Playak News Flash 2009-12-04

Playak News Flash - December 4, 2009

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Todd Wells: Mexico Part 1: Opening Days After we all fired off San Pedro we had a quick, but action packed paddle to the take-out. The rapids between San Pedro and the take-out were all a little manky and we only ran a few of them, but as we learned the portages weren't much better.

Wavesport Blogs: Tanya Faux Helps Save Kimberley River Tanya Faux shows up in Outer Edge this month for her assistance in stopping mining activity in the North Kimberley / Mitchell plateau region in Australia is a last refuge for wildlife and an understudied region where new species are being discovered all the time.

Dagger Blogs: Journey Down the River of Doubt Begins with Epicocity Teddy Roosevelt first explored the river, originally named the River of Doubt, in 1914. We're heading back this month with a team of fish experts and local tribesmen to descend a 100 mile section of the river and complete the area's first biodiversity inventory study. As proposed dam projects loom on the horizon, our team will figure out what species would be affected if migration corridors are blocked and the river channels flooded and diverted.

Valentin Grollemund: 1st descent on the Trafanpulli - Chile We were yesterday on the Trafanpulli for a first descent with Kurt Casey (USA), Jakyb Sedivy (CZE), Steve Fisher (RSA), Mariann Seather (NOR) and me the young frenchy!!! After a long long drive, we arrived on the Trafanpulli between the two lakes Caburga et Colico.

Wavesport Blogs: Trencin wave After long time I had time to edit a small movie clip from Trencin wave.

Mt. Hood H2O: Copper Creek After getting foiled by high water on Eagle Creek, we ran Copper Creek again.  It has become our go to creek.  We had a decent flow with 1500 on the EF Lewis and rising.  This was a great level, felt pretty full for the creek.  Once again we used the upper put-in for the run.

Atlantic Kayaker: Gibson Mill Stream (Jolly Farmer Stream) We stayed up in Woodstock for the night and the next morning we decided to see if the Gibson Mill Stream was running. We went out the take out bridge and found it to be what we thought would be an acceptable level. We were very interested at getting back into the gorge as the previous times we've been in here it was the spring season and the gorge walls were icy making it difficult t scout the crux of the gorge.

Kokatat Blog: Himalayan Odyssey Part Two… We bumped into a British crew, many of whom had been on the first descent of the Dudh Kosi, White Nile and list of other firsts a mile long.

Kokatat Blog: Northwest Livin' Film The PDX Kayaker Film festival is an annual event in Portland, OR. The festival is held at Mt. Tabor. All the local paddlers, rafters and catarafters get their footage together and make an amateur film that can be up to 20 min. long. It is always a fun way to check out local adventures, new creeks and all the good carnage from the year.

PeakUK: Freestyle Selections for 2010 This years freestyle selections for the European Championships in Lienz Austria 2010 took place over 3 events, 2 ran at Nottingham and the Third at Hurley in London. A good turn out to each event meant it was a fierce battle for the top spots.

Adrian Tregoning: Cape Town – Adrian's Guide to Surf Spots – Part 1 Great for beginners when the swell is small. Faces the SW in a big arc. Small waves on the left (when facing the sea) and bigger on the right. Usually just closes out and one has to be lucky to get a long ride. Breaks on sand and can have hollow sections, but mostly not. When it's big the waves break across the back of the bay and then getting out on a kayak becomes close to impossible.

Werner: Werner Paddles Holiday Gift Guide #1 For that whitewater paddler, give a gift that gives back by purchasing a one year membership to American Whitewater. For just $35.00 you will be helping to provide access and protect rivers across the country, plus the recipient gets the AW Magazine and a host of other membership benefits.

SUP Surf: Boardworks and C4 Waterman Launch in Canada With Chip and Pepper Foster Designing brothers Chip and Pepper Foster made their mark in the fashion industry as the "Canadian surfers", residing in Los Angeles, California. Today, Pepper Foster announces he is bringing surfing (stand up paddle boarding) back to his home roots in Canada by exclusively owning Boardworks for the Canadian market and will be focused on launching the Hawaiian-based brand C4 Waterman SUP's Stand up paddleboards across the country.

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