How to: Keeping the bow dry, boofing waves and holes ~ Siberia 2011

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The world's top paddling links in week 35, 2011.

News Watch How to: Keeping the bow dry, boofing waves and holes Wavesport Blogs (Wednesday 31st) **** - Every river runner should have at least a few advanced skills in their quiver that will help to manage their boat control in pushy currents.  Learning to boof waves and holes can be a critical piece to that equation and can be the difference to moving your boat where you want it or letting ... Creeker Comparison Chart Michele Ramazza (Tuesday 30th) *** - My opinions about the creek kayaks I tried - free from any sponsor agreement. Siberia 2011 Team LiquidLogic (Wednesday 31st) ** - Back from Siberia after a 10 days self support trip in the middle of nowhere, close the Baikal lake.The Adidas team member Tomass Marnics organised a trip guided by himself on the Sayan area with the goal to do the Kitoy river with a pretty good team from five different countries (France, Germany, England, Latvia and Russia). 250 kms on really good whitewater and beautiful scenery. WaveSport Project X at work: NOC hole, Pigeon River Wavesport Blogs (Sunday 28th) ** -  What an awesome boat! Its a great all around boat, amazing at down river, and especially at what its made for: FREESTYLE. Ive made few recent trips over to the Peigeon river in western North Carolina, and while the river isn't exactly known for quality playspots,... British Columbia update Sweet (Monday 29th) ** - After a long travel I made it from Norway over to Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada,  I teamed up with Evan Garcia, Fred Norquist and Ryan Lucas. This area is located east in BC in the middle of Rocky Mountains. Its been blue sky since I arrived and we had some really good days in that area running some big features and cool rivers. Ill let the pictures do the talking. Short Update adidas Sickline (Thursday 1st) ** - Von Markus Hummel; Nach der Weltmeisterschaft in Plattling, bei der ich auf einen unglücklichen sechsten Platz (C1) landete ging es wieder an den Schreibtisch um mich auf die Semesterprüfungen vorzubereiten. Seit Ende Juli sind nun Semesterferien und lange Nächte am Schreibtisch gehören der Vergangenheit an. Neben dem Training im Eiskanal war ich knapp eine Woche im Ötztal unterwegs. An ein Training auf der Wellerbrücke war da noch nicht zu denken. An Instructor's Life Dagger Blogs (Friday 26th) ** - This summer I came across the opportunity to work as the lead instructor for ex-pro paddler Todd Anderson at the Columbia Gorge Kayak School in Hood River, Oregon. Without too much thought I took the job, and since have been enjoying every bit of working as a kayak instructor. Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone: The Box Jackson Kayak (Saturday 27th) ** - The Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone, Box has never been really high on my hit list.  Living in Wyoming for the past 7 years, I have spent my time exploring the Wind's and going on trips back to California (where I started paddling).  I had heard horror stories about the Box containing terrible portages, ugly sieves, and undercuts everywhere. Devils Extreme Race 2011 Sweet (Wednesday 31st) ** - Fifth annual Devils Extreme Race, Open European Championship in extreme kayaking, this past weekend was held under the Lipno dam on the Vltava river, section called the Devil's Streams. Race attended over a hundred competitors and this year we had a lot of foreigners. Last year's World champion Sam Sutton (New Zealand), Daniel Klotzner (Italy) and Mike Dawson (New Zealand). French Championship duemstuff (Friday 26th) * - The season ended in the hole of Metz this year. Big runs and a crazy atmosphere of the event. Nico and I assured a good show, finishing second and third of the contest with more than 600 points. Guide to Choosing the Right Personal Flotation Device (PFD) Life Vest Type AirKayaks (Wednesday 31st) * - The best PFD is the one you will wear. Life jacket, life vest, Personal Flotation Device (PFD) – whatever you call it, it only works if you wear it! Did you know that nearly 70% of all drownings involving canoes, kayaks, or rafts might have been avoided if the victim had been wearing a l... Norway 2011 Roadtrip – Part III Level 6 (Friday 26th) * - The last week of my roadtrip I went North to do some scouting for the next season. The more you get North the landscape turns into a stinted landscape. There are not many trees, just small birch trees and many blueberry bushes. Yummy yummy :D Report: Devils Extreme Race 2011 Astral Currently (Wednesday 31st) * - The fifth annual Devils Extreme Race, Open European Championship in extreme kayaking, this past weekend was held under the Lipno dam on the Vltava river, on a section called the Devil's Streams. The race attended over a hundred competitors and this year we had a lot of foreigners. Last year's World champion Sam Sutton (New Zealand), Daniel Klotzner (Italy) and Mike Dawson (New Zealand). Devil's Extreme Race started in Loučovice on a big ramp, Hurricane Irene: It Brought Out the Best (and Worst) of U.S. Misc. (Tuesday 30th) * - New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg wanted to know what motivated two kayakers to decide to test New York Harbor waters Saturday night, in life-threatening conditions, during Hurricane Irene. The two were saved by the NYPD Harbor Patrol, then issued a summons. Biluti - "The Siberian Treasure" adidas Sickline (Thursday 1st) * - Biluti – is the right tributary of Kitoy River in its middle stream, which cuts deep gorges of East Sayan mountain system (Siberia, Russia) with the help of amazingly clean water. The section on the Biluti River which is interesting for kayaking is around 8km; this distance is divided to two canyons and has huge amount of waterfalls and different drops that could be 1-12m high

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