Playak News Flash 2010-03-16

Playak News Flash - March 16, 2010
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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Shane's Logic: The 75 Foot Speedloader Throwbag by Liquidlogic We have had tons of feedback on the speedloader and one of the main things that people want us to do is come out with a larger diameter, longer rope version of the 50 foot Speedloader. So here is a video of the 75 foot version of the Speedloader.

Am. Whitewater Journal: AW Journal (5.2MB PDF file) The complete AW Journal Issue 2 as a PDF download.

Playak: Press Release: Jackson Kayak answers consumer demand for customization Recognizing America's love of customizing everything from jeans to muscle cars and sneakers, Jackson Kayak is broadcasting a little known manufacturing secret: customers can customize their new kayak.

Kokatat Blog: Plas Y Brenin Expedition Symposium The two days were jam packed with fascinating talks, workshops and discussions. They covered everything from canoe poling, gear selection, tarpology and bushcraft. We also covered bear proofing your kit, recording the trip and exploring leadership/group dynamics during expeditions. It was all run with the relaxed professionalism always associated with Plas Y Brenin, however that didn't stop a few of the symposium staff from getting up to mischief by participating in some 'snowyaking' after a fresh dump of powder!

LiquidLore: Harrison Lake Whitewater Releases Tipella Creek has a waterfall - it is also reported to be very steep above the falls. I know that Douglas Creek was scoped by Leland Davis and crew in 2009 and was ran by Ian and David Collings later in the fall season. I can't tell you much about Fire Creek, but if there's a diversion there it has to have gradient.

Dagger Blogs: How to properly throw your paddle of a waterfall. Throwing your paddle of a waterfall is not something you should just decide spontaneously, if you have decided you are going to throw it, you should know it before running it.

Wavesport Blogs: UK National Student Rodeo (NSR) I went to the National Student Rodeo (NSR) at Nottingham's white water course, UK. Nearly 700 competitors and a crazy rodeo rabbit endured the cold to paddle the course and party to the early hours!

Fluid Blog: Karma! The fire had only left metal, even the windscreen was melted down, well, you see the photos. The rock on the passenger's seat killed the thought of accident or self inflicted fire pretty quickly. In the car was my complete kayaking gear, boat, paddle, pretty much everything that I owned and couldn't fit into the daypack I was carrying. My whole life gone in an instant!

Fluid Blog: Winter Trip the the White Nile, Uganda In a nutshell, the trip was all that we hoped for: warm. Leif and I both had playboating goals to achieve during our trip, so accordingly, we spent most of our time on the Nile Special and the Club Wave. We stayed at the Hairy Lemon where we were treated quite well. Thanks Maureen and Michael! By the end of our trip, Leif was consistently throwing huge right and left clean blunts and I learned and actually stuck a few helices.

Fraser Valley WW: Puntledge River Festival Update To help get everyone fired up for this event and understand its importance I had Shayne Vollmers from The Vancouver Island Whitewater Paddling Society write me a brief overview of the event and the study.

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