Theft-Proofing Your Paddling Gear ~ River God ~ A Week On The Ottawa

Playak News Flash - July 27, 2011
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Theft-Proofing Your Paddling Gear Suite101 - No one wants to have an expensive kayak or paddle board stolen. Learn how to secure gear properly and help prevent thefts.

A tough week for the Craig's. Jason had numbness, less control. We watched them.... Jason Craig Recovery Fund - A tough week for the Craig's. Jason had numbness, less control. We watched them reframe the situation and push forward. The Craig family is an inspiration to us all! Happy BD Karen!

River God Sam Sutton - Over the past year Olaf and Jared have been getting tones of amazing footage from Russia Iceland and Mexico, so with this great footage they decided to put together a Tv show of 24 mins that covers our kayaking exploits and the traveling highlights. Footage has been going around the worlds news shows from Russia to Europe to NZ.

The first prototype of the Stompers on the Green River Team LiquidLogic - The first day that I had the protos of the Stomper 80 the Green was so crowded that I didn't want to have our brand new protos out on the river will the entire world to see.  So we had headed over to the Chattooga river where we knew we wouldn't run into too many folks, especially since it was over 4ft.  The next day was a Monday and we knew that it wouldn't be crowded out there on the river so we decided to drop in on a good flow of 15″ on the stick.

A Week On The Ottawa worldkayak blogs - The week started with a spectacular thunder storm. It was quite a show, and luckily it only lasted one night before calming down to a wonderfully sunny and excessively hot  week. Monday wasn't so bad, Maybe 30-35 Celsius and the paddling was great.

Devil's Streams will Host European Championships in Extreme Kayaking Astral Currently - The fifth year of the Devils Extreme Race (European Open Champs) in extreme kayaking is coming up on last weekend of August at the popular Devils Streams section under Lipno dam in the South of Czech Republic.

GAP Summer Tour with Idaho River Sports Girls at Play - The Saturday beginner kayaking clinic in Boise with Idaho River Sports was a blast. Three women, all at about the same skill level showed up for the clinic. We started out on the pond just behind the store, practicing sweeps, stern draw, and forward strokes. We all paddled around on our edges and ...

Dinkey Creek Waterfalls Jackson Kayak - Daniel from "A Wet State" continues to slay it this year in the Sierra. Here is his newest report from a Cali classic. What a trip! I have been hoping to get on this run for the past few years. Finally, this year, the stars aligned (by that of course I mean Darin was going in for a second trip at medium flows and I was able to get time off of work) and I got the chance to paddle the run. From start to finish, this river packed a punch.

New England White Water Report Werner - New England white water report by Werner Paddles Regional Team Paddler, Ryan Mooney, from Massachusetts.

Quebec Paddlefest Team Pyranha - PaddleFest is organized by Mountain Equipment Coop every summer in order to give visibility to watersports in general. For Quebec City's MEC, we have a terrific site near downtown with huge beach and stuff, next to St-Lawrence river. What was different this year?…the store agreed that ...

2011 Jr. Olympics in Lyons, colorado worldkayak blogs - This year, the jr. olympics were scheduled to be in Golden, CO. but due to high water, it was moved to Lyons. CO. a few days before it was scheduled to start. Thanks Lyons, for taking us on at such short notice!  The venue was awesome and the town was super supportive, we even had free camping along the river.  The competitions started on a Thursday and went all the way through Tuesday with a different event featured every day.

had an awesome time at the Auburn River Festival Friday night! A huge thank you.... Jason Craig Recovery Fund - had an awesome time at the Auburn River Festival Friday night! A huge thank you to Guy Cables, Erin Burke, Ben Stookesberry, Chris Korbulic, and all the volunteers who made it happen. Now headed out to the Sparks whitewater park to go surf and love life. Jah!

Had the best PT working out with Grant Korgan, Shawna Korgan, Thais Mollet, and.... Jason Craig Recovery Fund - Had the best PT working out with Grant Korgan , Shawna Korgan , Thais Mollet , and my mom yesterday at Spine Nevada! Here is a pretty funny video of us http://vimeo.com/24982740 Grant and I at PT vimeo.com Grant Korgan and I working our butts out together at Spine Nevada! Thanks buddy, T...

New ACA Insurance Coordinator ACA - Please join us in welcoming Candy Patten to the full-time staff! Candy is the new ACA Insurance Coordinator and will be the primary point of contact for: ...

Photo of the Day-"Give a kid a paddle and sit back and smile." Werner - Blake Thompson, care of his Dad and owner of Down Wind Sports on the UP of Michigan, was out on Lake Huron all weekend long, on all sorts of paddling craft.  Want to see your pic on the Photo of the Day?  Send it over.

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