Playak News Flash 2010-09-23

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

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Project X Lower Gauley Diagonal Ledges Wavesport Blogs - Haley Mills, Mike Taveras, and I had the Project X on the Lower Gauly on Saturday. We hung out at the Ledges and had around 20 people try the new Project X out and each person loved it!

2010 Villain Promo: video Jackson Kayak - Here is an updated promo on the new Villain series.

More Project X Footage Wavesport Blogs - First live shots of the new Project X starting to roll in. Check out designer Robert Peerson surfing in the new Project X.

Wakeboating Liquid Projects - Check this video out!

Wet, Wet, Wet... Will Herman - ...not one of my favourite bands, but definitely the theme of a weekend on Anglesey.

Kayaking CITARIK river in JAVA, Indonesia playak.net - A new chapter in Indonesia 's whitewater scenery began when ' BIG O' Olaf Obsommer and his SICK LINE Team visited the islands of JAVA and SUMATRA: they left their boats here - and that did the damage: Lody ( manager from ARUS LIAR, Indonesia's No 1 Rafting company ) fell in love with the sport and invited others...

30th Annual Gull River Open Canoe Slalom Race Kokatat Blog - Mark Scriver, Kokatat Eastern Canada sales representative, sent a recap from the Gull River Open Canoe Slalom Race that took place on September 11th and 12th at the Minden Wild Water Preserve just outside of Minden Ontario.

Barnacles and ice creams on the east coast of Gigha SeaKayakPhoto.com - After launching we made our way down through the reefs and skerries on Gigha's east coast. Donald in his little inflatable had to keep further offshore but was rewarded with the sight of an otter on an outlying reef.

We Love Clean Rivers – Down the River Cleanup on the Clackamus Kokatat Blog - Boats in, garbage out = clean river. The 8th Annual Down the River Cleanup on the Clackamas River, Oregon, was a success!

End of the season notes: northern lake MI lighthouses and my P&H Cetus LV Go Kayak Now - The Endbridge Oil Kalamazoo River disaster put an abrupt end to my usual midweek upstream-paddling workout. If I could smell the oil, I wanted to either help somehow, or get the hell out of town. But there are no volunteer clean-up opportunities for public citizens. So my oldest daughter and I took the only available opportunities to help setup at the animal recovery center, and then go North.

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