Playak News Flash 2009-12-02

Playak News Flash - December 2, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Playak: Playak goes Facebook! I am proud to announce a whole new set of unique Playak services for Facebook paddlers! You can now connect your Playak and Facebook accounts, which will open the new services for you. I've listed the services for you in this short article.

Adrian Tregoning: Blauberg Beach – Slick Surf Kayaking On 5 September 2009 a special day occurred in Cape Town. We had decent swell and zero wind. What an absolute pleasure. While Cape Town gets some monstrous swell, producing world class waves, we are often plagued by either the powerful south east trade wind in summer, or else the sometimes wea...

PeakUK: HPP and Hurley video update from Besty Here is the HPP and Hurley video update from Jon Best.

Wavesport Blogs: Filming Nat Geo TV show on Rio Roosevelt in Brazil The Cinta Larga tribe has allowed us access onto this river to complete a biodiversity inventory study with a group of scientists, 3 from Brazil and one from the US. The goal is to document the species and health of a river that has never had a scientific study done on it due to it's remoteness and of course, due to the whitewater.

WWTCC: How has been pete done this? Now I'm not sure if this Borras fella or the fishermen are actors in this film! Surly real land owners and fisherman can't be that naive, single minded, blinkered in there opinions regarding paddling and river access? Hopefully with the Rev Caffyn & God on our side we must win in the end!

Rivers of Chile: Rio Renegado The normal stretch is a class 4, 8 km section with ideal flows of 300 to 700 CFS. Most everything is boat scoutable but an occasional scout or portage may be required due to logs or mini box canyons.

Rivers of Chile: Rio Blanco (Cautín) The run is best done during peak spring runoff or after extended periods of heavy rain. The water is ice cold. It is perhaps the only run in Chile where I would suggest poggies or gloves.

Paddle Press: Kokatat: Kokatat Launches Official Blog For Paddling Community The Kokatat blog will offer readers unique content from Team Kokatat (sponsored whitewater and sea kayakers), Kokatat Ambassadors (supported athletes from within the disciplines of paddle sports), press announcements, product reviews, event reports and more. Fans new and old now have a resource for Kokatat news from its office in Arcata to waters around the world.

ICF: Canoe Slalom Coaches Share their Vision in Bratislava Canoe Slalom coaches from around the world met last week (27-29 November) in Bratislava for the ICF Canoe Slalom Coach Symposium organised on behalf of the Slovak Canoe Association by Robert Orokocky. This gave the ICF Technical Committee an opportunity to expose planned changes and to sketch their vision of how the sport can look in future.

American Rivers: Grant Awarded to American Rivers Will Benefit North Carolina's Communities American Rivers will be helping North Carolina move towards a 21st century vision for water management thanks to a 1-year, $83,000 grant provided by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The grant, which will fund river restoration and water supply work in North Carolina, is designed to improve health, safety, and quality of life in North Carolina's communities.

Am. Whitewater: Public Hearing added for Denver Water's Moffat Collection Project To meet future demands, Denver Water has proposed to develop 18,000 acre-feet per year of new water from the Upper Colorado River basin. Denver Water's prefered project, currently being evaluated by the Army Coprs of Engineers (ACOE), includes raising Gross Reservoir on South Boulder Creek in Boulder County to store an additional 72,000 acre-feet of water from the Fraser River and Upper Colorado basin.

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