Playak News Flash 2010-02-07

Playak News Flash - February 7, 2010

News Watch Headlines

KayakPucon: Incredible "Run the Shit" Team. After a incredible trip for all the Pucon area and run many diferents river for 10 day we take the Palguin for finish this magic and incredible trip.

Wavesport Blogs: Chile...11 years in a row! It was the time of year again to pack up the paddling gear and jump a plane to the paddling paradise of Chile. It would be my 11th season in a row travelling to this amazing country and with my vast knowledge of rivers and recently released Guide Book 'Whitewater Chile' the possibilities for great whitewater was endless.

Jackson Kayak: 2010 is Get Your Kids Paddling Year by Jackson Kayak One of the best things I have done in my life is to get my kids kayaking, I can say that with full sincerity. The activity of kayaking is wholesome, great exercise, great circle of caring people, and burns off energy that kids need to expend on positive things.

Nick Troutman: High Water: New River Dries When we got there the main wave in the middle was green but crashing every now and then. Stephen thought the waves on the right looked better, but I couldn't stay away from that Giant green face. It didn't take much to convince Stephen to surf it with me.

Jackson Kayak: Snow Day! (waterfalls involved) and there ARE paddlers in Memphis! :-) Well obviously things got a bit cold again as old man winter decided to tell us not to put those shorts on just yet. Memphis went from warm, open-window weather to frozen in no time.

Seth Ashworth: North Wales with Derby Uni Canoe and Kayak club A new river to me, it had an two sections of note, a brilliant Grade three drop which everyone in the group managed and a series of three Grade five drops.

ID River Journeys: Top 3 Tips for Whitewater Photography The most exciting part of a river trip is getting downstream. Running the rapids - big waves, holes, and missing rocks. At the bottom of most rapids there are big pools where we pull over to watch the upstream boats come through. This is enjoyable - watching your friends drop into wave after wave while hooting and hollering.

Playak: Blackfly-Canoes Blackfly The boat that won the 2009 OC-1 Freestyle World Championships, the Blackfly is our flagship model, and one the first production boats, to be designed to meet the "new" ICF regulations for OC-1.

KayakQuixotica: Paddling from the Beginning – Fitness In the last "Paddling From The Beginning" post I gave you just some of the reasons we paddle. Today I want to talk just a bit about paddling for fitness.. for us average non-super athletic types.

Isle of Man Kayak: Sea Kayaking Isle of Man - Sea Temperature. The air temperature was less at about 4.5 degrees C. Water conducts heat about 25 times more rapidly than air and immersion in cold sea water can be rapidly fatal.

SeaKayakPhoto.com: Seakayaking desktop wallpaper calendar, February 2010 February. A lone kayaker crosses Loch Leven below the winter mountains of Glen Coe.

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