Playak News Flash 2009-12-10

Playak News Flash - December 10, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Dagger Blogs: What to do with too much water This is a great option if you are looking to push yourself a little. Choose a run that you consider at your skill level but have kayaked a lot and feel very comfortable on. I've found that lots of runs I can typically kayak quite a bit higher than I originally thought and sill have fun. However, please proceed with caution on this one.

Mt. Hood H2O: Slick Rock Creek At one point I was in the lead and came across a steeper drop with bedrock on the sides of the walls. I hopped out to look while Matt and Nate caught up and bashed through some devils club to see a nice double drop. Not very tall, but a good drop nonetheless.

Evan Garcia: Middle Palguin Papa! This means higher descents of our ever loved, classic runs and hucks. The Middle section of the Rio Palguin, which holds one of the biggest and most beautiful waterfalls I have found throughout my travels, has been one of our main sights in the past few weeks.

Jackson Kayak: Giving Thanks for Whitewater Parks, Supporters and Boulders! There are so many reasons to give thanks this Thanksgiving but one additional gift was donated to the world of paddling that doubled, maybe tripled my reasons to celebrate. Wednesday was the groundbreaking ceremony for the visitors center in Cascade, Idaho for the future whitewater park.

Kokatat Blog: Significant win for the Kimberly "The power of the peoples vote can work. This is very encouraging news!" – said Tanya when she relayed the good news. She led two expeditions to the remote Kimberley region in 2007 and 2008 to bring awareness of the need to protect this pristine wilderness. The 2008 expedition won the Australian Adventure of the year!

WWTCC: Crisp Start. Shepperton this morning is running on 7 gates with a fairly high pool level making a good fast wave / hole type feature, good size shoulders for throwing big blunts and that kinda jazz. We have managed to excel our self in one way particular way today!

Immersion Research: Help Out the Cheat River! Our Executive Director, Keith Pitzer, continued to lead our efforts despite a year-long battle with cancer. With his guidance, the staff made real progress to "restore, preserve and promote" the outstanding natural qualities of the Cheat River watershed. Unfortunately, Keith is now forced to devote all of his energy to his health, so co-founder and former Executive Director Dave Bassage is returning as Interim Director to keep our momentum moving forward.

Immersion Research: Wayner is dry Olympic Canoeist and NOC Ambassador Wayne Dickert enjoys a the dry feeling of his IR Drysuit on a very wet day.

SUP Surf: 2009 SUP Fryslan 11-City Tour – Video Mark Raaphorst sent us these photos and a video of the 2009 SUP Fryslan 11-City Tour held last September in the Netherlands.

Playak: Abiskojokk Canyon This is a grade IV river canyon with tight corners initially with a fast flowing current of about 25cumec. It has an open, unobstructed tunnel (grade V) of about 4m wide and 20m long dropping about 5m, where the river flows through, about halfway through the canyon. There are sufficient eddies to get out upstream of the tunnel, but this will have to be planned before you get on the water.

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