Playak News Flash 2009-09-29

Playak News Flash - September 29, 2009

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Playak: Mini-Interview: Adam Harvey A mini-interview with Adam Harvey, 2009 HP Kayak Surf Junior World Champion.

Wavesport Blogs: Reversing Falls, Return of the High Tide! The second wave only comes in just before and during peak high tide and is called Lunatic wave. The reason for this being that the outflow from the wave travels into the main channel very quickly, which at peak high tide leads into massive boils and whirlpools.

Valentin Grollemund: Adidas Sickline 2009 - trainings I'm already in Austria in the valley of Ötztal where take place the Adidas Sickline World Championship of Extrem Kayak the next week.

Palm Blogs: Bitchin' with the Axiom With the spring tides in September Deb P and I took the chance to paddle at the Bitches in Dagger's new baby the 'Axiom'. Thursday wasn't the biggest tide but a glorious day to paddle to the Bitches to surf, and to charge around in the rapids with the seals.

LiquidLore: There's Something About Fall... The actual run is paddled at range of levels, typically below 200 cms and in playboats, with the caveat that 5 or 6 of the "sisters" are portaged.

Level 6 Blog: Nene Whitewater Coaching Day - Chris Chapman As part of the day we offered several 2 hour sessions which included intro & intermediate whitewater skills as well as intros to Whitewater Racing, Slalom & Freestyle. The event was attended by over 40 paddlers of all different ages.

Markus Leppaenen: 1st Munich International Kayak-Freestyle Championchips The day after the canoe trade show in Nuernberg the first int. Munich kayak-freestyle championships were held in Munich at the Flosslaende, a small artificial canal in Munich which has two small holes for just two weeks every year when there is a slalom competition as well.

Jackson Kayak: 2010 Fun Review by World Class Academy Owner/Teacher Scott Dougherty The new Fun series is a terrific improvement on what has been a staple choice for paddlers who prefer a more classic design over the more freestyle specific 2010 Star series.

Werner: Werner, Canadian Team Paddler, Matt Hamilton, finally reporting from Garb! Canadian paddlers are stoked, with unusually high rain levels driving up CFS on the river the past few years, this is the first time in two years that Garb made its appearance.

Werner: Ben Kinsella packs up his Werners, and the World Class kids, to head to Peru. We are proud to have two top teachers and coaches paddling Werner Paddles at the World Class Kayak Academy, Josh Bechtel and Head Coach Ben Kinsella. As they pack up and get ready for a semester in Peru.

PaddleBlogs: Kayak Huasteca: Ojo Frio, SLP Mexico. This is one of our local favorites. Ojo frio is a class 3-4 run about an hour away. Today we went in to clean out some strainers, it took about 4 hours. We did find some great whitewater in between work.

Jackson Kayak: Keegan Grady: Team Video update Some choice shots from a couple weeks post worlds on corner wave:

Werner: Jan from T.I. Adventures gives the fishing report, "Their crushing salmon!" Jan reported to us on the Werner blog earlier this season, letting us know about the stand up paddle wave he and his staff is generating in his shop, T.I. Adventures, home town of Clayton NY.

surfski.info: TJ makes it 3 from 3 - Dee Why Race Report (Australia) Despite their best efforts, Tim controlled the race just about from start to finish, racing smart and hard to ensure that he was a wave ahead at the finish.

Tony Paradise: Paddling in familiar territory Eugene is in a Valley Aquanaut while Clyde is in a Valley Nordkapp RM. That made it a theesome in Valley boats. A lot of people are buying them and they certainly had a lot of desireable qualities that suit the paddling environment we have here in Newfoundland.

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