Playak News Flash 2010-10-23

Playak News Flash - October 23, 2010
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Project X at Diagonal Ledges Wavesport Blogs - So if you haven't heard already the Project X is where it's at. This boat is the best playboat I've ever paddled, hands down! Lately I've been paddling a lot with Bryan Kirk on the Upper Gauley and hitting up all of the little holes along the way. Wanting to get the X out on a wave lead us to Diagonal Ledges on the Lower, we liked! Here's a little video I put together of Bryan getting his groove on at Diagonal Ledges, enjoy!

Pyranananananananananananana Fest Seth Ashworth - I've just got back from a wild weekend at Canolfan Tryweryn which was playing host to the third annual Pyranha Fest. For those of you not in the know PFest is a Pyranha organised event where a massive fleet of demo boats get brought down to Tryweryn for people to try over the weekend. There are organised coaching courses by some of Pyranha's top coaches and a whole bunch of fun competitions.

BC 2010 - Adam Cooper Go Boating AU - Adam Cooper was kind enough to allow us to use a short film he made of our trip to British Columbia this year. Looking forward to seeing the full edit in the coming weeks!

Video Update from Upstate NY Astral Currently - As the rain pounded in upstate New York Nicole and myself started driving north. Our first stop was the Inner City Strife wave where we met up with Jeremy Laucks, Bryan Hartman, and a few other of demshitz. After a few days of non stop surfing myself, and Jeremy met up with Matt Young and several others for a run down sections 3 and 4 of the Oswegatchie. This was a Moose like river but on a bigger scale. I believe Jeremy called this style of river "lake and huck".

Fear Canyon of the Elaho Roaring Fork Kayakers - This is the final installment of Evan, Candace, and myself's trip to BC this summer. We headed for an evening run on the classic big water run in the upper squamish river valley drainage. As we bombed through some sweet rapids without scouting( Evan had done the run 3 years prior) Evan got stuck in a nasty hole and had an intense beatdown. I'll let the video tell the rest of the story.

Kuchl Sessions started! adidas Sickline - Last week the Kuchl Sessions have started! The water dropped and perfect waves started to run almost all day long. We arrived there on Friday afternoon. At the beginning of the day the waves were a bit too high for surfing on them with a kayak, but many surfers enjoyed them on their surfboards though.

TEVA Lea Extreme Race 2010 Go Boating AU - This years TEVA Lea Extreme Race held in Tasmania's Northwest. Thanks to Go Boating Australia and Adrian Kiernan for the Video. stay tuned for GBA new video magazine - coming soon!

Triple Crown Kokatat Blog - Three rivers in three weeks doesn't sound too ambitious, or so I once thought. When the rivers are remote wilderness multiday trips though, things change a bit. The rivers after all are the Stikine, the Susitna and the Alsek. This past September, my good buddy – up and coming ripper – Ric Moxon and I spent nearly three weeks living in our Kokatat drysuits and got to experience some of the most beautiful places in the world. For the first leg, the Stikine, we were joined by Taylor Cavin, Ben Hawthorne, Cody Howard and the one and only – Daz Clarkson.

Altai 2010 - Part 1 Tomass Marnics - Hello! Very soon, in the coming days, the a new release of "Vertical world" will be on sale, in which the reader can find the full version of the story about the trip the team Adidas Sickline the Altai.

LVM Press Release, The Final Four LVM TV - After nearly a decade, countless premieres, and 34 issues LVM has undoubtedly produced and distributed more whitewater content than any other DVD series in history. We would like to extend a sincere thanks to all of our long time subscribers, premiere organizers and sponsors for years of loyal support.

Kayak Noise - Caves Kayak Noise - Paddling in Caves.... Alex Matthews Kayaks the Caves and Arches of Port Renfrew.

Pre-nationals training video Level 6 - Check out this cool video!

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