to announce our next full length film, HAYMAKER. This smash hit film will be released world-wide in 2010.

WWTCC: The Big weekender! This year the event was once again blessed with wall to wall sun shine and a perfect water level.

Canoe Kayak: Texas Water Safari The thermometer held steady at 101 degrees and the humidity was 60 percent, which added up to a demoralizing heat index of 133 degrees. Even more dismaying was the news that the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers, which comprise the first 250 miles of the Safari course, were at historically low levels

Am. Whitewater: Cheoah river restoration report released Over the past few years, state and federal resource agencies collected physical and biological data to investigate the effect of minimum flows and ramping rates on aquatic resources in the bypassed reach of the Cheoah River.

Werner: Mary DeRiemer featured in new AW magazine Mary DeRiemer, a long time Werner Ambassador, is featured in this months AW magazine. The issue has a lot of great content about the "Woman of Whitewater" and how woman have both influenced, and been influenced by paddling.

Valentin Grollemund: Kayak Film Festival: Results On saturday 11th, the kayak film festival took place in L'Argentière La Bessée. I had the chance to be in the jury of this festival. It was nice to discover and enjoy again these films on a big screen!!

WWTCC: Venture Kayak Flex It has the most stable hull Venture has ever designed, it is reliable, safe and super comfortable. It is spacious enough to help you find the perfect seating position and features a large cockpit for easy entry.

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