Playak News Flash 2010-06-23

Playak News Flash - June 23, 2010
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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SUP Video: Werner Team Rider, Andre Niemeyer, Heads South Werner - Andre Niemeyer and the boys are featured in a recent issue of My Local Line Up. Check out the video of Baja's East Cape.

Italia Pt III – In which Luke and Nick encounter a boar, before a huck and a mini epic… Palm Blogs - It was a beautiful warm spring evening when Luke and I found ourselves in the Aosta Region of northern Italy, on the banks of the beautiful Ayasse river, with a good level and a bottle of wine.

Kayaking with Jesse Coombs and Chris Korbulic (videos) Outside Blog - Jesse Coombs and Chris Korbulic, of Eddie Bauer's First Ascent team, took a gaggle of kayakers out on the water on Saturday, then headed back out on the river alone on Sunday to get in some extra runs. Filmmaker Allison Otto caught up with them on Sunday as they paddled through Class IV rapids on the Roaring Fork. Check out the video above.

Middle Fork of the Salmon Level 6 - Stig and I made the long journey from Ottawa to Syracuse via car and then a hop, a few skips and a jump to Boise Idaho. From there we met up with our compadres Tom from Shred Ready Helmets, Morgan from North Water and Mark from Mountain Equipment Co-op. After a quick meeting at the airport to collect our goods quench our thirst, we all made away in the family wagon to Stanley Idaho, the home of Middlefork River Expeditions.

Raffuse Creek Exploration CKS Squad - When Todd calls and says "hey man, ive got something sweet, wanna go to BC this weekend?", It probably means its gunna be a good old fashioned BC bushwack to a worthy creek. Then he texted me some photos they had taken when they scouted it a few days prior. Pictures of clean waterfalls and a kickass gorge met my eyes. I dropped other plans and headed up to the squamish area.

Fibark 2010 Team Pyranha - Hannah Kertesz throwing down in the Salida Hole where she ended up 2nd in the Junior Women's class!! Read on for more results and photos from the last 4 days at Colorado's oldest & biggest whitewater festival. We're all exhausted after another busy Fibark weekend. Demshitz Jared Seiler and Dave Fusilli were out of all competitions due to injuries, but there were still plenty of people representing in all of the whitewater kayaking events.

Paul Schauer: Butt-boating hero The Roaming Dials - Like so many runs I thought maybe a bit too stiff for me and my packraft, Disappointment Ck was Bradford's idea. That would be Bradford Washburn's namesake, Brad Meiklejohn.

Thigh straps rule. I don't care who says otherwise The Roaming Dials - This month I've been able to put a few days in while strapped into my heavily-modded yellow Llama. First Scott Solle invited me out with his swiftwater rescue class on Eagle River. NOLS Alaska was there in numbers and everyone who tried out the thigh-strapped packraft was in agreement that it's a qualitatively new and different experience. Straps got my son back into boating and the swiftwater class was the best money he's spent this year, he said.

Some more photos of the Teva Games Team Pyranha - Here are the promised photos of the Teva Extreme Outdoor Games 2010.

Claire O bags Silver at Euro Freestyle Champs PeakUK - Claire O'Hara does it again! Already World, European and British Champion in Ladies Squirt Kayaking, 28 year old, Leeds girl, Claire O'Hara has gone on to achieve success in a different discipline of kayaking : this Saturday, in Lienz in Austria she won the Silver Medal in the Ladies European Freestyle Kayaking Championships 2010.

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