Playak News Flash 2009-09-22

Playak News Flash - September 22, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Playak: New: Fluid Detox M For kayakers who want a creekboat with a playboat hull; for kayakers who want to run rivers and play on the way down; for kayakers who want an easy boat to learn to kayak - there has never been a better-suited kayak than the Detox.

PeakUK: Steve Brooks - Zanskar Part One Steve and Ute managed to get a lift for 3 days with Slime, Aquaterra and the team to the put in. The first part took them through some amazing landscape resembling the moon, old Buddhist monasteries, past trucks that had fallen over the edge and finally onto Kargil, right on the border with Pakistan in Kashmir.

CKS Blog: Surftech BARK 14′ EXP SUP Board Review The Surftech BARK 14′ Expeditionary board is a touring / racing / training vessel that will fit nicely into any SUP'ers quiver. It accelerates quickly(and easily), is very stable and has many features that will allow someone to turn this board into an expeditionary machine ready to explore coastal and inland treasures.

Justine Curgenven: Rannoch Moor crossing Crossing Rannoch Moor is one of the classic Scottish canoe journeys, which can form part of a crossing of the whole of Scotland from West to east. I wanted to film this varied journey for my upcoming canoeing DVD, and experienced and talented canoeists Dave Rossetter and Scott Simon volunteered to take me and Barry across the moor ( in reality looking after us as much as they were being filmed on the adventure).

Paddle Press: Kokatat: Kokatat and Anna Levesque Foster Women's Paddling Through Host of Projects Kokatat, a 38-year-old, independent paddlewear and accessories company, is a founding sponsor of Anna Levesque's "Girls At Play" paddling program. Girls At Play (GAP) is an organization designed to encourage female participation in watersports and to empower women in their daily lives.

Mike Dawson: Paddling in Otz The course is tight and technical, and with more water can push you around a little bit.

Playak: Pelican Sound 120 XE - New The Hull is extremely stable, all sizes are easy to paddle and track extremely straight.

surfski.info: Sydney Race 1: Dee Why Rocks to Reef (Australia) As we enter the final weeks before daylight saving, the sessions get earlier and longer, the windbreakers are traded for light thermals and the booties get left at home.

ICF: A day of gripping races enthralls the crowd at Crestuma With so many nations and so many Juniors participating in this year's ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Stefan Gustafsson, member of the ICF Canoe Marathon Committee and commentator in the event, said he felt the future of Canoe Marathon is well and truly secure.

Wavesport Blogs: National Geographic Yangtze Last Descent Video... Finally! The latest version of the last descent of the Great Bend of the Yangtze river with Travis Winn and Last Descents River Expeditions, edited by the Epicocity Project.

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