Playak News Flash 2009-09-11

Playak News Flash - September 11, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Wavesport Blogs: Looking back at the Worlds in Thun What an exciting two weeks! The wave was not easy, as it kept changing from session to session. Sometimes nice and steep with a good foam pile, sometimes flat without any speed and hard to stick moves. I definitely had some ups and downs in training sessions, but on overall felt pretty good about my paddling, as I was fairly consistent all the time.

Eric Jackson: The Big Event Draws to a Close… Yesterday was a very fitting finals, and one to be remembered. Thousands of spectators, cheering loudly, stopping on the stands, a giant TV screen showing our rides as we went, Arndt Schaeflein on announcing and the music blaring.The energy was incredible.

adidas Sickline: Markus Hummel becomes 4th at Freestyle World Championships One of them especially stood out of the crew: Markus Hummel. With 193.333 points during his final run of the C1 group, he secured his fourth place.

PaddleBlogs: Playback with Steve Fisher: Kanumesse 2009 That's right paddlers in Europe… I've just bought my ticket to Germany to attend Kanumesse (Sept 17th-19th) - Europe's no. 1 paddle sports retailer convention! I'll be coming along as a representative for Riot Kayaks, to help with tech specs on the various designs etc. But what get's me excited is the slide show/video presentation that I'll be doing at the final party on the evening of Saturday the 19th.

PaddleBlogs: Freeky: "Old run, new life" [rauma experience] We saw him going over the lip and down….at first it looked like a perfect line, though, his boat kept rotating forward and we saw him disappearing in the mist. We waited those long seconds until we saw his boat coming out, and his paddle, but no signals of him. I started paddling hard to the waterfall and gigo went for the boat, realizing that Thorpie was still there unconscious.

PeakUK: Freestyle World Champs 2009 Thun was the host for the 2009 ICF freestyle world Championships a vibrant town in the heart of the Swiss mountains. The event had a great atmosphere with spectators arriving to watch the worlds best preform at one of the biggest Championships held to date, with more nations entering than ever before including Nepal and Uganda.

Dagger Blogs: Andrew's top day runs The takeout for the one day run is probably one of the most incredible places I have ever been, its only icing on the cake that the rapids are world class too.

LiquidLore: Big Silver Skunk Fest The whole Big Silver zone is exceptional. The water is that brilliant green color, and the gorges are steep and deep.

PDX River Explorers: Upper Upper Cispus River "Last but not Least" Paddlers should think hard about running the falls just down stream from the put in, wood has gathered in the exit rapid that flows out of the pool below the falls. Most of the paddlers ran the falls on this day, while a few of us portaged.

Palm Blogs: If Scotland did freestyle… These waves are a little temperamental in terms of level as they need a lot of water and when that happens the road down the side of the river tends to flood, although it does drop very quickly once the rain stops so you shouldn't be stuck for too long.

BRT Insights: C to G Run, SF American River There were lots of kayakers, IKers, rafters and inner tubers on the river, but crowds seemed no greater than normal even though this was a 3-day holiday weekend.

Paddle Press: Kokatat: Northern Lights Expedition Completes Greenland Phase Northern Lights Expeditions, a project seeking to establish links between children of isolated indigenous communities of the Arctic and children of the U.K., has completed the first phase of this three-part service project.

Global Surfski: New surfski from Zedtech After the race Zedtech decided to add more volume to the front deck. That way the ski will be able to handle rough water and upwind heavy sea conditions even better.

Paddle Press: Jackson Kayak: Troutman dethrones Eric Jackson; joins Emily Jackson with new World title While he wasn't able to hang onto his World Champion title, Eric Jackson said he's proud of the results of his family and his team at the 2009 edition of International Canoe Federation Freestyle World Championships last week.

Novice SUP Surf: Nah Skwel 7'8" - Total Parameter Reset The Nah-Skwell 7'8, is a highly competitive stand-up paddling short-board. Already very radical in smallish waves, it will allow the most experienced riders to attack waves up to 2.5m.

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