Playak News Flash 2009-07-21

Playak News Flash - July 21, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Palm Blogs: Meanwhile in Vietnam….. The British Universities Kayak Expedition 2009 is well underway. A long, and somewhat convoluted journey across China (which turns out to be quite big), into Vietnam and ended with the team plus boats in Hanoi.

PaddleBlogs: Paddling videos, pictures and tales: The Swiss-Italian dream So after introductions by the side of the road and a bit of a chit chat we set off for our first river of the week, the Glenner: an awesome little run from start to finish.

Alpine Quest: The Big South Everyone we met or saw on the river was super friendly. With Kevin knowing the run really well, and a really solid crew joining us all, it was easy to blast through all the boogy and middle rapids.

CKS Blog: The Buena Vista Whitewater Park in Buena Vista, CO Here's a YouTube video of from the upper hole at 1000cfs. This video was shot a few days ago (July 16, 2009) by the South Main crew.

PaddleBlogs: Madamax: Paddling Saphire canyon This stretch of wilderness remains an exceptionnal trip, taking passengers to spectacular canyons and sceneries.

Range Life: The Chelan Gorge is Neat-O The bottom of the first rapid is formed by a tight constriction with plenty of funny water in front of it. The hole, at 350 cfs, is small in size, but curiously strong .. and difficult to hit with the proper combination of speed and angle, which produced some interesting results.

PeakUK US: Potomac Fest This year's boatercross was a rolling format- 3 rounds with 3 different courses, increasing in difficulty and finishing with tricky lines through Little Falls. The boat length cut off was 7.0 feet, the idea being to race in playboats. I brought along my trusty small Ammo (6'9").

playak.tv: Molenaars River in flood Abrie and I coming down Hotel Rapid at flood level. Good fun! Abrie trying out some hole surfing in his small orange Solo. I'm in the large green Fluid Solo. Video footage kindly by Niell Taylor.

ACA: The Power of Paddlers In a clear victory for the Paddling Community. The Legislature's JCAR Committee, meeting in Springfield, July 15 voted eleven in favor (with one member voting present) to send The Dam Safety Rule# 3703 back to the DNR to be completely rewritten.

Simon Willis: Madagascar Circumnavigated by Kayak The goal had been attempted over two years by Simon Osbourne of Sea Kayaking Cornwall. I recorded a Podcast with Simon when he and Phil Clegg were part way around.

Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association: Best trip: Lake Michigan Manitou Islands The crossing over to South Manitou turned out to be pleasant and uneventful. We made the trip in about 2.5 hours, helped by a favorable breeze at our back.

Happy Paddlin': ESP Outdoors and Penguin Paddler's Demo Evening What a blast we had a Whiskey Town Lake just west of Redding CA last Friday night. The weather could not have been more agreeable. The lucky people that call this area their home are fortunate to have nice warm water to play in.

SUP Surf: JEVER SUP World Cup 2009 – Race Recap Hamburg, 12th of July 2009 27.000 spectators, 143 participants, six proud winners, a lot of new infected Stand Up Paddler, an easy going surf atmosphere amidst the Hamburg HafenCity, high spirited after show party's, action on the water of the Elbe and a lot of fun – short, the JEVER SUP World Cup Hamburg 2009 was a thorough success.

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