Playak News Flash 2010-04-28

Playak News Flash - April 28, 2010
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Video: Kayaking Japan Fukiwari waterfalls 滝 playak.tv - Min Ryan and I running fukiwari fall in Gunma Japan. Thanks to Ryan and Gabe for making the vid.

April 26th Giant Final Dump Of Gold LVM TV - So I couldn't let this contest end with out sending some pics in from the great mank state of Colorado. First up is extreme tuber Rolf Kelly on the black canyon's waterfall before the fun mile long portage.

Video: 8 Ball Kayak Sprint playak.tv - The 8 Ball Kayak Sprint from the 2007 Teva Mountain Games. The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation.

Warm Water / Big Lines – Villain S on Cain 1.8′ Jackson Kayak - How's the Villain S paddle in big water? Smooth like butter on North Chick yesterday! Thundershowers doused the parched SE sending gages spiking and kayakers scrambling to the rivers we almost wrote off till next year. Expecting reasonable flows, I met up with Terry Smith, David Levitt, and some guys from Indiana at the put in and was surprised by the volume upon reaching the put-in – 1.8" makes that top section much more fun and the real rapids far more challenging...

Corsica is amazing! Jackson Kayak - What can I say – if there is any way to get yourself here for a part of the season or the whole season – do it!! I can't recommend it enough!! First of all, Corsica is a gorgeous island with snow-capped mountains that reach the sea.

Hawai sur Rhone for begining 2010! Level 6 - The year begins well! It was a January 1st as we like them with on program Wall " B " and a great left channel wave… The temperature was around -5°C and we were happy to have our level six Mitts!

Searching for Waterfalls Kokatat Blog - Kokatat Ambassadors Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic, along with Pedro Oliva, continue their exploration of the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil searching for the largest runnable waterfalls on earth.

The Good, the Bad and the Old Level 6 - First, the bad. It's been a long winter of school and I've spent 6 months out of my boat, other than a single rolling clinic in the pool. The Rockies are still locked up in ice and there is more fresh snow on the mountains than there is water in the rivers. This means I conceded to go and paddle the Elbow River at 3.5 cms, a rather bony level, then traveled for 4 hours to get to the Wigwam River and waited over an hour in hale storm for the shuttle. At least it was at a good medium level.

Video: A 7 weeks long kayaktrip in Chile playak.tv - A movie about a 7 weeks long kayak-trip in Chile. A movie from Anton Lehner with Anton Lehner, Florian Hartmann and Patrice Kaiser. We paddle many of the rivers in Chile from Santiago to the Rio baker.

Video: Paddling Steep Creek with Brad Ludden - 2009 Teva Mountain Games playak.tv - Take a ride down Homestake Creek in the Vail Valley with professional kayaker Brad Ludden. Get a first person look at what it's like to get gnarly in the rapids with Brad's helmet mounted POV camera. The Steep Creek Championship is part of the Teva Mountain Games and a project of the Vail Valley Foundation.

Brush Creek Race 2010 Level 6 - The Brush Creek Race 2010 was held just outside Kernville in Southern California. Below is a video from the event brought to you by Level Six and Shasta Boyz Productions.

Siddartha Re-enacted New River Academy - Last week for English class we finished our book Siddartha. Our project to review the book was to take 8 photos summarizing a section in the book and write a paragraph about each photo. Once there was a man who was sad because he defied his morals and became corrupt. His name was Siddartha. He traveled to the city from the forest in hopes of expanding his knowledge and learning on his own. He met a beautiful woman who told him he must be rich in order to do well in the city.

Carrying your Kayak Dagger Blogs - I never thought much about carrying my kayak because it was something that my peers in the sport have always expected of me. My understanding from the start was that I needed to be able to carry my kayak by myself if I wanted to participate in the sport. When I first started teaching women I held that same expectation for my students.

Fall 2009 Level 6 - Summer was spent as per usual boating on the Ottawa with the odd trip to the Gat to catch High Tension. This year however differed in that I finished University and am now have a degree. No plans to do anything with that right now. For the past month I have been boating in British Columbia with a group of friends. It is a little different to driving at home in Ireland, driving from Ottawa to Vancouver takes the same amount of time as it does to cross Ireland 12 times, so you can only imagine to road rage…

ICF's Planet Canoe showcases latest developments around the globe SNews - Planet Canoe, the official magazine of the International Canoe Federation, spotlights the latest developments in all disciplines of canoeing from freestyle kayaking to dragon boat, wildwater, adventure canoeing, kayak polo, slalom and more.

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