Playak News Flash 2010-05-08

Playak News Flash - May 8, 2010
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2nd Descent of Red Granite Creek - NZ Wavesport Blogs - A few days previous we had decided to take a hike up Red Granite Creek ... just for a scout as it was bone dry. It was a sweet day mission and cool to check out such an amazing place in New Zealand. Little did we know that just 2 days later it would crap down with rain and bring this beauty up to a runnable level.

Erik Boomer Fist Descent Kokatat Blog - Hey Kokatat, just wanted to drop you a line and let you know what I have been up to. I have been paddling hard lately with Rush Sturgis and Tyler Bradt while they are filming for their new movie. I've been stepping up to really big lines.

Epic Fails and Solid Lines Back in Colorado Ross Herr - Driving to Colorado is not always as easy of a mission as it sounds. While yes, I-80 is not exactly treacherous or full of turns, apparently it is the death place of fuel pumps and extra time. It ate the fuel pump in my truck and left Isaac and I hanging on the tailgate for 5 hours until the tow-truck came to pick us up. We managed to fill the time hailing truckers to honk their horns.

Just another day on The Chilliwack Fraser Valley WW - The Chilliwack River is my local back yard, after work run. It's about 30 minutes from home or work and runs almost all year long. It has a wide variety of whitewater difficulty ranging from class 1 to 4 and has somewhere in the neighborhood of 50+ kilometers of free flowing river.

Video: Interference: a Kayak Surf Film - Trailer #2 playak.tv - This is the second trailer for Interference: A Kayak Surf Film. Interference is set to be released on DVD in Feb of 2009 This trailer will play on the new Rapid Transit DVD out this fall.

Road Prong and West Prong of the Little Pigeon in my Liquidlogic Remix 79 Shane's Logic - Sunday evening the rain started at my house. Early morning Monday a hard driving rain woke me up. I called in sick? well? What ever. It was raining and everything was running. Andrew, Adriene and I met up at the classic Cracker Barrel meet point and headed over the mountains to the Knoxville side of the Smokies.

Sage Donnelly (9yrs old) takes on CA's Brush Creek, video Jackson Kayak - I just got this in from the Donnelly's and am blown away how fast Sage's river-running skills are coming along! She might look like a foam-boater at first but the strokes, edging, and balance are all right on.

Surf's Up Team Pyranha - Bank holiday weekend in the UK gives everyone an extra day off to go boating (or DIY or whatever!) This time of year with the river's drying up, many kayakers hit the surf looking for some power, speed and trashings.

Esquif L'Edge Solo Canoe Design Finalized—Available Soon! Rapid Magazine Blog - At long last, first images and specs of the finalized design of the highly anticipated Esquif L'Edge solo whitewater canoe have been released. The L'Edge isheaded to the mould manufacturers this week.

Threading the Oa of a needle SeaKayakPhoto.com - Our exploration of the magnificent west coast of the Mull of Oa on Islay continued and we found ourselves in the bay called Bun an Easa. Roughly translated this means foot of the waterfall. On the map the burn which feeds the waterfall is called Sruthan Bun an Easa or little stream of the foot of the waterfall.

Video: Trailer #1 for Interference: A Kayak Surf Film on DVD playak.tv - Trailer #1 for Interference: A Kayak Surf Film on DVD availible from interferencesurf.com Locations include Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Ecuador and the US.

Should I Wear A Drysuit? Nature, Kayak and Travel - So I have been focusing some of the past few post on safety issues and equipment. There always is some interest in should I wear a drysuit, westsuit or dry top and dry pants. I am going to give my opinion on the topic and you can take from it what you wish.

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