Playak News Flash 2010-11-08

Playak News Flash - November 8, 2010
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2010 Green Race Results The Green Race - Complete results from The Green Race 2010.

Green Time... Mike Dawson - Tomorrow begins the beginning of the end. The Green race is firing up. All the boys & girls are here, and training epically hard on the course trying t get fired up and get sussed with the lines of the river before tomorrows race!

Safety-Slide prevents drowning at lowhead dams Martina Wegman - The first Safety-slide was successfully put into use at the Langeslag lowhead dam in Laag Zuthem, and demonstrated in the presence of Jan Laarman, member of the Groot Salland Water Board, and a number of white-water safety experts. The Safety-Slide developed by Oranjewoud takes away the danger of drowning at weirs.

Battle Axe Creek: Lite Mt. Hood H2O - I woke up Tuesday morning with tentative plans to go kayaking. Matt and I had planned to get up leisurely, check levels, and maybe tackle something close to Portland. I finally pulled myself out of bed around 8 o'clock and got on USGS to find that EVERYTHING was in. Overnight, the Little North Santiam @ Mehama had gone from somewhere just below 1000cfs all the way up to 2700... and rising. The first thing that came to mind was Battle Axe creek, a small trib high up in the Little North Santiam drainage.

It's all gone a bit wet rockratrobinson - It's been a bit wet recently and this only means one thing: kayaking. I've eventually got round to emptying the back of the van of climbing kit and have started getting used to the damp, wet smell that comes with the kayaking scene. Yesterday, the rivers were huge and after getting a quick morning run down the Greta we headed over to the Caldew, behind Blencathra.

Next stop "Tierra del Fuego" CackleTV - Almost 3 years after taking on the wild surf and unpredictable weather of New Zealand's South island, Barry and I feel ready for another challenging trip in a wild and beautiful area of the world. Neither of us have ever kayaked in South America before but we both feel a pull towards the narrow channels of Chilean Argentina, where we can gaze up at ice-clad mountains and maybe watch glaciers carving into the sea.

Dagger Donates Custom Green Boat to Support Green River Access Fund at Green Race 2010 Dagger - Attendees at the Lunch Video Magazine (LVM) Premier Party, on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, will have a chance to win a custom, Dagger Green Boat through a raffle to benefit the Green River Access Fund. The party is the kick off for Saturday's Green River Narrows Race, one of the premier events in whitewater. Over a thousand spectators will hike in to watch the best paddlers in the world on this classic run.

7 seals washed up on shore dead - what is happening? Oceanmaid Ventures - It has been an interesting time in Churchill over this past week. I am witnessing behaviours I have never experienced before and it is definitely making us all scratch our heads. Up until this season I had not witnessed a bear benefitting from the rare occasion (and a free meal) by a seal being stranded,trapped or even washed up on shore. Yet this season I have seen 3 out of 6 incidents.

Kayaking in France Sea Eagle - If you're a kayaker seeking travel, adventure, and a full dose of beautiful, bucolic scenery, go kayaking on the great rivers of France. There are plenty to choose from including the Loire River, the Garrone, Rhone, Dordogne, and more.

3,000 sea kayaks behind Ailsa Craig, but all was quiet. SeaKayakPhoto.com - Setting off anticlockwise round Ailsa Craig, we passed a yacht and a motor cruiser.

3rd annual Tamihi 5-0- Open Canoe Slalom Western Canoeing and Kayaking - This past September was the 3rd annual Tamihi 5-O Open Canoe Race. Tamihi 5-O is held on the world famous Tamihi Rapid on the Chilliwack River. The race is a fun orientated slalom race on a challanging class 3-4 rapid. With multiple gates to hit the course provides lots of spectator amusement as paddlers scramble to make gates on their way down stream.

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