Playak News Flash 2010-10-17

Playak News Flash - October 17, 2010
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The Upper G, a SUP board and $50 Immersion Research - The RV smelled and looked unusually clean. Woody was commenting on how Friday night had become nearly as busy as Saturday night at Gauley Festival. Piano Bob was howling in the distance. These are the memories I was having as I pulled open the RV door after storing the final pieces of equipment from the nights LVM premiere. It was about 12:30 AM, I was done for the day and ready to go to sleep.

Oak Island Classic: Kayak Fishing Tournament Immersion Research - IR sponsored the 2010 NCKFA Fall Classic, a kayak fishing tournament held at Oak Island, NC. The event was well attended by anglers and family members alike. There were a total of 48 registered anglers in the four divisions; King Mackerel,Redfish, Trout and Flounder.

Means of Production 2 Team Pyranha - The new trailer for Means of Production 2 is out now at www.mopmovie.com.

Why California is One of the Best Places in the World to Go Kayaking Dagger Blogs - It's been almost two months since my California summer ended and I returned home to the Southeast. With little rain here and little rain in sight, I often find myself daydreaming about California and just how awesome it is. That got me thinking, what exactly is it about California that makes it so great?

Adidas Sickline world championship Peter Csonka - In the beginning of October every thing was prepared in Otzal for the event to start. The the Adidas Sickline extrem World Championships are held in Otztal's beautiful valley every year. For a weekend became this tourist well know area full of kayak fancy. Some come to take a part and some come with the goal to win and take home gold and of course prize money. But winner can be just one of the 150 paddlers from all around the world.

Bus Eater Update Astral Currently - Rain, rain, and more rain brought the water level of the Ottawa River to the brink of spring flood. The Ottawa River locals put themselves on Stakeout watch for the slowly approaching high water Bus Eater Wave. The level never quite got to prime but the 'almost' Bus level had to be surfed.

Kayak Huasteca: Last week in WV. Gotta get the SUP on! Upper Gauley Style. PaddleBlogs - The Gauley River has some amazing green waves. These waves are perfect for Stand Up Paddling. Below are some shots of the Swimmers rapid just below Masons branch take out.

Kanu Messe report, new Element L and Detox L Fluid Blog - As usual, the big and ever-growing Kanu Messe happened early october in the city of Nurnberg, Germany. As usual (bis), it's been a good show for Fluid. As usual (ter), we have been introducing a few neat new boats and accessories.

Tryweryn Fest 2010 FlowFree - Back in September, the first ever Tryweryn Festival was held – one of the first events to involve almost all the UK market's manufacturers. With loads of demo boats available, coaching sessions and loads of fun events all weekend – this promised to be an excellent event.

Pixiland Project Revisited Kokatat Blog - Sunday, the night before the tour, there was a big storm with 50mph winds and buckets of rain. The group of river managers were feeling uncertain, but I explained that our protocol was to drive to the location and make the call depending on the conditions of the day and time of the tour. The the Oregon coast has many micro-climates, and 10 miles can make a world of difference, let along 24 hours!

Summer wrap-up from Jez Blanchard, Australia Kokatat Blog - What an awesome summer it's been! It had everything I can want in a summer: great times, good weather and some fantastic boating. As usual I was fortunate to be able to instruct in the Southeast, teaching kids on the water every day. There is something really rewarding about getting kids hooked that have never been in a boat, and seeing their progression to taking on some big water. A very packed-in summer lead to instructing daily, teaching what I estimate to be over 500 people made me a very tired, but content boater.

Adrian's Guide – How to Make Your Own Hand Paddles Adrian Tregoning - This is a step-by-step article on how to build your own hand paddles. You'll need minimal equipment and skill, and you should be able to do this at home very easily. Hand paddling is a good alternative to spice up your easy, familiar runs and will create good water awareness too. It's also a good skill to have and some people like to carry hand paddles on certain rivers as backups as they're very light. Whatever your reason, it's simply fun to build them so get cracking.

Whitewater Symposium 2010 at NOC Level 6 - Each year, manufacturers, instructors, paddlers and others come together to share ideas on how to grow the paddle sport industry and improve their kayak school. This is my 4th year attending the event and my 3rd year presenting at the symposium. The two topics I have shared with the symposium and continue to personally develop are: "Kayaking Fitness" and "The Kayaking Mindset".

Technical details to work on Daily Paddle - Jim Walker is the #1 when it comes to providing high quality paddling technique videos. This is one of the latest ones. Some really interesting details to think about and practice.

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