Playak News Flash 2009-11-21

Playak News Flash - November 21, 2009

News Watch Headlines

KayakPucon: Pucon is incredible Pucon is full of kayakers and water in all the rivers, is very cold Nov. for the moment but we believe that december.

WWTCC: When the Kids come home! With the 3rd selection event looming on the horizon I did feel quite guilty just using the wave gate and not even having one ride in the hole, but with way water levels are looking I have heard it said that the weekends event may not run.

PeakUK US: Winter Paddling in Bend The put-in was snowed in and the all wheel drive barely got us there. The water temp was sitting around 42 degrees and the sun was out. We geared up and checked out the drop. There was a little wood but nothing in the way.

Bottoms Up Kayaking: Quebec - Exploration So there we were ... in the middle of creeking paradise Quebec, with a long list of amazing rivers to do and park n' hucks everywhere. And yet we had to make a very hard decision. With only a few days left on our trip, were we going to give up "the for sure thing" a bunch of classic rivers we knew were at sweet levels, for the unknown of an exploratory trip, a possible skunk.

Todd Wells: The Grays River As soon as the walls along the first gorge began to fade away we saw the first large horizon line. To scout Superbowl, the first class V rapid, we had to climb over a 30ft. tall log jam. Most of us decided to run this rapid and in the end we all ended up having relatively smooth lines.

Fraser Valley WW: Coquihalla River – Below The Tunnels We hiked through the Old Kettle Valley Railway Tunnels and over the last big bridge above the class VI section. After a steep scramble down to the river we put on one of the last bigger rapids of the tunnel section. With lower water and more than 2 paddlers a couple of the rapids above our put in would have been good to go.

homemade kayaks: Lessons learned Today we were smarter than yesterday. The sea was still rough and had large waves, the group was more selective and more disciplined too. Yesterdays events were on all of our minds as we headed into the surf. We had more towropes as well.

Kokatat Blog: Kokatat Featured Company in Today's SNEWS Kokatat is one of three companies profiled by SNEWS editor Michael Hodgson in today's edition of the popular outdoor industry trade. The article explores the benefits and reasons why an outdoor industry company would want to be ISO (International Standards Organization) certified. Kokatat recently attained the ISO 9001:2008 certificate.

surfski.info: Von Wildemann Powers through Monster Swells The Eastern Cape 2008 SA Men's Surf Ski Champion, Richard von Wildemann claimed this year's 22km Hansa Victoria Bay-Sedgefield race which forms part of the Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series in a nerve-wrecking and risky finish through monstrous 5 metre swells, finishing a mere 20 seconds clear of Durban legend Herman Chalupsky on Saturday afternoon, 14th November 2009.

SUP Surf: Joe Bark 18′ SUP Stand Up Paddle Race Board The board also has the same rudder system as you see on lie down paddleboards. One thing I though was interesting was the use of a slider for the pedal. It was a few O-rings that can be easily moved forward or back and on the fly.

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