Playak News Flash 2009-10-09

Playak News Flash - October 9, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Evan Garcia: Treats.... The weather is cold and the water levels have dropped, but we are still getting out there and enjoying the Chilean rivers.

Nookie: Oetz Valley Two days of paddling a variety of rivers in the area with Jochen (from Lettmann Kayaks) meant we both had the chance to be the first British paddlers to test the excellent new composite creek boat, the Lettmann Granate.

watergrande: Fantasy Falls '09 The Mekolumne Wilderness is a mystical place full of rugged character. The sun shone bright each day and the stars rocked out each night. All of the classic rapids were fun and exciting.

Freestyle Kayaking & Expeditions: Kuch season started Last weekend we started kuchl season. Great weather, perfect water level and lot of friends.

Dagger Blogs: Global Warming: Side effects. Global warming is affecting Earth, that's a fact everyone knows, or at lees everyone should know. There are hundreds of things you might know about global warming, from stuff you've heart in the news, or read on the books, like for example: cars and other producers of Co2 are one of the main cause, or the most popular one: polar bears are drowning cause of the ice melting.

SUP Surf Mag: Doing the Impossible on Pipe's Opening Day Pipe is not in any way a place for the casual surfer, and you can count on one hand the stand up paddlers that have a place in the lineup. Mind blowing images like this raises the bar of high performance stand up paddling world wide and provides a mental playground for those of us who can only dream of riding such a wave.

ICF: Rio Wins the Bid Rio de Janeiro burst into larger life than ever when the winner of the 2016 bid was announced at the IOC Session in Copenhagen, on Friday 2nd October.

Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association: Mississippi River Trip The low water warning was accurate and required us to paddle down river to Island 266 to pass out into the main part of the river for a two-hour day paddle and then returning to the marina.

Immersion Research: NOC GAF, "The Most Amazing Undertaking in the Sport of Kayaking" Side A These people play with the giant beach ball and were disappointed to find out that some redneck shot it with his 12 gauge. To appease them we offered awards to the ones who gathered the most pumpkins.

Dash Point Pirate: City Kayak, San Francisco I paddled right along the Ferry Building and watched the diners sitting outside of the Slanted Door. It was as if they didn't even see me. That's the thing about being in a kayak. You are invisible, because no one really expects you to be there, sneaking under piers and looking into windows.

SUP Surf: StandUp Journal's World Ranking of Sup Countries and US States The World ranking of SUPS and the US state rankings from 1-50. This is based on Standup Journal's web visits between June 1st and Sept. 17th, 2009.

Paddle Press: Kokatat: Kokatat Sponsors Antarctic Peninsula Expedition To Increase Global Warming Awareness Kokatat, the independent paddlewear and accessories company, is sponsoring a land and sea expedition covering a never-before navigated section of the Antarctic Peninsula. Chilean kayakers and explorers Cristian Donoso and Mario Sepúlveda will use Kokatat products including the GORE-TEX Expedition dry suit, the GORE-TEX Deluxe sea skirt, and other Kokatat accessories for their self-supported journey beginning in November.

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