Playak News Flash 2010-06-09

Playak News Flash - June 9, 2010
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Freestyle photos from the Teva Mountain Games! Jackson Kayak - Enjoy these photos–I had lots of time to shoot as I didn't make it past prelims this year–DOH!!! This year had bigger air and bigger water than ever before. The highest recorded water level in more than 10 years was recorded the night after finals!

The Kaweah's Evan Garcia - California is doing some crazy things with its weather this summer...mostly just huge changes in temperature and precipitation. This has caused for hard windows in the runnable levels of the rivers that we want to get on. After some good times in the Northern Sierras we saw that the levels were looking perfect for some of the steep tributaries of the Kaweah. Mostly the East Fork, which is one of the best steep granite stashes in the State. So with a nice crew of paddlers I headed down to the old Hideaway Campground for a Memorial day weekend of shit running and good times.

Write-up: North Fork of the Kaweah, Lower A Wet State (CA) - A few months ago, Darin and I went to Three Rivers for a week of boating. Due to a Hospital Rock induced trio of cracks that the Upper North Kaweah turned into a very large hole, the trip ended after just two days. The following week I ended up at a wedding in nearby Hanford and returned with my brother to get on the Gateway run. Flash forward 2 months, as a cold spell hits Sacramento in the middle of May, I begin talk to friends who suggest going South will ensure warm weather and perfect water… at least the water part was right.

Steep Creek Photos and Videos Teva Mountain Games - Enjoy some photos and videos below from the Bud Light Lime Steep Creek Championship presented by Thule at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games! The event took place on Thursday, June 3 on Homestake Creek.

Teva Mt. Games: Days 2 & 3 Freestyle Comp Team Pyranha - Friday and Saturday we competed in the Prelims and Semi-Finals for the Freestyle kayak event at the Teva Mt. Games in Vail. Unfortunately nobody made it to Finals to compete in the somewhat terrifying flooded hole that was not only tricky to stick moves in, but also hard to avoid large logs and root balls. Due to this high water level, Day 4 river events, including the the 8-ball Boatercross were cancelled.

Cali Roadtrip: Part 1 CKS Squad - Almost directly from the Embudo race I began driving in search of the granite wonderland known as California. The back-breaking fifteen hour drive was rewarded with the ever rising South Merced.

Buena Vista Pro Rodeo Wavesport Blogs - I picked up Taylor Cote at the Grand Junction Airport and we headed to Buena Vista. The Arkansas River was low when we got there and paddled in the top hole for a couple of days. As the level came up the top hole got pretty sticky and the 4 other features started to come in

Jakub Styling Homestake Creek, Teva Mtn Games Astral Currently - Enjoy this helmet cam footage from Astral paddler Jakub Nemec during the Teva Mountain Games Steep Creek Championship

Staying warm and dry in the cold and wet with IR's Double D Immersion Research - Spring sprung and now summer is here in the southeast, which means that the drysuits have been put away until next December. It has been a great winter/spring of paddling and throughout it all my Double D drysuit kept me warm and dry.

Mega Bullitt S - Feedback for New Owners. Savannah Canoe and Kayak - Tom has been surfing all his life and recently took delivery of a new Mega Xtec Bullitt S. He sent us some excellent feedback on the boat that we thought would be useful to our other Bullitt owners.

MEC Paddlefest celebrates all things paddling Kokatat Blog - Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) will host the city's fourth annual Vancouver Paddlefest at the Jericho Sailing Centre Association. With a focus on fun and water safety, this family-oriented event is open to anyone, from novice to expert, who wants to take up kayaking or canoeing or to further their paddling skills.

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