Playak News Flash 2011-02-23

Playak News Flash - February 23, 2011
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Fun on The Futaleufu (photo report) Team Pyranha - Two days ago I came back from a ten day trip guiding for www.kayakchile.net on the Big Water fun of the Futaleufu in Southern Chile. Much fun was had by all as we paddled all the sections including Inferno Canyon, Terminator, Bridge to Bridge, Mas o Menas, Casa de Piedra and the Macal section.

2011: The Year of Dam Removal Dagger Blogs - This year, the largest river restoration event in US history begins on the Elwha River in Washington State. The removal of Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams will reopen a 70 mile river corridor blocked from salmon migration, sediment transport, and paddlers for nearly 100 years.

Feb 7th, So It Begins! Kayak Down Under NZ 2010-11 - We awoke early both apprehensive of the day coming, this was really going to be the beginning of it! I felt doubts and fears creeping in, but brushed them of as, "just the ideas and fears of failure and the worst case scenario", in reality, I knew when the best time to go was, the weather was good, and as soon as we got around Cape Reinga, with the weather the way it was, we didn't have to contend with the surf of the west coast. Dave didn't know these things as certainty and he wasn't as cheery as I was, I knew this and I tried to keep him positive, which also helped me keep positive, Dave did not need a beating in a loaded boat, as this would result in a lot more damage to the boat and maybe to him than the day before had provided. The surf break looked great, we were set.

Halo Effect Palm Blogs - Hot of the press from the Fisher brothers, http://www.fishmunga.com/ , is the trailer for 'Halo Effect', a film documenting our expeditions into Iceland and Northern Norway last year.

Boaters flock to Cheoah for first release of season worldkayak blogs - Local Tuckasegee Reader Newspaper contributor, Shannon Christy, obviously knows a sexy kayaking beast when she sees one! Our little "blue angel" stunt off of bear creek falls this past Saturday was selected as the title photo for her recently published aricle for the Tuck Reader.

Cheoah River Pictures Ocoee Adventure Center - Saturday was a nice warm day, a preview of many more to come. I'm still down from knee surgery, but needed to get out of the house. I headed over to the Cheoah, an hour or so from our Ocoee Rafting outpost to take pictures of the carnival. Got some openboaters styling it, an openboater testing the water temperature, several of our Ocoee River Guides looking good and a pretty cool raft rescue of a kayaker having a bad day. Enjoy!

Big D Whitewater: Grand Opening scheduled! PaddleBlogs - The official Grand Opening for The Dallas Waves will be Saturday, May 7th.

Big D Whitewater: Paddlers Wanted - Here's your chance to paddle The Dallas Waves. PaddleBlogs - On Saturday, March 12 from 8 am - noon, the Dallas Park and Recreation Department is sponsoring an "It's My Park Day" to help clean up and beautify Dallas parks. We want to get a group together to help clean up debris around the new standing wave area.

The Search is on for an EU Ambassador! Immersion Research - IR is now accepting applications for a new European Ambassador for 2011, and applying is fun and easy. Simply send us the link to a Youtube or Vimeo video showing us why you would be a great representative for IR gear. That's it. The chosen athlete will receive $1500 USD worth of IR gear of their choosing. Interested?

Composite Fluid Element at Melkbosstrand Adrian Tregoning - Alrighty! I've got a few minutes spare while sitting in northern Zambia at the moment and thought I'd quickly post this article of two sessions I had at Melkbosstrand's Tubewave. The water shots were by fellow Team Fluid paddler Craig Rivett and the land based shots courtesy my old man, Trevor. Thanks guys!

Dart Fest Team Pyranha - If you've not been to a Pyranha Fest before its an excellent opportunity to grab some coaching, catch up with the Team, check out and paddle all the latest Pyranha boats, but most importantly it's a great weekends paddling with a party thrown in all courtesy of Pyranha!

NOC: IR Drysuit and Astral PFD demo Saturday Feb 26 Immersion Research - This Saturday, Feb 26, come on out to NOC for a PFD and Drysuit demo with representatives from Astral Buoyancy and Immersion Research.

Tierra del Fuego Expedition Update Kokatat Blog - Kokatat team member Justine Curgenven and Barry Shaw had mixed success on their attempt to be the first people to kayak around Tierra del Fuego at the tip of the world. La Isla Grande – the big island of Tierra del Fuego, lies at the very tip of South America.

Ocoee Adventure Center Guides in Alabama Ocoee Adventure Center - A couple of our Ocoee Rafting guides, Rob and Daniel have been spending a fair amount of time in Alabama this winter on the always beautiful Little River Canyon. Here's a helmet camera video that Rob put together of one of their recent trips. Make sure it's displayed in 720p for full HD video. Enjoy!

Werner welcomes Dave Boehne and Adrian Garcia to the SUP Team Werner - Werner Paddles is proud to add two great athletes to our SUP team, Infinity Surf's Dave Boehne and Aquatica Dive and Surf's Adrian Garcia.

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