Playak News Flash 2009-08-13

Playak News Flash - August 13, 2009

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PeakUK: Pringle in Norway On the way here I was expecting the wave not to nearly be as good as it is. Is left sided mainly but both directions work here. Its quite fast and steep and when its the right level and you hit it right you can throw pretty big moves.

PaddleBlogs: Playback with Steve Fisher: 'Dream Result' Trailer While many of my kayaking outings these days seem to be for a variety of shows that rarely get seen by the core kayaking audience, it's the kayaking video that remain close to my heart.

Freya Hoffmeister: Day 205, Monday, 10.08.2009 No paddling today! Blog updating, e-mailing, pre-checking Google Earth, repairs, washing, shopping...the usual chores. The weather is a bit unsettled now after that lovely week, but I'll paddle tomorrow across Shark Bay to Cape Peron, and then will head towads Denham to wait what the weather will be doing next week for ...

Experience Bliss-Stick: Mill Creek, a West VIrginia Classic! After numerous storms yielding no fruit, we were finally lucky to get on Mill Creek last Friday. Mill is a WV classic, with the first mile being fun class IV, the second mile being solid class IV-V, and a sweet 20 footer that separates the two. The more I paddle the Mystic, the more I like i...

Hans Heupink: Who is this i....?! Telegraaf - August, 7th. 2009This is the kind of attention in the press (Telegraaf - one of Netherland's most read daily papers) for the magnificent sport of seakayaking I am not too fond of...Translated - summary:A lot of work because of an "unteachable" kayakerDEN HELDER – Since a few days a...

WK Throwdown: Slave River Paddle Fest, Northwest Territories After shelving the project more than 20 years ago, industry is once again looking at hydro development on the Slave River on the N.W.T.- Alberta border.

Team Pyranha: Independence Day in Cheesman Canyon It was only our second day in Colorado, but it was shaping up to be a long one. It was almost ten o'clock and we were already supposed to be at the put-in, but instead we were stashing a bike behind some bushes at the Corral Creek trailhead.

KayakQuixotica: roll with it Sometimes you simply roll with it. Like today, when the cat died. It's not the way one would normally expect to start a day. Sunlight rising on the eastern horizon can portend a lot of things but rarely is it the death of a cat. One would hope you would get your coffee before the sad discov...

Wavesport Blogs: Kayaking to stop climate change The Epicocity Project along with Sam Drevo of Northwest River Guides organized a practice action in preparation for the 350 International Day of Climate Action, forming the number 350 out of kayaks floating in the Willamette River.

SeaKayakPhoto.com: A lone kayaker was dwarfed by the scale of the landscape. Sunday, the first of March, dawned with the summits of the distant hills of Ardgour to the west catching the rays......of a sun still hidden below the icy mass of the Mamores to the east.We were soon paddling round the islands of Loch Leven below the shapely curves of Sgorr na Ciche.From the islands...

Wilderness Systems: Coastal Kayak Adventure: Boy Scout Style I have been a Boy Scout Leader for over ten years and a Scoutmaster for Troop 25 here in Aransas Pass long enough to make some great memories with great kids on very adventurous kayak trips and this summer has been as good as any.

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