Playak News Flash 2009-08-28

Playak News Flash - August 28, 2009

Message of the Day

Freestyle Worlds: All #Thun Tweets on Playak As a special service for the Freestyle World Championships in Thun, I created the 'Worlds Wall'. The wall automatically shows all tweets, blog posts and other news about the worlds. To get included, write the tag #Thun in your tweets or blog post titles. A short list with the latest tweets is shown on the right side of every page on Playak, and there is also a special page with complete details, links etc.

News Watch Headlines

Palm Blogs: World Freestyle Championships: final preparations It's been a busy summer of paddling! I spent most of the past 3 months in Norway where I have been doing a mixture of creeking, extreme races, coaching for Gene17, playboating and freestyle competitions.

PaddleBlogs: Jeroen: #Thun Lower Wave(s) This is a nice wave train after the second lock in Thun, about half a mile from the Worlds Wave.

PaddleBlogs: Jeroen: #Thun Billy Harris Video Update 1 Here is a short video of Worlds Update from Thun Switzerland by your host Billy Harris.

Wavesport Blogs: Need a mental boost? Whitewater kayaking is a mind sport. As a paddler you must be confident in your abilities and able to focus your mind, letting everything else fade away but the drop. Here's a few tips for those who need a little mental boost: 1. When your on the river, know your abilities. No matter h...

Wavesport Blogs: Follow the World Freestyle Kayak Championships in Thun Keep up with the latest World Freestyle Kayak Championship tweets over at Playak's Thun wall. Only a few more days until the event begins. http://playak.com/twitterwall.php

Tribe News: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia The Srepok river, outside of Buon Ma Thot, offers easily accessible waterfalls with many lines to choose from.

AS Watersports: Surf Boats Galore! After trying and loving the shops demo Valley Rush 7/2 Jim decided to go all the way and buy one for himself. Jim went for a clear gel coat with metal flake, and black fade.

LiquidLore: Stave River The second half of the first day was largely wide open valley. A lot was great read and run, with one section in the middle that took quite a bit of time to sort out with several notable rapids in quick succession that required some not straight foward scouting.

LVM TV: The Fall of Kayaking I traveled up to the burrough of Ohiopyle this weekend to check out the Over the Falls festival. A good time was had by all, both the large crowd and kayakers.

Freestyle Worlds Thun: Updated training schedule online Please notice the changes in the schedule for the teamtrainings.

Jimbo Meador: Kayak Fishing is Bigger than Ever Kayak fishing was popular before the economical problems started but there is more reason now than ever before to choose kayak fishing and is demonstrated by the fact that it is growing faster than any other segment of the fishing industry.

Canadian Ckayaker: Maelström's Vaag 174 The Vaag, with it's much greater rocker and smaller hatches is more at home at play in rougher water in conditions where stability and maneuverability are in greater demand.

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