Playak News Flash 2009-12-08

Playak News Flash - December 8, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Dagger Blogs: Closeout Whitewater Paddles starting at $79.99 with Free Shipping Looking for a solid paddle or a great deal on a spare paddle? Then do not miss out on this awesome deal we've got going on for the holidays from Harmony.

Wavesport Blogs: Diesel Action It's been raining like crazy this fall on the east coast, and the river levels have been epic! The redesigned Diesel 70 and 80 have been my tools for getting down WV class 5 lately.

Rivers of Chile: Rio Trafanpulli A rumbling steep creek coming off the permanent snowfields of Nevados de Solipulli is the Rio Trafanpulli. In local Mapadungo language the meaning is "junction of the valleys".

Freestyle Kayaking & Expeditions: Video: Pucon & Los Lagos First movie is from Pucon and Los Lagos region where we spent our first 3 weeks of the trip. We hadn't a lot of water but still we ran some classics.

homemade kayaks: Wind, waves and sharks How can I describe the excitement of surfing a kayak in large waves, you sit out there and wait for the right one to come along, then you paddle like mad to catch it before it breaks and then you fight to stay aligned and in control, all the while this mass of water is trying to separate you from your kayak.

Kayak Session: First Descents in Uttaranchal, India When kayakers think of India, it's the big water behemoths that come to mind: the Zansakar, the Indus, the Ganges and so forth. Often over-looked, the tributaries to these heavyweights offer some quality low to medium volume creeking.

Palm Blogs: running up to the Gene17 APWE We headed to the Erme in hope, and hope it was. The base level was there but with no rain in the last 48 hours, meant that there was no fun to be had. So we headed to the Upper Dart and had some fun with Tim Trew, Nick Horwood, Satu Vanska-Westgarth, Shane Cornin and Dave Carroll. Many of the grind and rock spin moves were in, so I showed our guests the fun lines, and a great morning we had.

playak.net: A trip down Queenstown way The following two days were spent on the Kawarau river. Fristly we did the Roaring Meg and Dog Leg sections, both higher volume fun runs with lots of big waves and whirlpools.

surfski.info: Sharks, Storms, Surf, Broken Rudder – Paddle320 Reaches Out Despite being set back by horrific weather, the men from the Paddle320 project are finally reaching their goal at Shellharbour - but, sadly, not their goal for fundraising for Bowel Cancer Research.

American Rivers: Obama Administration Takes Important Steps Toward Modernizing Federal Water Project Planning he draft water resources planning guidance released today by the Council on Environmental Quality represents a vital first step in modernizing our nation's water policies to protect communities from global warming impacts and to plan for the nation's water needs in the 21st century.

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