Playak News Flash 2010-03-27

Playak News Flash - March 27, 2010
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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Adrian Tregoning: Batang Sangir – Clocking Up Another Great First Descent Part 1 Friday, 20 November. We knew we more than likely not be able to paddle that day and somehow I was the first one of the westerners awake. After breakfast I began to fill in my journal but then we had to dress up in long pants and closed shoes and leave quite quickly. The weather was not ideal for th...

LVM TV: and the winner is…. Danny Siger! Your video makes us all cringe, so much so that we are putting it on the front page of the website. Email us your address and we will get the DVD out to you, and as an added bonus include your shoe size. We have a pair of Teva's coming with your name on them, you deserve it! Thanks to everyone who submitted a story and keep it hairy side up.

Wavesport Blogs: BC Winter Spring is coming in hot after a great winter in British Columbia. Rather than retreating somewhere warm for the winter I decided to embrace winter in Canada and spend a season skiing in Rossland.

Dagger Blogs: Today is World Water Day--Celebrate a River! As paddlers, we have a special connection to the rivers, lakes and streams where we all love to play. We anxiously await spring runoff and consistent winter storms to fill our favorite streams with the fresh water that allows us to do what we love--get outdoors and go for a paddle.

Wavesport Blogs: 2010 Upper Wind River Festival This past weekend, the 3rd Annual Upper Wind River Festival took place near Carson, Washington on the Upper Wind River, a scenic class IV section of boulder gardens and ledges from Stabler to High Bridge.

adidas Sickline: 1st Place for Gerd at the Spanish Freestyle Cup we had our first Spanish Freestyle Cup competition of the season, it was held in la Seu d'Urgell, a great artificial slalom course built for the Olympics in Barcelona '92. As well, the slalom world championship 2009 was celebrated there, so it's a great course for slalom! Unfortunately it's not as good for freestyle, but anyway there are a few holes where you can play.

ICF: The beginnings of Canoe Slalom in Indonesia **UPDATED with cool videos** Pierrick Gosselin, the ICF expert responsible for Canoe development in Asia, recently completed a Canoe Slalom Training Camp in Indonesia. Held 1st-10th March, the camp gathered 23 athletes (20 men, 3 women) with an average age of 25. They came with different canoeing backgrounds: most of them from Canoe Sprint, the rest from downriver and Canoe Polo. Most of them were completely new to Canoe Slalom; just three athletes had some Slalom experience. At this stage, activity was kept to the Kayak category, the C1 requires specific skills that the paddlers hadn't yet learnt and will have to wait for next time.

Kokatat Blog: MedShare Kayaking Expedition 2010 I love MedShare's combination of humanitarian purpose with environmental impact, and I hope my expedition paddle can bring attention to their cause and first world stewardship for those in need of basic medical resources.

Werner: Werner and Sea Kayaker Magazine Team Up At Canoecopia Werner Paddles and Sea Kayaker Magazine teamed up to drive subscriptions at last weeks Canoecopia event in Madison WI. Canoecopia 2010 was a huge success with a 15% increase in consumers over a very successful 2009 event. The Werner booth was jam packed the entire weekend with customers learning about which paddle fit them best.

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