Playak News Flash 2010-12-19

Playak News Flash - December 19, 2010
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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Hagen Gorge in Southern Washingto Wavesport Blogs - The level was a little bit low, but still a super fun day. Hagen Gorge flows into the Washougal River which is just outside Portland, on the Washington side of the Columbia. The Washougal was running near 2000CFS. I'd like tohead back and run the same section when the Washoulgal is at maybe... 4000CFS. Here are photos of Euphoria and Crack in the Earth, the two largest rapids.

Krom River – a Rare Descent Adrian Tregoning - When you live in the Western Cape of South Africa, paddling options are a little limited. This is not to say that the paddling is bad, it certainly isn't – but this sometimes makes one look to something, well, different. The Krom River is a very short river that flows into the Smalblaar, just upstream of the confluence of the Smalblaar and the Elandspad where it strangely becomes known as the Molenaars to most people, and maps. I heard about it from Johnny Heatlie so we just had to investigate it.

1st Descent Waihi Stream, NZ's sickest Wavesport Blogs - Waihi Stream is a Kayaker's dream, a 1km stretch of whitewater that drops 100m's over smooth Papa (A soft, clay like rock found in abundance on NZ's east coast), with road acess put-in and take-out. Josh Neilson and Matt Danes had scouted this Jem a couple years back and have been waiting for a rain event big enough to over-flow the dam at the put-in.

20 days in Mexico – emerald blue cascades, tacos, jungle, beach, waterfalls and losses Teva Blog - After the Green Race Mariann Saether (NOR), team TEVA athletes Mike Dawson (NZL), Seppi Strohmeier (GER) and me decided to head to Mexico for a three week kayak adventure. At the airport in Mexico-City we met with young gun Pirmin Dlugosch, the Norwegian Benjamin Hjort, and Mikes brother James to complete our international team

Desperate-Measures.co.uk web-shop now open Desperate Measures - Desperate-Measures.co.uk is now fully live and accepting online orders! We've invested considerable hours developing our new web-site, and we think that it's been worth the wait! Over the last few months, online ordering has been turned off to allow us to test our 'RBS World Pay' payment gateway, and to make some last minute tweaks. We're now up and running, accepting payments by: MasterCard, Maestro, Solo, Visa, Visa Debit and Pay Pal.

Kayak King Game Playak - And yet another little kayaking game in flash - sorry Apple fans :)

Kayaking in Thailand Mark Tozer - Modern sea kayaking can trace its ancestry to the lands of Alaska , Canada and Greenland . However, unlike the original need for such crafts to be used for hunting and connecting communities, sea kayaking in the present  day is very much a recreational activity that can take place on...

VIDEO: Classic - White Water Rebels Rapid Magazine Blog - Taken it way back to 1983. White Water Rebels.  Hollywoods take on a renegade canoeist, who illegally runs a river to protest its exploitation by a greedy corporation. Old school environmentalism. Awesome. Read more...

Kenai Canyon Cold The Roaming Dials - If we weren't headed for Borneo and Tasmania soon, maybe something like this would make it to our agenda:

Aussies and Americans Competing Under the Same Flag USA Canoe/Kayak - The U.S. Men's Sprint Team has added two Australian imports to a group already led by Aussie Head Coach Guy Wilding. Ryan Dolan (Kailua, Hawaii) said the language barrier hasn't been an issue thus far.

Sea Kayaking UK and Lendal Working on DVD - Video Simon Willis - Sea Kayaking UK and Lendal are working on a new DVD over the following year, filming sea kayaking in its most extreme conditions.'

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