Playak News Flash 2009-10-28

Playak News Flash - October 28, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Mike Dawson: Slammed on the ZAM Few days paddling up and down the Zambezi. Off to the Kafuui National park to run the 3 days trip down the kafuui.

Playak: PLAYAK.COM screen saver I made this (Windows) screensaver back in 2000, and hadn't even looked at it since, but since I got bored with my 'old' screensaver, I thought I'd install the Playak software again. Turned out it wasn't even downloadable anymore after a couple of system migrations... Well, I fixed all that now and thought some of you might like to give it a try as well. I'll probably make a new version soon with some even better photos, but in the meantime, enjoy this one.

CKS Squad: Eternity Hole on the Tuckasegee Eternity Hole is easy to spin in and to get on top of the foam pile. The hole is plenty deep for aerial tricks, water dependent, and super friendly for learning.

Rivers of Chile: Rio Laja The Río Laja rips through a geologic wonderland upstream from Salto del Laja, a popular roadside attraction off the Pan-American Highway

Fraser Valley WW: Sowaqua Creek, Hope, British Columbia Sowaqua Creek is rarely run and not on the radar of most local boaters. Aside from my only other descent of Sowaqua a few months earlier I have only found one other paddler that has been down it.

The Lake is the Boss: MIssing kayakers My brother Douglas Winter, a seasoned kayaker, went missing off the shores of Beaver Bay on 20 October. His kayak came ashore in rough seas, he did not. His vehicle was found at the Cove Point Lodge. A U.S. Coast Guard SAR was suspended due to bad weather, and water temps being what they are this time of year, the search for him was canceled.

Kayak Angler Magazine: Anglers save lives of two kayakers On Sunday afternoon two kayakers fishing with their dog on the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan, nearly drowned when they went over a small dam.

Dagger Blogs: Paddlers Form Giant Floating 350 For Global Day of Action On Saturday, October 24, nearly 200 whitewater and sea kayaks, stand up paddle boards, and canoes converged on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon to form a giant floating 350 as part of the largest global day of climate action ever.

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