Playak News Flash 2010-12-18

Playak News Flash - December 18, 2010
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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Nick's Greeter Falls Mission adidas Sickline - This past week we got 3 inches of rain here in Rock Island. Though it wasn't just us, the entire South Eastern United States got slammed. Everything thing was running, and the question was where do we go?

Top 5 Rolling Myths Busted! Dagger Blogs - Rolling is a big deal in whitewater kayaking because it's an important self-rescue skill that can skyrocket your confidence, which in turn helps improve your skills. When you're confident that you can get yourself back up after flipping over, whitewater doesn't seem as scary and, mentally, you're more likely to try new things.

Autumn report Fluid Blog - It's honestly a bit hard to start to write something fun with shitty blabla as I was used to do, but this one comes right after the previous post of Celliers about our team mate Hendri Coetzee... We are all floating on the same river called LIFE.

Matt Wilson and Crew hit a 1st D in Peru Immersion Research - Peru is hands down my favorite place to paddle on earth. Yeah it doesn't have the classic slides and waterfalls like Chile or California but if you like huge canyons, incredible ruins and big adventures then Peru the place.

Munich Freestyle Championship Teva Blog - Every year the same procedure! No sooner that the summer is over all the preparations start on the Theresienwiese in downtown Munich: building up the big beer tents, roller coasters, and shooting galleries... The reason is well known: the annual Oktoberfest, as known as "beerfest"!

East Coast Travels With Jakub Nemec Werner - Since mid September I have been hanging out and kayaking around East coast of the US. Its been fun times for sure. I found a job to make money for kayaking trip to Mexico in winter and have been living with my wife's family in Pennsylvania. Of course we took some weeks off to go kayaking, explored what big boys PA has for us and did some playboating on weekends.

Ötz – Wellerbrücke Team LiquidLogic - Check out the video!

Fun in the surf homemade kayaks - Nice photos!!!

COR 3.0 Level 6 - COR has teamed up with Heliconia press and WHITEWATER TV to bring you the third installment in the Chronicles of Rage webisode series. Footage from this years training on the Green River Narrows.

Costa Rica, Chirripo, Chirripo Pacifico, Upper Buena Vista, and the San Rafael Chris Baer - Packing up my equipment in snowy Colorado I really had no idea what I was getting my self into again. I have been traveling internationally to kayak for the last three years yet every time I pack my bags for the next grand adventure I have that voice in the back of my head asking me are you ready, do you know what you are in for, what if, what if, what if.

Kolaiha "Fuzzy" Jardine claims victory Starboard - Kolaiha "Fuzzy" Jardine wins the trials event for the final stop of Stand Up World Tour at Honolii, Hawaii.

Stebbins Creek Update Northwest Video Scrapbook - Winter paddling requires an early start, which is something that hasn't happened on the last couple missions, but it has worked itself out.. We ended up putting on the water at 1:45pm and raced down the creek making it out at 4:05pm.

Styx Hard-Man ... Barny Young! Jordan Searle - Well after all the build up and everyone wondering who will it be... the Styx Race has come and gone and there is a champion! Thanks to the hard work of Pat Connell, with the support of Barny, Kev and Jeanna, the Styx Race was a major success. The event attracted 26 of New Zealand's hardest kayakers, with Keith Riley being the suggested favourite.

11th Annual Millrace Massacre & Iceman Championships Coming Soon! worldkayak blogs - Check out the video!!!

Eric Terrien Wins Historic Stand Up Paddle Race Across Paris SUP Surf Mag - Saturday December 4th 2010 was a historic day for the stand up paddle world with the first ever stand up paddle race across Paris. One hundred riders were registered, but due to poor weather conditions (air temperatures below 0°C /32F and water temperature below 5°C/41F, strong winds and snow forecasted) the local authorities only authorized 30 riders to take the start.

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