Playak News Flash 2010-05-22

Playak News Flash - May 22, 2010
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Deer Creek CA Wavesport Blogs - I finally got to experience some Cali rivers and creeks. It was everything I thought it was and more. Amazing scenery, great drops, and was so much fun! The best part of it all was I finally did my first self support overnighter on Deer Creek which is a class IV with maybe three V's.

South Branch: video Jackson Kayak - After the Reno River Festival it was straight to the creeks of California. As most people know California has some of the best creek boating in the world. With smooth granite slides, and large amounts of waterfalls California if a must for any avid kayaker.

Steep Creekin' Piemonte 2010 in Images Gene17 - Gene17 has recently finished it's Spring Steep Creekin' season in Piemonte, Italy. Below are 5 images from over a 1000, that outlines what we go and the paddler's enjoying the granite drops & slides.

Clackamas River Festival Small World Adventures - After getting skunked on the Upper Middle Consumnes in CA, Don and I hustled back to Oregon to make the Clackamas River Festival. This is a cool event that boasts tons of races and activities for both rafters and kayakers drawing a large crowd from the Portland area.

Huit Chutes - 8 Chutes Whitewater-Koa - After a day to nurse a hangover from Lou's birthday we set off early to a river called Huit Chutes (8Chutes). Pumped and ready to go we made it to the Take-out at 10.30 but with the normal road closed we were forced to find an alternative. After 20km extra driving and almost walking in miles from where we thought we were we decided to check if the origonal gate was even locked. To our little suprise it was not. It was just tied with a piece of string.

Video: North America Level 6 - Tino Specht and friends paddling some of North Americas classics!

Surf Sessions -Ottawa River Garb Sweet - With days flying by and the Ottawa at prime low water levels the surf just kept on providing amazing sessions. As the water dropped lower I moved my surfing from the goods of McKoy's to the famous Garb Wave. This thing is so sweet! You can do every trick and with it being in my back yard I could paddle two and three times a day!

Dave Crerar Spring 2010 Dave Crerar - Spring has been unique this year in that it didn't involve slaving away in the books while all my friends went kayaking all over the world. This year I got to stay outdoors and travel to Quebec for spring boating.

Quebec Steepness on the Riviere des Huit Chutes Wavesport Blogs - Once again I find myself in the back woods of Quebec exploring its amazing wealth of White water. With the help of Chicoutimi Local Patrick Levesque we have been hitting up a wide spectrum of rivers, covering everything from big water flood runs, low volume steeps, classic runs and a few more First Descents to add to the list.

Video Ticino is online Team LiquidLogic - Here you can see the video we made for French national TV in April. As broadcasted on May 8th . There's a few mistakes as always with TV journalists, Ticino is not in Val d'Aoste.

Video: South Branch of the Middle Feather playak.tv - One of the best rivers in California at high flow!

Opal Gorge Mt. Hood H2O - Well, Matt and crew seemed to have a lot of fun on Opal Gorge a couple weeks ago, so Nate and I decided we would head back for each of our second runs down this phenomenal PNW run. I had to be back to class that evening, so we met at the Swiss Village restaurant at 10am.

Quebec Update 1 Whitewater-Koa - In a rather unfamiliar way my year started with 2 easy flights up to montreal with Lou with no lost baggage, missed flights or anything inconvenient! At the airport we were met by Blake and headed back to Ottawa for the night to rest then the next day drove a further 10 hrs up to Chicoutimi where the rest of the crew was based.

Nikki Gregg Fitness Professional Takes Her Workouts to the Water Gym with Stand Up Paddle Boot Camps SUP Surf Mag - SUP fitness evangelist and founder/owner of NRG Lifestyle Fitness Nikki Gregg not only looks like a goddess, she can literally walk on water which is where she's moved her "gym." Described as the "Spokeswoman of Stand Up Paddling" by Stand Up Paddle Magazine, Gregg has created a co-ed, SUP Boot Camp designed to get participants not just walking on water but doing push-ups, planks, and other strength/balance activities on floating boards which range in size, but average 10'-12' in length by 28-30" in width.

Spring Has Arrived in OR! Bryon Dorr - Not a lot to say in this post. I'll let the photos do most of the work. Been working hard at Next and trying to get out and play hard on my few days off. Julie had a great trip to Cali to visit some friends and is now back with her family in MD. Her sisters wedding is two weeks away and her parents are really enjoying her being home. She is going to stay in MD for the summer and teach windsurfing at Ultimate Watersports.

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