Playak News Flash 2009-09-07

Playak News Flash - September 7, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Playak: ICF Freestyle World Championships - Results Complete and final results from the ICF Kayak Freestyle World Championships 2009 in Thun, Switzerland.

PaddleBlogs: Playback with Steve Fisher: 'The Ultimate Ride' Trailer Many of my trips around the world end up on TV, but because of rights issues etc, they regularly don't find their way into the kayak community. But on this occasion we've gotten lucky.

KS Freestyle Worlds Coverage #Thun: Day 6 Report If there is one thing I love about paddling it is playing in the surf, but not because of the "rush." Although it is of course fun, for me it is the challenge of controlling a kayak in these conditions and testing my skills that gets me excited to paddle out again and again as things get rolling. Core skills like torso rotation and edge control become even more important as waves wash over your bow and stern and essentially try and lock your kayak in place. It is here that we start today's short lesson, because if we do not "get below the deck" with our paddling, we will never transition all the work our upper body is doing into the water efficiently.

Tony Paradise: Another way to Avondale Avondale is a popular paddling destination in the area of St. John's. Its about a 70 km drive if you put-in in Avondale. Sometimes I want to put-in closer to home and save the gas. There's more than one way to skin a cat they say and so it is with getting to Avondale.

Palm Blogs: the Final day in Thun Wall to wall blue bird sky, with searing early Autumn sunshine made for what is a change maker. The older generation finally fell to the youth, and like father handing on the baton to the son, its all change at the top of the World Freestyle arena with Jackson Kayaks and the Jackson family ringing the changes. American Emily Jackson won K1W, along with her husband Canadian Nick Troutman in K1M, younger brother Dane was 2nd in the Juniors and their Father, EJ was 2nd in the Mens.

AS Watersports: New Ocean Kayaks; The Nalu and the Torque Ocean Kayak have just released two new models, The Nalu and The Torque angler. They will be on display to the public for the first time at the South Hampton boat show, But they will be available to demo for the first time at this years South West Canoe Show.

Wavesport Blogs: Tuck n' Duck Technique The Tuck n' Duck is one of the more important techniques to learn when paddling big water and simply learning how to take on bigger waves.

Hans Heupink: A Scandinavian cousin for the Anas Acuta Björn takes the Illorsuit design to a higher level: still based upon the traditional Greenland design with the beauty and harmony of the traditional lines, but with a modern hull shape and hydrodynamics, using the latest knowledge of 21st century-kayak design.

Freya Hoffmeister: Day 230, Friday, 04.09.2009 Text message from Freya: 30.49 115.11, Wedge Island. 65 km, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. Nice following winds all day! Got two surfski escort paddlers, John and Ashley, for an hour or so before I was paddling for two hours in the low breaker zone of a wide breaker line, getting wet allover, but fun, stubborn to go out again where some higher breakers may be lurking.

Justine Curgenven: Wind & rain We had a fun trip out to the Skerries, and enjoyed seeing about 30 curious seals and plenty of seabirds. Today we ventured to Rhoscolyn and battled into the wind out to the Beacon, before a downwind paddle along the coast, then sneaking back to the beach, sticking close to shore.

Kayak Session: Daily report: Day 5 Semi Finals The weather gods were kind and the Semi Finals of the ICF World Freestyle Championships in Thun opened with sunshine and good water levels. Thanks to great planning by the organizer the events didn't start until the afternoon, giving athletes a well deserved rest from paddling and partys. Good weather and a late start also meant a huge crowd of spectators packed the stands to watch Great for the event, great for the sport of kayaking.

Immersion Research: Touring Tech Tips with Danny Mongno If there is one thing I love about paddling it is playing in the surf, but not because of the "rush." Although it is of course fun, for me it is the challenge of controlling a kayak in these conditions and testing my skills that gets me excited to paddle out again and again as things get rolling. Core skills like torso rotation and edge control become even more important as waves wash over your bow and stern and essentially try and lock your kayak in place. It is here that we start today's short lesson, because if we do not "get below the deck" with our paddling, we will never transition all the work our upper body is doing into the water efficiently.

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