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Playak News Flash - September 15, 2011
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Whistler Classics Adam Frey - Three weeks ago I went to Whistler for the first time ever and had what was probably the worst paddling experience I've had. First off on the Soo river I went to roll about 3 rapids in and popped out of my boat only to find the nuts holding the ratchets to the thigh braces ripped out of the plastic....

EJ in England…Lucky Me! This is a wonderful place to be a kayaker! Jackson Kayak - I flew from Nashville to Detroit to London on Thursday night and arrived at Heathrow at 7am after a night of no sleep… but I got to see three new movies! Customs line was enormous, the longest of my life, but only took an hour. As I imagined, one of the sweetest and hardest working women I know, Rhona Dempsey, was there, after waiting for two hours at the exit door from customs.

Canada 2011 SquareRock - Wooo! where do i start we arrived on the 22nd of Aug and hit our first day on the river on the 23rd. the first though days were just playing around on the Canadian waves and getting the feel for everything...

Best Keener Photos 2011 Jackson Kayak - Enjoy the best of Keeners 2011.  These photos were taken mostly by Anna Bruno and myself.  The Keener Program is a youth development program focused on kayaking on the Ottawa and leadership.  It was a great summer with perfect water levels, great students, and awesome instructors.

Nottingham Youth Freestyle / British championships 2011 worldkayak blogs - It was that time again, and the British Championships were upon us! Each year the british champs is a great event. Year on year I am impressed with the standard of paddling in British Freestyle. As someone who has been around the British circuit for a long time now either as a beginner learning the basics to a now more competent paddler still learning new moves (Thanks james Benns) This year was one of the best yet.

Doring River – 3 Days of Awesomeness Fluid Blog - In 2008 I paddled the Doring for the first time. It was an excellent trip which I did alone and could not wait to return for more as soon as possible. 2009 rolled by and so did 2010. Yep, a lot of sorry excuses and lack of people to get together but also the 2010 season never produced the goods after the river spiked nicely early in the season only once, but eventually this year I managed to get on it again, this time introducing a mate to the world of rivers.

Palmiet River – 1x Fractured Foot Adrian Tregoning - In December 1999 my father took me rafting on the Zambezi River. This was the beginning of an idea which formed in my head, but would finally take form only in 2004, and it was thanks to him that I started kayaking. With that being his only river experience I decided to take him rafting on the Palmiet River. An easy river with a short 3km section – what could possibly go wrong?

Worlds and Olympic Qualifications Mike Dawson - Thanks to everyone for all the help during the world. Esp my old man, Wairaiki and the crew that was there supporting NZ!!The World Championships have finished. It has been an epic week for NZ. The course in Bratislava is one of the coolest places to paddle in a slalom boat. It's fast and flowing ...

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