Playak News Flash 2009-10-05

Playak News Flash - October 5, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Jackson Kayak: Jackson Kayak Worlds Commercial Jackson Kayak sponsored the 2009 World Championships. Here is the video that was playing on the big screen.

Paddle Press: adidas Sickline: Alexander Grimm wins 2009 adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship In a tight and thrilling final on the legendary Wellerbrücke course German kayaker Alexander Grimm won gold today at the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Austria's beautiful Ötztal. Grimm finished 68 hundreds of a second ahead of New Zealand's Mike Dawson, who was followed by Jakobus Stenglein from Germany.

Dagger: Mamba Rejoins the Mamba Creeker Bringing River Running to Series After a brief hiatus, the Mamba rejoins the popular Mamba Creeker as an additional option for Dagger Whitewater, bringing back renowned river running capabilities to the series.

Jackson Kayak: Dave Crerar's BC report It was amazing, although the lines were super long, you could take the risk of taking a tour through the boils and whirlpool if you surfed the outside shoulder, this is what I did and I was definitely ready for that burger at the end of the week.

Fraser Valley WW: Kananaskis White Water Festival 2009 The KanFest, as its know locally is by far the largest white water kayaking event in Western Canada. After my first year there during the festival its easy to see why this event is on lots of the local and not so local paddlers calendars. The event is packed full of awesome events like Surf Offs, Down River Races, Survivor Slaloms, Ball Races and Survivor Kananaskis.

PeakUK: Etive River Race This years Etive River Race saw a whole bunch of kayakers from across the UK descend on the banks of the River Etive in Scotland for one of the most extreme races on the UK calendar.

PeakUK: 8th Himalayan Whitewater Challenge The Himalayan Whitewater Challenge is all about fun. This unique event format combines an Extreme Slalom, Downriver and Freestyle event to find an overall whitewater champion. The event takes place in the amazing Nepalese Himalayas, close to Mount Everest and Tibet.

Kayak Session: VIDEO: Slave River 2009 With the White Nile being dammed, kayakers will be looking for alternative rivers for playboating. The Slave River in the NWT, Canada offers world class playspots, river running and even creeking with first descents still to be run!

Truckee River foundation: Sage Donnelly continues to take the Whitewater Community We have been going non-stop! The weekend after the Feather we ran the Pitt with my favorite 20 foot slide and a classic AW release. Then we dashed off tho Idaho where we met up with fellow Jackson paddler Alec Voorhees and family.

PeakUK: Steve Brooks - Zanskar Part Two The next day saw us get into the canyon and finally leave the trails and road project behind, we were now on our own! The colours of the canyon walls were unreal, greens, reds, violet and various shades of chocolate! The river was great, some big waves, a few drops and a load of boils to keep you on your toes throughout the gorge.

Werner: Program launched to encourage children to re-connect with nature Werner Paddles knows that the future of paddling depends on the youth of today. So here is some info about a program to get more kids off the couch and reconnecting with the water and land.

Dash Point Pirate: Alcatraz A sea cave is located at the bottom of a tall cliff on the side of the island that faces San Francisco. In 1943 a prisoner named Floyd Hamilton spent two freezing days in this cave before turning himself in.

SUP Surf Mag: La Jolla Man Saved by Stand Up Paddlers According to La Jolla Light stand up paddlers, Todd Wirths and Matthew Porreca saved a disoriented snorkler who was suffering from an allergic reaction to penicillin.

ICF: A Record Number of Nations Compete in the 13th Asian Canoe Sprint Championships The Asian Canoe Sprint Championships concluded on the 29th September after four days of competition. Athletes arrived in Tehran and came together to represent 24 Asian nations, a record number of competing nations at an Asian Championships.

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