Playak News Flash 2011-01-04

Playak News Flash - January 4, 2011
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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The Story Behind the "Coosa" Name Jackson Kayak - Many have asked, "What does Coosa mean" or "What is a Coosa?" Well, this blog post will help answer the questions behind the Coosa name and give folks some insight behind the development and design of the Jackson Kayak Coosa.

Paddle to Seattle: New kayak documentary released PaddleBlogs - I highly recommend watching this documentary on two guys in self built kayak travel over 97 days the Inside Passage from Alaska to Seattle. This is available for a limited time online for free.

Mexico part 2 ibaietan - I's some weeks now we have been paddling hard. To paddle hard means danger is involved, you know. So with bad luck ower friend Eric Deguil broak his back. He can walk, but he is going to have 3 months with corset and his hollidays in Mexico is of course finished. He runed the Tomata falls ( 23m) with to low water and even with a almost perfect line it was not enough to dont get hurt. Have good healing my friend,Tabasse !!!!

Spitsbergen (Svalbard/Norway) Circumnavigation by Kayak Kokatat Blog - Juergen Schuette (Germany) and Heike Robinson (USA) will attempt the circumnavigation of the Svalbard (Norway) Archipelago. This several months expedition will take them from latitude 74o to latitude 81o , which is about 600 miles from the North Pole. Wearing plenty of Kokatat gear they should be good and warm throughout their journey.

Chinahhh. Ni Hoa Ma Xi Xi Level 6 - Awesome times on the Salween River with a great crew (including fellow L6 team members Ben Marr and Casper Van Kalmthout) filming for Rush Sturges upcoming release 'Frontier' (trailer coming this week)… Check these screen grabs from a run down one of the short sections… Tribe site ( www.triberider.com ) for more soon.

Snow Kayak Level 6 - After a long and fulfilling trip from the east coast of America to the west coast including the 15th annual Green River Narrows Race in Asheville NC where I place eleventh with a time of 4:53 in my first appearance, Tish Tang Falls in Northern California, and the Skookumchuk Narrows which are just Northwest of Vancouver BC.

Jackson Kayak's everywhere you want to be Playak - Jackson Kayak launches iPhone app, new web site and amps social media presence.

Palguin River Race 2010 Evan Garcia - Chile is an amazing place for kayaking, as we all know. Every year this place see's more and more boaters and continually sises to amaze everyone who comes down to this long skinny mountainous country. For the past two years Kayak Chile has put together and organized a Palguin river festival.

New Year's Day Paddle Frogma - Sebago Canoe Club's annual Frostbite Regatta, Club Potluck & General Meeting was postponed until next weekend due to continuing access issue - but with an absolutely gorgeous forecast for the first day of 2011, a few of us made our way to the club for a paddle. It wasn't a particularly long one but it was absolutely gorgeous out there & the Jamaica Bay harbor seals were feeling especially social - we saw three of them, and the first two followed us for a very long time!

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