Playak News Flash 2010-11-17

Playak News Flash - November 17, 2010
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines

November Sea Kayaking - 'a breath of fresh air' Adventurous Experiences - A reasonable swell, with a distinct absence of wind, ideal conditions for a paddle!

2days self-support on the Dourbie river!! Valentin Grollemund - On October 12th and 13th, I joined my buddies Raph Thiebaut, Stephane Pion and Valentin Corrotte to paddle the full upper Dourbie river in France on a 2 days self-support trip!!

Another Great Modern Packrafting Adventure The Roaming Dials - Thanks for making me look bad Alastair!

Agout river event Valentin Grollemund - As every year the last weekend of october takes place the "Agout river event" in Brassac, near Castres in France. Agout river is an easy class III/IV- river with one class V- rapid where loooot of paddlers have some massive carnages!!

Rogue River SUP with Taylor Robertson Kokatat Blog - Kokatat Ambassador Taylor Robertson sent in this video from his second descent of the wild and scenic section of the Rogue River in southern Oregon. The video includes his attempt at Rannie Falls!

Battle of the Bay Stephan's Photos SUP HQ - Here are some great photos taken by Stephan Theron of the Battle of the Bay event.

In the Brickhouse Tony Paradise - Our paddle yesterday was out of Brigus which some believe was settled in 1612, just two years after Cupids, making it the second oldest English settlement in Canada. Its thought the name is a corruption of the word Brickhouse or Brighouse. There's a lot of history in these small communities that isn't taught in school, or at least that I don't remember. So, I checked out the history of Brigus after I got home. It warrants anther visit.

Oregon visit- Day 2 worldkayak blogs - TheDave and I arranged to meet up with Rob Bart in Hood River and hit something in the Columbia River Gorge area. Rob's recently returned from Russia after working on the Kamchatka Project. The project seeks to raise awareness of the importance of the Kamchatka area for maintaining diversity of Salmon.

Mid November Gauley worldkayak blogs - Not much has been running, so when I noticed the Gauley had been releasing at about 2k cfs all week and the weather would be in the 60's all weekend, I decided to pack up and head out to West by God.

This mail contains a selection of the world's latest paddling news. To see all the latest news, videos, forum discussions and more, visit Playak News Watch.
To manage your Playak subscriptions, click here.