Review: Sea Eagle LB11 SUP ~ Lee Valley poses big test for GB ~ Chassezac

Playak News Flash - August 3, 2011
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Review: Sea Eagle LB11 SUP Playak - An independent Playak review of the Sea Eagle LB11, an inflatable SUP board.

Lee Valley poses big test for GB BBC - Britain's slalom canoeists fail to reach the podium at an Olympic test event at Lee Valley. Campbell Walsh, the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, says he was surprised by the performances of foreign athletes racing for the first time at Lee Valley.

Packrafting in France 1 ~ Chassezac Inflatable Kayaks & Packrafts - Down river an old mill house and a false horizon were a sure sign of a weir, one with hopefully a glissiere or canoe chute running off it ... If this was England there'd be red flags, safety booms and neon arrows. Here in France you get just a couple of tiny green markers on the weir wall identifying the discrete entrance to the chute. Miss that and you'll land on your head. ...

Umiak Yak Kayak Yak - According to the March 1949 issue of Popular Science , this is an umiak, the women's version of the kayak. And while one hates to take issue with the venerable PopSci, Wikipedia describes an umiak as a large open boat used by both the Inuit and the Yupik, usually around 10 metres long, ... So no, PopSci, I think what you've got here is just a kayak.

Update on Broken Paddles SherriKayaks - In my last post, I talked about a couple of Werner fiberglass paddles in which the shaft broke. ... The first paddle to break was a five year old paddle with an older ferrule style in which the button sticks up above the rest. ... If you own an older model Werner paddle with the adjustable angle ferrule system that has the button that sticks out, you can e-mail Werner with your name and address and they will mail out a button cover to you at no cost.

22 Ways to Improve Your Kayaking Skills Forever PaddlingLight - We paddle because it's fun and relaxing and sometimes challenging and risky. When it isn't fun, it's usually because our skills aren't up to the challenge. In those circumstances, we can either grit our teeth and deal with it, or we can try...

Fitting a Think rudder to a Fenn surfski.info - I have always wanted to fit an elliptical rudder to a Fenn, particularly a Mako 6 as it is my favourite ski. I can paddle an Elite but I prefer the 6 for all round stability and performance particularly in chop. Its main weakness is that the shark fin loses bite because of the ski's rocker and ...

Team USA Bags Three Medals at Club Crew World Championships USA Canoe/Kayak - Team USA won three medals at the 2011 ICF Club Crew World Championships at Lake Ontario in Toronto, Canada, July 21-24, 2011. Representing the U.S. was the Manayunk Dragon Boat Racing Team from Philadelphia, Pa. ...

Playing with Dolphins in the Liquidlogic Remix XP10 Fat Paddler - Team Fat Paddler met early at The Spit for a paddle ... As we finished up, we witnessed one of those amazing events that make paddling so wonderful when we were joined by a pod of dolphins, frolicking around our kayaks and slowly cruising about us. ...

Good Stuff: Wildy's Ride Reborn Kayak Angler Magazine - Joining the ranks of other things that get better with age, the all new Wilderness Systems Ride 115 and redesigned Ride 135 turn up the amplitude on all the qualities that made the original a classic, and delivers better capabilities to continue fueling the passion for kayak fishing or easy-going recreation.

Open Crossing to Vaeroy and Rost in Lofoten Islands Palm Blogs - We've just managed to make what we think is the first linked crossing of Vaeroy and Rost in the artic islands of Lofoten in Norway.

touring the country with family homemade kayaks - Avi took us on a jeep trip to the Golan Heights. ... And of course I took them all kayaking, some for the first time ...

A Sebago Day to Remember Sebago Canoe Club - ... Sitting on the bow of each participant's kayak and facing the paddler, but with his feet on the bottom of the bay, Joe prevented the paddler's kayak from making forward progress while observing the paddlers' forward stroke. From Joe observing me while paddling out toward the bay, and from the one on one session, I learned that I need to keep my paddle shaft and shoulders more parallel, follow-through ...

Family Rafting Trips All-Outdoors Rafting California - If the shine has worn off Angry Birds, your kids are complaining that it's too hot to shoot hoops, and everyone is depressed that Harry Potter is over, it's time to plan a family rafting trip!  How many activities are actually fun for you and your pre-teen and your teenager and the kid who's back from college for the summer?  ... of course we like to suggest a family rafting trip, big shocker there.

Top SUP surfers crowned SA champs SUP HQ - South Africa's SUP wave-riding national titles were awarded to the winners of the four divisions last night at the closing function of the 2011 South African SUP Wave Championships. "The event finished on a high note in very tough surf ...

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