Playak News Flash 2010-02-19

Playak News Flash - February 19, 2010

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Team LiquidLogic: Jefe performs as Playboat On Calancasca river at a high level I tested the playboat performance of my Jefe. And yes it works well. I started with a nice entry move which is called Deep Diver going directly into a nice cartwheel.

Dagger Blogs: The Chattooga Experience... We put on at 1 pm and paddled hard downstream the whole time, racing the daylight. Section 4 ended up being the most rowdy part, and fortunately we made it through Five Falls in one piece as it became too dark to see!

Trent Thibodeaux: Rio Claro The run is basically waterfall after waterfall after wallfall, all good-to-go. There are a couple of mandatory and unscoutable drops but it all goes and just adds to the excitement. The entré saltos section has the coolest rapid I have ever paddled, the "Garganta" aka swirly bird drop. After this is more tight slots, waterfalls and at one point we entered a dark hallway and when we rounded the corner a huge 70-80 foot waterfall was pouring in on the side.

Mike Dawson: Wairoa X race.... Australia The Wairoa Extreme race went down over the weekend, Respect to Johann for organising everything, and all the parents, and locals that volunteered to get amongst it and get this sweet event back on the road show. It was run over 1 daywith no hickups.

Adam Herzog: Reminisce We are in the midst of a "mild" winter according to locals. Temps continue hover in the single digits. To me, that ain't mild. The jet stream is pushing our snow to the south.

New River Academy: Some whitewater photos A few whitewater photos that I don't think yinz have seen. We are doing a continuing project with whitewater photography the whole time while in Chile. See you on the water!

Wavesport Blogs: Locust Fork Invitational Canoe and Kayak Races 2010 Despite the abnormal weather conditions and the low numbers of spectators and even racers, i think its safe to say all in attendance had a great time myself included. And with a first place finish in my division im all smiles.

duemmstuff: WHITCOMB Happy Whitcomb team. All photos taken on Janez Cizman's camera. I lost mine before I even got to the river.It usually takes two days to paddle the Whitcomb River. It can be done in a day if you are really quick, but we were in no hurry to get stranded somewhere in a canyon.

Pesda Press: Photos from Mexico So I may have missed the best of the ice here in North Wales, but I kept my eye in for falling off of things with a couple of weeks kayaking in Mexico this January. Late season it's like a taller Italy, early season (November, December) I imagine it'll be like a warmer Norway.

playak.tv: Video: Winter White Water Feb 2010 An unusually nice winter day in Washington state spent rippin Tumwater Canyon on the Wenatchee River. Snowy banks, clear cold water, and running into friends made for an exceptional day of paddling.

Dagger Blogs: Reel Paddling Film Festival Winners Announced Rapid media released the Reel Paddling Film Festival Award Winners today, check them out! Congratulations to everyone who participated and the winners. With the largest premiere audience in festival history and a great set of films, it looks like the festival will continue to grow in prominence year.

SUP Surf Mag: Hulakai Trials and the first Round of the Sunset Beach Pro, presented by Red Nose The kick off of the Waterman League's Stand Up Paddle World Tour had an anxious build-up, as athletes from around the world would come together to mingle, compete, and inevitably judge and be judged by their respected peers, and the North Shore would be host to yet another event close to others by date, yet distanced by medium... SUP.

ICF: Paracanoe for the 2016 Paralympics: Spreading the Word Down Under Participating in the 2000 Paraolympics in Sydney, David Rolfe went on to win a bronze medal in the 4x100m individual medley swimming event. It had been a culmination of a long journey for the Inverell-born athlete, who qualified for the Australian Paraolympic team only two years previously.

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