Playak News Flash 2010-05-23

Playak News Flash - May 23, 2010
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Koosah Falls, Mackenzie River OR Evan Garcia - Coming back across the states to the West Coast, I was excited to finally get back on some home runs. Meeting up with some old kiwi friends from the past we were ready to go and get something big under our belts. Metlako was pretty low, so the next move was down to the super stout outside of Eugene OR. After many adventures around the world I was finally back to some of the first big waterfalls I had ever seen as young class V paddler.

Return From Chile Sweet - After spending 9 and a half months in Chile i have finally returned back home. It was a long season with an amazing amount of water accumulating to an amazing season of paddling. While there was a lot of time spent sitting around while the rain pounded outside, the sun did occasionally shine. Already having paddled many of the rivers in the country it is still amazing that we are able to find new drainages, new drops and continue to push our selves n this one country. Here is a few of the stories from the year.

Upper Clackamas Festival PDX River Explorers - Every May whitewater enthusiast converge on the Upper Clackamas River for a weekend of competition and good times. The UCWWF hosts a wide variety of whitewater disciplines including raft, cataraft, kayak, inflatable kayak, riverboard, and drift boat. The hardshell kayak competitions include a playboat mass start, boater X or boater cross which is 4 person head-to-head through gates, freestyle, downriver, slalom, and freestyle aerial ramp. Now that is a list that should cover every one's specialty!

Boofarama Palm Blogs - Moving on with the techniques, the boof is a skill which can open up a new level of white water. If it isn't new to you, then a bit of time brushing up won't be wasted!

Movie Nights at CKS Paddle Fest 2010 LVM TV - The latest in the iconic LVM series features: first descents in West Virginia, Colorado, North Carolina, and Mexico, an all ladies segment titled Femme 45 produced by Northwest Legend Christie Glissmeyer, Veggie Tour "Livin on Grease" by Fred Norquist, a new safety segment featuring Will Lyons, carnage and much much more!

Reno Throwdown #3 2010 WK Throwdown - Here we are just a day away from the Reno River Festival. Most of the local community was excited to get one more test run against the clock. We had a good turnout with a huge crowd on shore. We had our normal Wednesday down turn of the weather.

Catching up with Jason Beakes – Report from DC Summit Series Kokatat Blog - Kokatat Whitewater Kayak Ambassador Jason Beakes has been running record high flows in the east, training for the Teva Extreme Mountain Games Italy, and was invited to participate in the Summit Series conference in DC last weekend: Great Falls photo – Skip Brown / Summit Series photos – Jeff McIntyre

Delphin P&H - The first P & H Delphins came out of the mould this weekend and were put straight into the back of the new team van so we could set off to Anglesey for the final test and photo shoot. Anglesey, on the north coast of Wales is home to some of the most beautiful coastline in the world, not to mention some awesome tide races and plentiful wildlife, the idea spot to take our new rock gardening, free-ride sea kayak out for a spin.

Molokai Challenge 2010 Daily Paddle - Clint Robinson won his first Molokai Challenge this weekend in a time of 3:23:02, just 96 seconds outside of Dean Gardiner's record set in 1997.

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