Playak News Flash 2009-08-02

Playak News Flash - August 2, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Nick Troutman: High Tension Session we haven't seen Garberator this summer, it does mean that we have been able to check out a ton of different play spots instead. It also means that the water levels have been abnormally high for the whole Ottawa Valley region. With the rise of the Gautinue River came the wave known as HIGH TENSION!

Immersion Research: BC 09 Video This is a good mix of creeking on the Callaghan, Cheakamus,and,Rogers with some freestyle from the Skook.We had 7 days in BC and were able to take full advantage. It was a great week, paddling everyday.

PeakUK US: The Taureau The best whitewater in New England is in Quebec. The Taureau section of the Jacques Cartier might be my new favorite river. It is a fifteen mile, class IV and V river at the bottom of a boreal gorge lined with massive granite domes.

JK Camp: Huck Update, the Adventure Begins We crammed into the camp van and we on our way to the unknown river, it was unknown because the campers are not permitted to know what river we are going to. 45 minutes into the drive, we picked up professional kayaker Andrew Holcombe.

Teva Blog: Simon Strohmeier wins German Kayak Freestyle Championships The world famous "Washing Machine" was place of another dramatic battle for the crown the best German Kayak Freestyler. Despite some serious lack of training Teva Tribe member Simon Strohmeier entered the Championships to compete against the super strong local paddlers, who been showing some incredible moves in their home spot lately.

JK Camp: Huck's first descent of the Gauley river Everyone was making guesses about the next exciting whitewater adventure we were going to have, but none of them seemed to make sense. When we arrived at the Green River in North Carolina, most of us were terrified that our crazy councilors were going to have us run the narrows (Class IV and V rapids made for pro's only).

Palm Blogs: Summer Saviour The fun rapids are split between two sections, the upper and the lower, doing laps of both is the best way to go about the afternoon as it only takes ten minutes to walk back to the top. Please don't paddle between the sections as it's longer than you think!

Immersion Research: Upper Yough Race Wrap Up Congratulations goes out to all the competitors. The Upper Yough Race is unique in the "extreme" race category because of the nature of the whitewater.

Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association: Lake Michigan Rescue Practice report: Some lessons learned I wanted to thank some of the experienced paddlers for teaching us many ways to do rescues and giving us tips on a lot of things.

Am. Whitewater: AW weighs in on Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone Management The US Forest Service is currently in the process of implementing a new river management plan for the Wild and Scenic Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River.

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