Swimming: A story with a happy ending... ~ Penrhyn Mawr: The Inner Race

Playak News Flash - August 9, 2011
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Swimming: A story with a happy ending... Seth Ashworth - So lets start from the beginning, three and a half weeks ago today, I swam. This was my first 'proper' swim since 2009, and to be totally honest at the time it gave me a real scare. This swim was probably as bad as you can get away with without any serious injury, so I consider myself ...

Frauenweissen – creek / Austria Team Pyranha - Yesterday we had nice waterlevel on the Frauenweissen-creek. Normally the waterlevel is ok for the lower drops, but to high for the upper section... So we had the pleasure to run the upper section yesterday evening.

Penrhyn Mawr: The Inner Race Will Herman - We actually spent much more time in the Outer Race on this day which was wild enough to put a stop to any photography. Flowing at around 5 knots and with waves to around 6ft, we enjoyed some exciting surfing and were all hammered by a few breakers, the leading waves however were clean and...

Stepping it up Kayak Sri Lanka - Its' been raining hard here in the South East Highlands of Sri Lanka and the Kelani had us all ready for more. It was time to go and try the Sitawaka, a river that gets rafted, if rarely. Wade came with us for a scout out of the run as a potential move for his operation if the Kelani's second dam project goes ahead ...

Rocking and Hopping! Will Herman - With the wind up a few notches (SW F5), a day's rock hopping on the south west coast of Anglesey seemed to fit with our agenda. We left Porth Trescastell, (Cable Bay), following the rugged coast with the intention of enjoying a surf at Traeth Mawr. A dull start gave way to a brighter ...

A true classic! The AdvancedFrame Inflatable Kayak from Advanced Elements AirKayaks - While recently perusing our series of inflatable kayak write-ups, we realized we had overlooked one that has been around for years and truly deserves mention – the Advanced Elements AdvancedFrame inflatable kayak. As long-time owners and users, we can attest to the kayak's performance and...

And so it begins... Kayak Sri Lanka - We have arrived in Sri Lanka! Travelling with the boats went suprisingly smoothly and bar the person throwing up on himself next to Will so did the flight. When we arrived in the airport we were met by Mahesh who is one of the raft guides working for Borderlands. We then went to the Borderlands office in Colombo which boasts the capitals only outdoors sports shop. Here we met with Wade and discussed our plan of action.

Beatin' the Heat Jackson Kayak - Put the Coosas to work this past weekend, it was my first time in one on a river float trip in Louisiana.  This is where the Coosa excels and I have been putting it off in favor of chasing redfish in the marsh.  An acceptable trade in my mind.  Blake, his dad, and I floated a Florida Parish river in search of spotted(kentucky) bass.

Central Ontario – Kawartha Whitewater Paddlers – Fun Run Race Series – Week 6 worldkayak blogs - Well after such a good start the first 5 weeks with 30 plus paddlers showing up weekly summer finally caught up with us.  It could have been people were busy or the cool overcast weather but either way we barely cracked 20 paddlers this week.  But the ones that did show up were able to win those valuable points and have fun doing so.

Fretting in the Fog Will Herman - When the relatively warm moist air flows from the north sea towards land and colder waters, the cooling process forms what is termed Advection Fog, otherwise known as Haar or Fret. Alone and out of sight of land, in some localised lumpy water where the south going stream was running aga...

How's that shoulder? Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association - Is it true there are only two kinds of kayakers -- those who have shoulder problems, and those who will? I can't answer that question, but I can tell you how upset I am that this paddler seems to have converted from one group to the other. It happened late last pool season ... I came across this very hopeful article ... It describes the medical discovery that a simple yoga pose can retrain different muscles to ...

Sea kayaking Tiree's north shore SeaKayakPhoto.com -  Despite a comfortable camp site on the machair of Tiree's north shore, I slept poorly. Partly it was the noise of the F5 wind and surf but mostly it was a grating pain in my bad knee. However, I had finally dozed off by the time the shipping forecast was broadcast at 0530. It was to be F4 NE in th...

The Weekend So Far Frogma - And so far, so good. Friday night: A spectacular Sebago/LIC Boathouse paddle to the Brooklyn Bridge Park, followed by GREAT pizza and beer. ... Big thank-you to Teddy, Victoria & the rest of the LIC Boathouse folks for hosting. What a beautiful evening! Saturday ...

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