Playak News Flash 2010-06-01

Playak News Flash - June 1, 2010
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Final River in West Sumatra! Adrian Tregoning - Thursday 26 November 2009. I woke up at 07:30 and felt tired. Perhaps it was the excitement that all the other days had been filled with that left one feeling quite drained. It wasn't a bad thing, it was just, well, one of those things. The trip had been really memorable and I'll always look back fondly to the amazing things were saw and experienced there, but before I get too teary eyed in my story, we still had one day left to paddle.

Homestake creek practice - Day 1 and 2 Jakub Nemec - Just got to Colorado yesterday and started cruising at the Homestake creek to get ready for Teva mountain games. Tonihgt heading to CKS fest in Buena Vista, then OBJ creek, Yule creek, Barrel springs and much more before heading back here next week!

Video of my day in Colorado Wavesport Blogs - After several weeks spent in California, kayaking and working, we got to Colorado few days ago. Weather is sunny and warm, flows are high and we all are having great time out here. This weekend I have been representing at the CKS kayak festival before Teva mountain games next week.

Tyler Curtis: Freestyle in Scandanavia Wavesport Blogs - After some epic surfing on the Ottawa River it was time to head for Norway.

Freeride Italia! Palm Blogs - With the big melt in Val Sesia coming to a head, I flew out to join Nick Horwood for some freeriding fun!

Germany Surf Kayaks Cape Town Adrian Tregoning - In the beginning of this year I managed to meet up with Michael Schubert from Paderborn, Germany. He was here to do some sort of research for his studies at a hospital near to me and with him being a kayaker, we met up. Not having ever met him before, except via Facebook - it seems that's a very handy way to network, and meet up with fellow kayakers.

Support Werner's Adriene Levknecht as she drops vertical feet to raise money for cancer. Werner - Adriene Levknecht, Werner Paddles team member, has joined an all womens team of Heather Herbeck, Andria Davis, Kim Russell, and Lana Young to enter the Eddy Flower Vertical Challenge and help raise money for cancer research with First Decents.

World Premier of Hotel Charley 5: First Descent Kokatat Blog - Kokatat team paddlers Jesse Coombs and Ben Stookesbury premiered their new film Hotel Charley 5: First Descent last night in Telluride Colorado.

Cold Cali Creeks Sweet - After hucking down on a few of my favorite runs in the Northwest, I made my way from the Green wonderland of the PNW, down to the ever so classic California goods. Finding some very out of the normal Cali weather, we have been forced to run some high and cold rivers.

California Summer? Sam Roil - We haven't really been experiencing the textbook Californian summer of clear skies and super hot days - rain, hail and snow have pretty much been the go for the last week. As a result the water is still locked up in the snowpack for all of the big runs. Last week we got on a couple of small creeks along with the ever present South Yuba runs.

Pyrenees Buddies Race 2010 Valentin Grollemund - ...We arrived on May Thursday 13th in the afternoon, we enjoyed a sweet long night to be in a good shape for that event, which starts up the extrem kayak races season 2010...

Thompson River University Adventure Guide Diploma Program builds leaders on and off the water Paddling Life - The Thompson River University's Adventure Guide Diploma Program provides more than college credits to its participants. Students improve both leadership and paddling skills, but more importantly the expedition also provides funding for Nepalese Sherpas to continue their education.

"Paddling Modes" Stan Mac Kenzie - I just thought I'd follow Sean a bit on our outing in St. Philip's on Thursday Night. The wind was howling and gusting up to about 30kt SW. A land breeze I guess. We were just exercise paddling I think. Exerting energy for the fun of it. Practising squares, triangles and every other angle into the malestrom.

Tidal Power Generator Planned for Prime Sea Kayak Location- Skye Simon Willis - I lost count of the number of times we went to Kyle Rhea when filming Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown. All the tidal coaching sequence is shot there. The tide is fast and crucially, the site is sheltered. Which is why tidal power developers have been eyeing it up for a while.

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