Playak Weekly Digest - week 02

Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling links in week 02, 2011.

News Watch Take the Playak Survey, win some schwag! Playak (Monday 10th) ***** - I always put a lot of time into creating new Playak services, and this year I urgently need some help from you, the Playak users. This just in- World Record Waterfall Descent Immersion Research (Thursday 13th) **** - Brought to you by Fred Norquist, Evan Garcia, Logan Grayling and Anton Immler. You will notice Anton putting his trust in one of our Double D Drysuits while executing this amazing feat. We would also like to note, that the Double D has officially passed the dryness test against more than just H2O, we can now add vodka & redbull to the list! Chirripo Pacifio huck fest Chris Baer (Wednesday 12th) *** - La Perla is a 50 + foot drop that starts with a tricky slide into a 30 foot vertical drop. Todd and I had this gem in our sights for the last 3 weeks. We had been keeping ourselves busy with other adventures but today it was time to pluck this first descent. The drop is just a short hike up the hill from Casa Mariposa, (the hostel I have been home basing out of). After scouting the beast one more time there was little hesitation in running such a magnificent drop. Big Air at the M Wave Fluid Blog (Tuesday 11th) ** - Finally after an arduous process of looking at some 2,000 photos taken at the M-Wave this Fall, Leif picked out around one hundred of the best photos and posted them on our blog. Of those hundred, I picked out some of my favorites for your enjoyment. The photos really speak for themselves, this in definitely one of the best waves in the world and can dish up some big air and some big wipeouts! For our fellow M-wave enthusiasts, see you next Fall! Season's End II and Photo Yearbook Wavesport Blogs (Saturday 8th) ** - A few years back I concluded my season with a highlight reel aptly named "Season's End." While traveling and training with my close friend Brad McMillan this past fall we were shooting quite a bit of footage and with all the footage I shot throughout the season, I liked the idea of revisiting this video concept. Unfortunately I experienced a hard drive crash while editing this video and it was put on the back burner for a bit. Rockstar Rock Island surfing photos Jackson Kayak (Sunday 9th) ** - Some photos of Owen, Emily, and I surfing Rock Island today. Good fun! Fortunately (for us, but not for him) Clay's all gimpified from running the gnar. So he volunteered to shoot photos for us :) Snowy playboating in Rock Island worldkayak blogs (Wednesday 12th) ** - We received 5 inches of snow here in Rock Island on Sunday Night. Roads weren't plowed, schools are closed everywhere, and I spent a lot of time crying and wishing for warmer climates. It was, however, a good day to go kayak! We had to park at the top of the hill and walk in due to ice and snow. Mexico: New Hero Rocks! Jackson Kayak (Tuesday 11th) ** - I have been paddling the Villain S for the past year, and I have been absolutely loving it. So naturally I was fired up to be able to borrow a Villain S while down in Mexico. That's right! Ice… man. I am dangerous Immersion Research (Thursday 13th) ** - In hopes of making the 11th Iceman Championships slightly more comfortable for a few folks I traveled to Columbia SC with a fleet of IR's newest Drysuits. The following photos journal the exciting day. First Descent: Upper Rio Savegre Todd Wells (Saturday 8th) ** - The Rio Savegre lies in the bottom of one of Costa Rica's most beautiful valleys and also has some incredibly fun class IV-V whitewater. Ferdinand Steinvorth, Chris Baer, and I had just got off the upper section of the Rio Division and were set on, after a good night's sleep, hiking 11 km. High Water = Novelty Runs Fluid Blog (Friday 7th) ** - With the Northwest getting hammered with rain and the rivers smoking high, it was time to turn to novelty runs. First up was Major Creek, a tiny little creek with several narrow gorges and lined with think vegetation on the Washington side of the gorge. Manns Creek - The Real Deal Wavesport Blogs (Friday 7th) ** - When most people talk about running Manns Creek in WV, they almost always refer to running Glade Creek to the confluence of Manns Creek and continuing down to the New River. This in itself is arguably the best all-around, most 'classic' West Virginia creek. Nile Kayaking Festival 2010 - Round Up the nile progression (Saturday 8th) ** - Well like a snowboarding movie once said - 'That's it that's all'. The Nile Kayaking Festival 2010 is over. Gone, finished for another year. But not before I do a quick round up for you folks with some results and photos. The Lower New Leif and Natalie (Wednesday 12th) ** - As the end of last semester came to a close, Leif and I decided to leave behind to snow and ice laden streams of Colorado to seek warmer environs in the North Coast. December to Remember Wavesport Blogs (Saturday 8th) ** - The huge storms of December, 2010 gave me one big problem: how to dry gear? It just kept raining down low and snowing up high. I saw the biggest flows since I moved to CA in 2007. I got a streak of 7 straight days on the water. It was good. This video shows a ride at the Gay Wave on the Conflue...

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