Playak News Flash 2010-04-29

Playak News Flash - April 29, 2010
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The Best Creeking Paddle Outside Blog - As a general rule, a good creeking paddle should be as tough as a bull's horn, lighter than a Mexican pilsner, and far less expensive than your boat.

Voting For The Golden Strokes Competition - Round 1 LVM TV - First let us say it was a real pleasure to see all the gold being laid down on rivers around the world. Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo or a video! It was no easy feat narrowing the field down to 16, but after much arguing around the office it is done.

The Way of "Tox" Evan Garcia - Once upon a time there was a little dwarf named Tox. Tox lived in a mountainous region on the East Coast of the United States of America. He knew little about the outside world, and kept to quiet never coming anywhere close to any cities or humans. One day while he was hunting small rabbits he caught sight of something strange.

Video: Rock Paper Scissors: Norway 2009 playak.tv - On the 27th May 2009 three of us went on a Kayaking trip to Norway. The cheapest student friendly route was to drive! SO we drove! The route took us from Edinburgh to Wales to Dover to Duncirque in France. Then we drove up through France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Denmark. From Denmark we got the bridges to Malmo in Sweeden, then drove up into Norway.....total round trip including driving back to Ireland = 6070 miles in a Fiat Scudo Van....WORTH IT!

Little Abiqua Creek Mt. Hood H2O - Steve and I spent some time driving through the woods on old logging roads last week before finally settling in on attempting Little Abiqua Creek when the logging companies decided plan A was not going to be allowed. The geology seemed favorable given the proximity to Silver falls, Butte Creek, and Abiqua falls and the gradient was respectable as well.

North Fork Stanislaus, Boards Crossing A Wet State (CA) - After two years of trying desperately to get folks to join me on this run, I finally succeeded. I have to admit though, I was a bit nervous that the run may turn out to not be that great (since I had had trouble getting folks to join me in the past) and that my group would hold me accountable for a wasted spring day when so much else was going.

Snow Boatercross! Jackson Kayak - Two weekends ago Mt. Rose ski area let us organize a snow boatercross event. They used snow cats to build up the couse that we wanted and let us put on a great show for the closing weekend.

Our Official Flow Predictions for California Rivers in 2010 All Outdoors WW Rafting - Every year is an adventure in California when it comes to weather and water. When the amount of annual precipitation for the State averages just 30 inches, you are never far from an extreme low or an extreme high.

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