Playak News Flash 2010-05-17

Playak News Flash - May 17, 2010
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South Branch of the Middle Feather, California Wavesport Blogs - After not even a year I am back in California, my favourite place to kayak on the world so far. Found a job on weekends and kayak everyday on weekdays. Its great way to do it and it allowed me to run one of the greatest rivers out here. South Branch of the middle Feather.

Red Bull Canal Crashers Dagger Blogs - Day one of the ramp is finished and there are 10 high flyers movin on to Saturdays showdown. True to form the ramp delivered some big tricks as well as some spectacular crashes. Hats off to all the competitors for hanging in there as this ramp is big and fast. Among those ready to fly again are myself, Tao Berman, and Richmond locals Rob Tompkins, Van, Greg, and Patrick (sorry boys don't have the last names and others.

Great Creeking Trip/Summit Series Jackson Kayak - The Reno River Festival ended where my All-Star got good useage. The Villain S was calling our names (Dane, Nick, Stephen, Clay, and I who were all competing in Reno). Darin McQuoid, Chris Korbulic, Nate and Heather Herbeck, Jonas (Germany), AJ, Bryan Kirk, Phil Boyer, Charlie Center, Eric, were also called out by the South Branch of the Middle Feather.

Bold new style for Stookesbury's "Hotel Charlie #5: First Descent" (teaser) Jackson Kayak - Bold narration, exotic scenics, rugged whitewater, and top-notch cast … this latest Hotel Charlie teaser shelves the 'humble documentary' motif of Ben's past film work for a more aggressive, entertainment-oriented 'docu-drama' style that seems to suit his rugged endeavors and the rock-solid visual imagery he's adapted to his surroundings.

BUCS Canoe Polo 2010 PeakUK - Once again the Hatfield water park, Doncaster, played host to the incredibly well attended BUCS student canoe polo competition. The event began on the 24th April where organisers from Loughborough students' canoe club observed a mass migration of students from all over the country. A total of 84 teams entered, many of whom were armed with canoes, tents and in true student spirit, copious amounts of alcohol.

Do Holy Island monks think they are above the Law of Scotland? SeaKayakPhoto.com - Well the Calmac bacon and sausage rolls had barely settled before it was time for second breakfast. We decided to land at the north end of Holy Island. Unfortunately it was low tide and there were innumerable slippy boulders to negotiate.

Downstream Edge River Rescue class with Nick Wigston, Tommy Hilleke, and Evan Stafford CKS Squad - The Downstream Edge river rescue class was a huge success last weekend! We had a total of 16 people and 3 coaches, Tommy Hilleke, Evan Stafford, and myself. Evan taught the Level 2 group, I taught the Level 3, and Tommy took on the Rafting crew supplied with the official Team America raft.

Final project photo essay New River Academy - This is a photo essay. Basically a compilation of photos that share a basic theme. My photo essay details our journey through this year, starting in Ottawa first quarter, and ending in West Virginia. I tried to end each section with a night photo, but that was a little difficult. I would like to point out that even though the last shot is not of anyone in our group I feel it describes how we as a group are.

Write-up: Hayfork Creek, Lower A Wet State (CA) - Something about the write-ups online at cacreeks and jscreekin have kept my desire for this run low. In one they talk about portaging many sieve piles while the other talks about running many a class V sieve piles. On the other hand, Stanley and Holbek don't really mention sieves at all. For some reason this year I decided to forget all my preconceived apprehension towards the sieves and decided that Lower Hayfork Creek sounded like a good idea.

Interview: Joey Hall Playak - Interview with Joey Hall about the Wolds in 2009 and his new video: Interference. This interview was originally produced for the Portuguese Playak partner site  'kayaksurf.net'. Name: Joey HallAge: 31Address: North Carolina, USAOccupation: Graphic Designer and Video ProducerPaddling since: 1993Sponsors: Smith Optics, Airtime Kayaks, Aquabound, H2O Audio, Shred Ready, Ninja Surf Kayak Designs, Immersion Research.

Update from David Bain, UK Fluid team paddler and slalom Fluid Blog - Let me introduce to you David Bain, our latest addition to the Fluid Team in the UK. David is a talented, up and coming paddler. While his primary focus remains on slalom and downriver competitions at national and international level, David is the perfect illustration of that new breed of competitive paddlers who reckon the benefit of versatility and diversity in whitewater kayaking. Indeed David and his mates can often be seen paddling class IV/V in their Solos.

David Mocke – Surfski professional Daily Paddle - Yes, I was 11 years old and my dad and I regularly went paddling on an old beat up foam double surfski that he has bought. 2 of my brightest memories are getting caught inside a reef break of a point on Fish hoek bay and the other was coming back in the dark about 7pm in late winter and a whale coming up right next to us about 50m from shore.

I`d rather be paddling homemade kayaks - I often find myself wishing that my last couple of patients call and cancel, letting me off the hook and able to dash to the club for the sunset sessions .Mostly its the newcomers who attend , people who have just joined our club and don't yet have all the right moves or oldies wanting to polish up their technique.

Little and Large in Lamlash Bay SeaKayakPhoto.com - Jim, Tony, Phil and myself left the shelter of Brodick Bay at Corriegills Point where we met a fresh offshore wind.

Neil's 5* Sea Award! Adventurous Experiences - Congratulations Neil!! on passing your BCU 5* Sea Award this week in NorthWales.

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