Playak News Flash 2010-08-28

Playak News Flash - August 28, 2010
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How To: Catch waves on the fly Wavesport Blogs - On-the-fly-waves are the ones that you only get one chance per run to catch- waves that can not be caught from an eddy. One approach to catching an on-the-fly wave is to line up for it (in terms of left-right position), point dead upstream (like a salmon) and paddle like mad (like a mad-man). This often works, but in this post, I will detail a more nuanced approach to catching waves on-the-fly.

Tanya Faux Pro Spotlight on LVM Wavesport Blogs - Checkout this great video interview on Wave Sport's Tanya Faux from LVM!

The Middle Kings in One Day Kokatat Blog - Team Kokatat paddlers Ben Stookesbury and Chris Korbulic run the Middle Kings in one epic long day. Photo's and words by Chris Korbulic.

Dwars Watefall Boof PeakUK - Here's a short video of Peak UK team paddler Adrian Tregoning boofing a waterfall on the Dwars river.

Fluid Detox – Yes! Adrian Tregoning - 2 or 3 weeks ago I got my large Fluid Detox. I had been eagerly anticipating this boat for ages and was chomping on the bit after seeing the medium in action recently on the Mzimvubu Team Trip in April. As the medium came out first, I had longer to wait. But as clichéd as this will sound, it was worth the wait.

Kayaking Trip Japan PeakUK - Due to Dave Fairweather having an unfortunate mishap with a car while in Switzerland, our trip started with one paddler down. After spending far too much time in Aircraft and various airports we finally arrived in Japan and drove over night up to Minakami, after finding the local rafting centre and having a chat to some of the guides there we headed off on our first river, the Tonegawa, a lovely grade 3/4 upper section, which led into a nice 3+ through the centre of the town.

Norway adidas Sickline - My first paddle stroke to the european white water mecca. I've heard so much about Norway. The wilderness, the huge rapids, the big waves, paddling in the Fjords..

How to do the rudder... Wavesport Blogs - This is the first technique article which aims to show what I do to have the best results in class V or races. What I'm presenting now is one of the first stroke to control curves with creeks and freestyle boats.

Loving Life in NC Wavesport Blogs - Here are some latest local shots, and some of the first natural flow ive gotten since moving to NC (LOW WATER IS BETTER THAN NO WATER).... though the almost daily dam released Green River Narrows runs are nothing to complain about!!!

Photo Unload - Now and Then 2010 Charlie Simmons - Life....................

Black Canyon Update Astral Currently - On the way back from Outdoor Retailer Yonton and I had the chance to run one of the most impressive river canyons in the world - The Black Canyon of the Gunnison. We had a kick ass crew consisting of canyon vet Capt'n Milo Wynne, our Rockies Rep Brent Toepper, Asheville homeboy turned Boulder bike guru Daniel Windham, and Astral team paddler Jakub Nemec. Its been about 5 years since I've been back in the "M-BOX" and it was so sweet to get back in there with such a great posse!

EUCC Alps trip 2010 AS Watersports - Exeter University Canoe Club took one of their annual club trips to the white water mecca of the Southern French Alps earlier in the year. High water prevented some of the harder rivers but as always they had a lot of fun.

Kayak Kernow - the Cornish paddlers: Maenporth to Durgan 23/08/10 PaddleBlogs - Tim had not paddled for 2 weeks, Rob was on holiday and bored, and I was more than happy to join them, so we arranged an evening paddle from Maenporth. Weather was not ideal, but we wrapped up and were prepared for a cool trip. As it turned out, the wind died away, the sea was almost smooth at times, and it was a memorable twilight end with a full moon to boot!

The Midwest Freestyle Championships 2010 Jackson Kayak - This past weekend I had the privilege to coach the Midwest Freestyle Championships for the third year in a row. The weekend starts off with two days of clinics on Thursday and Friday

Current Designs: Current Designs Launches New Logo Paddle Press - Current Designs is excited to unveil a sweeping transformation of its brand identity including a new logo, boat graphics, and website update. The new look is designed to reflect the high performance style and grace that Current Designs Kayaks are so well known for.

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