DVD Review - HIPS ~ Review: Robson SUP-Race Paddle ~ Nyle Nyle Crocodile

Playak News Flash - July 28, 2011
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DVD Review - HIPS Playak - Independent Playak Review of the HIPS DVD – How To Improve Your Paddling Skills.

Review: Robson SUP-Race Paddle Playak - An Independent Review of the full carbon Robson 'SUP-Race' Paddle.

Awesome review of Yoga for Kayaking from California Kayaker Mag! Girls at Play - California Kayaker Magazine positively reviewed Yoga for Kayaking with Anna Levesque and Joe Taft. The reviewer found that doing the yoga regularly helped with his problem of his legs falling asleep in his kayak, a longtime issue. He also found ...

Another update from the Jungle Kayak Venezuela - Following our exciting flash flood adventure on the Canagua we decided to pack up and ship out to Merida – a small city nestled high in the Andes. After picking some local knowledge we cruised up into the mountains in search of big waterfalls and steep rivers.

Liquid Fusion Kayaking: The Ladies' Project PaddleBlogs - Yes, you've heard Goldilocks' tale - "This kayak is too wide, this kayak is too deep, this kayak is too heavy, this kayak is too slow, this kayak is uncomfortable, I can't reach the foot pedals, I can't stretch a spray deck over the long cockpit, my butt doesn't fit in the seat . . ." Gosh, the same thing happens when I try to shop for clothing in the men's department. DUH!!! There are significant anatomical differences between men and women.

Nyle Nyle Crocodile OKS Keener - Hello again, it's Nyle here for the beginning of my fifth week here at Keeners and I am just as pumped as always for some more kayaking and some more learning of whitewater things and such.

Snoqualmie Pass for the Weekend Mt. Hood H2O - I decided that it was time to branch out a little bit and quickly convinced Anna Herring to join me on a foray deep into Washington. ... we settled on S.F. Snoqualmie River, east of Seattle. The South Fork, often referred to as Fall in the Wall had been described to me as a miles worth of class 4 ledges ranging from 5 - 10 feet. I'd also heard about the 20 foot falls (fall in the wall) at the put-in ...

Taken in tow Tony Paradise - Dean and I were out today for a paddle with practice. The plan was to paddle a bit practicing various strokes then do a few rolls, paddle some more etc, etc. Turns out we paddled a total of 8 kms to cover a distance of about 4 linear kms. At one point Dean wanted to do a roll with a boat in tow. I wasn't sure about that ...

USA Canoe/Kayak's One-Year-Out Olympic Primer USA Canoe/Kayak - Casey Eichfeld, Slalom Canoe, 2008 Olympian: "The Olympics have been a dream of mine that I amazingly woke up to find myself at in [Beijing] 2008. Now one year out ... There are two Olympic disciplines within Canoe/Kayak: flatwater sprint and whitewater slalom. Flatwater sprint races are often held at the same venues as Olympic rowing. The London 2012 sprint venue is at ...

Huck Canada – particularly picturesque in part of the perpetual precipitation Jez Blanchard - Huck Canada is a Kayak Program for Juniors. Howdy. Its day three of our invigorating whitewater expedition. Today was particularly picturesque in part of the perpetual precipitation and the perfect pillow of fog that blanketed the broad river. Yep, it rained a bit. Anywho, we all had a lot of fun ...

South Fork of the Middle Feather Jordan Searle - This river is like a skate-park. amazing waterfalls, slides and rapids. We were lucky enough to get on this gem twice, once putting on after 5pm. Beautiful water, the ever present cali sunshine and good times all around. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. Barny showing everyone the ...

Steve, John & the Giarsun Gorge PeakUK - The Engadin is a beautiful valley in the Southeastern Swiss Alps. Of the 4 official languages Romansh is the most widely spoken, Engadin translated from Romansh means "The Garden of the Inn". The river Inn cuts its way through the valley from its headwaters at the Maloja Pass until crossing the border with Austria some one hundred kilometres downstream. With all that water passing through the valley and gorges it is no wonder on our favourite pieces of white water is located in the Engadin.

2011 Naish Paddle Championships – Recap by Connor Baxter SUP Surf - The 2011 Naish Paddle Championships Maui Event was held on Sunday July 24th. The race is from Maliko Gulch to Kahului Harbor – a 9.54 mile downwinder. There were 238 competitors from Europe, Japan, Tahiti, the US Mainland, Australia, Brazil, and Hawaii participating ...

2011 Slave River Throwdown #2 WK Throwdown - With our second throwdown of three done we are heading into our main event of the season; Slave River PaddleFest. This will be host to many events including our Throwdown #3. This last event saw some new boaters out for a great evening on the river. This event was followed by a river run at super high water. Event Results: ...

Body, Boat, New! KayakQuixotica - Check it out!  Our friends at Body Boat Blade International have a fancy new website. Looks Great! ... In addition to the new website, Shawna and Leon are off on another adventure as they head out to circumnavigate Vancouver Island. Why? Well, I ...

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