Playak News Flash 2011-01-06

Playak News Flash - January 6, 2011
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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Liquid Fusion Kayaking: Return to Rancheria Creek PaddleBlogs - When we returned home from Christmas with the family, our voicemail and email were full of messages from our whitewater paddling buddies. Rainfall Christmas day had all of our Mendocino County rivers flowing. Many were too flooded for fun whitewater but ahhhhh - our closest whitewater river run - Rancheria Creek was running at a playful level.

Staying in Pucon Wavesport Blogs - Our last location in Chile was the ski-like town of Pucon. It is definitely one of my favorite places to be in this beautiful country and is very tourist friendly. It is also very kayaker friendly too. It has two kayak shops in town-Kayak Pucon and Kayak Chile. They both have a plethora of boats for you to rent. Pucon at this time has so many rivers running like the Trancura, Palguin, and Maichin for example.

Colorado Group Storms Ecuador--Creates New Boating Group--DumBrownz Small World Adventures - None of us knew it would happen or anticipated its creation. It just sort of came into being of natural forces, materializing of its own volition.

Copper Creek for Christmas LL Ladies Lounge - This post is a bit delayed as I was on my Christmas vacation. :) Just before I left pdx for the holidays in Bend, I headed to Copper Creek with friends. It was a tad low but defiinitely runnable. I believe it was 30 degrees out....brr! I was totally prepared for the day with my Santa hat and lucky Christmas socks.

Lightening review: Jackson Kayak iPhone app is good but could be better Paddling Instructor Blog - Jackson Kayak has always had a reputation as an innovative and media savvy company so it makes sense that they are one of the first in the paddling community to roll out a custom iPhone app called Jackson Kayak Mobile.

The Yamana Bark Canoe Indigenous Boats - Bark canoes were the central item of the physical culture of the Yamana people of Tierra del Fuego. These nomadic hunters – also known as Yaghans – occupied the islands south of the Beagle Channel and a narrow strip of land on its northern shore, making them the southernmost permanent population in the world when they were first described by early European explorers. As they subsisted mainly on a diet of sea lion meat and shellfish, the canoe was essential to their survival.

Festive Paddle for fun Adventurous Experiences - Our traditional Christmas day paddle was one of the best i've been lucky enough to be part of...

Stand Up Paddle in Bali SUPadvisor - To know a little bit more of the wealth of Stand Up Paddle over the paradise of surfing, Bali, we intervewed Jankye, from Bali Standuppaddle. Hope you enjoy.

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