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Playak News Flash - July 5, 2011
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BIG SNOW OPTIONS Team Pyranha - It's July! and some of the typical early May runs haven't even come in yet! With the big snow pack in the Sierras, we have been checking out new stuff and lapping some classics. Here are some shots from the past couple of days.

Happy 4th of July from SUP Connect SUP Connect - Be safe out there this weekend and remember to submit your SUP pictures and stories on our Facebook page or by uploading your pictures on SUP Connect .

Product Review: Project X Aquabatics Calgary - Impressive. Very impressive. This boat has surpassed all expectations preset for it. 3 years in the making this revolution of the project series hit North America this spring and has wooed every playboater I have talked with including myself.

Rolling with Stika gnarlydog - The relative warm and crystal clear winter waters of Queensland offer the perfect environment for some fun in a kayak, underwater.

July 1 - 3 - Discovery Island (#s 53-55) Mike Jackson - Monica and I joined Dennis and Sue for a camping trip to Discovery Island. We paddled the Feathercraft Wispers and I towed the Kaboose. We were thus able to camp comfortably out of two low volume boats. I have finally figured out a way to use my feathercraft skeg to prevent the kaboose from yawing ...

July's winner of a JK 2010 star is……………………………. worldkayak - Samantha Collins from Atlanta, GA is our second winner of a Jackson Kayak star.  We are drawing a winner each month for the next two months from the pool of folks that have registered to be tracked in the WK Hometown Throwdown series.  It only costs $10 to ...

C2 Men and K1 Women go to Battle at Canoe Slalom World Cup ICF - The final day in L'Argentiere, France saw the C2 Men and K1 Women semi finals and Finals to round off a very exciting and high level competition. The women's K1 semi finals saw 20 athletes cut from the field leaving 10 for the Final. Nouria Newman (FRA) was progressing well and ...

Coosas on El Rio De Diablo Jackson Kayak - "This will be your last trip on this stretch, starting soon we will be taking out further downstream at the new park" said Marlene as she drove Drew Gregory (designer of the Jackson Coosa) and I to the put in on a warm June morning. I had grown to love this particular stretch of river, it was the perfect nine mile, one night trip with a great island to camp on along the way.

Kauzer Does it Again - Two Gold Medals in Two Weeks! ICF - So the second day in L'argentiere, France kicked off with the postponed K1 men Semi-finals. ......

2011: Post 23 – Bellevue Beach to Chance Cove Newfoundland Kayakoholic - Today was a KNL (Kayak Newfoundland and Labrador) club paddle, organized and lead by Tony Lee and Paul Benson.  There were nineteen participants who showed up for what turned out to be an sunny, warm, fun day on the water. We put-in at Bellevue Beach where the surf was dumping ...

2011: Post 24 – Witless Bay Newfoundland Kayakoholic - Clyde missed the club paddle yesterday and so he put out a call for interest to get on the water today.  He e-mailed a few of us to see if there was any interest to go to Witless bay for a little paddle.  You'd think I would of had enough paddling from our camping trip/circumnavigation ...

7/2/2011 - Gaillard Island Kayaking the Mobile - Tensaw River Delta - A cruise ship was heading into port as I was making the pre-dawn crossing to Gaillard Island . The shipping channel passes about 1/4 mile east of Gaillard Island. ... Paddling to Gaillard Island requires crossing several miles of open water, so make sure you...

Interview with Phoxx Ekcs Dash Point Pirate - When I first heard of Phoxx Ekcs and his planned Vancouver Island expedition I knew I wanted to interview him. Here is a young primitive skills expert planning a sea kayak expedition, not only Vancouver Island but eventually along the Inside Passage to Alaska. An intriguing video ...

Lazy Summer Days . . . the epitome of kayaking! BaffinPaddler - Ahhhh, the lazy days of summer. This is what kayaking and life is all about . . . sometimes! The good times! Do you see the two little white eyes at the top of the first picture? Click on the pic twice to enlarge it. Cheeky bug. Not afraid of the camera either. This is not a zoomed in shot. I ...

Philippine Bancas Indigenous Boats - Friend and contributor Capt. Rob Whitehurst sent me a bunch of photos of Philippine bancas that he shot in the 1980s on both sides of the San Bernardino Strait, which separates the islands of Luzon and Mindoro. The banca is a double-outrigger canoe. Most have inboard engines, although some ...

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Today's News Editor(s): Jean-Ellen M. Trapani, bartw.