Playak News Flash 2009-12-20

Playak News Flash - December 20, 2009

News Watch Headlines

Shane's Logic: The Liquidlogic Speedloader Throwbag This has been a fun project that we have spent a fair bit of time on over the last several months. What you see here is the final prototype.

PaddleBlogs: Kayaker Andrew Pollock: Sungai Mangga, Multiday, Malaysia Here is a little write up of a multiday I did on the Sungai Mangga river in Malaysia. I just want to say thanks to Pat Camblin and Benny Marr for letting me use these images...

Dagger Blogs: El Rio de Oro- A Mexican Classic After a 45 minute hike in and portaging a 50 footer at the put in, we arrived at the beautiful clean crystal clear waters of the Rio de Oro. The first couple miles involves a few class 4-5 gorges with fun rapids and a few nasty holes.

Paddle Press: Kokatat: Kokatat Sponsors Circumnavigation of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego Kokatat, a 38-year-old, independent paddlewear and accessories company, is proud to sponsor "Tierra del Fuego," the latest expedition from sea kayakers Marcus Demuth and Biff Wruszek.

Werner: Steep Creek Report Werner's regional Team paddler, Trafford McCrae has been on the Virginia Blue Ridge's steep creek scene hard in 2009. He and his crew are making sure they finish up strong.

Palm Blogs: Plym-Souls After the biblical downpour on the Saturday night of the Gene 17 weekend some of the masses headed towards the Upper Plym in search of something a little steeper. It's a very unique little run with very few eddies meaning a group of four makes things a little tight

Nantahala Outdoor Center: Pyranha's New Playboat After playing around for a few minutes doing spins, blunts and front surfing, the boat lived up to that promise. It is very user friendly and was comfortable in the water whether it was pointed upstream, downstream or sideways in the hole.

PeakUK: Steve Brooks - Ganges Update From the cool hillside dwellings in and around Manali the climate had changed and it was sticky, hot and the monsoon rains had still not finished!

Stone And Water: Winter multidays in Idaho I put on the river in the sunshine, but it quickly turned overcast and begin to snow. Each of the rapids was the same as they have always been, but completely different because of the cold and the ice undercuts along the shore. The consequences were much higher too, and for some reason, harder to push out of my mind.

Werner: Werner Team Paddler, Tino Specht, Shares His Chilean Experience Tino Specht, Werner Team Paddler and instructor at the New River Academy just got us some great shots from Chile. A big thanks to Tino for running the drops and to Matt Smink for pulling the trigger on the shots.

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