Playak News Flash 2009-09-05

Playak News Flash - September 5, 2009

Message of the Day

Thun Freestyle Worlds – Live Video Stream At the time I send this mail, live video streaming from the Freestyle Worlds in Thun has started. You can view the last 2 days of the competitions live online. The stream is provided by freecaster.tv and is also embedded in other web sites, such as icf-thun2009.ch, KayakSession.com, worldkayakblogs.com, Kanumagazin.de, and Playak.com. PS Non-freestyle-fans: one more day and the Playak News Watch will have a bit more variety again :)

News Watch Headlines

Nick Troutman: Big Air Ramp Practice (ed. Great Youtube Video) Here at the World Championships, they have set up plenty of this to do and watch other than just the kayaking, so there has been demonstrations by professional athletes, video premieres, and a BIG AIR RAMP.

KS Freestyle Worlds Coverage #Thun: Day 4 Video: Quarter Finals K1 KayakSession provides cool video summaries from the ICF Freesytle Worlds in Thun. Here is the video for day 4.

Palm Blogs: Ladies day: Day 4 in Thun In the crowd of ladies, were two new nations competing at the Worlds, Prossy Merembe from Uganda and Sunuwar Rai Susmita from Nepal. Both were very nervous and both have a great time in front of the people of Thun.

Werner: Werner Team Paddler, Matt Young shares photos from his Norway trip. NY's Matt Young is just back from his first white water trip to Norway and he claims, "There are more rivers than I could ever paddle in a lifetime."

LVM TV: Nepal: Kayaking ultra-classic rivers A year has passed since I visited the Buddha's birth country, and I cannot wait to return. The Himalayas play host to all types of ultra-classic rivers that are just there for the slaying.

Wavesport Blogs: Devils extreme race 2009 I won all my runs and then there was a final. I was like Holy shit these three other guys are Olympic slalomers. So I went hard and didn't give any chance to these guys to pass me.

PaddleBlogs: Jeroen: #Thun Quarter Finals K1 Full Results Full results from the Quarter Finals K1 Women & Men.

Eric Jackson: EJ's Training Log from this summer- Section 1 I figured I might as well post my training log up on the website as it may be helpful to aspiring paddlers wanting to compete in the world championships one day.

Paddle Press: ICF: High-scoring juniors point to bright future for freestyle While the weather was less than spectacular, the competition during the second day of the International Canoe Federation Freestyle World Championships was.

Dagger Blogs: Adventures NYC Event -- Paddling in Central Park! Confluence and EMS teamed up to provide a unique paddling experience for New Yorkers in Central Park as part of the Adventures NYC event. Put on by NYC parks, the event encourages city dwellers to get outside and take advantage of the active opportunities in their beautiful park system.

PaddleBlogs: Jeroen: Freestyle Worlds 2009 - Final Results Squirt #Thun Here is Freestyle Worlds 2009 - final results Squirt from Thun Switzerland.

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