Playboating, eh? Canada trip to the Ottawa and Montreal ~ Feather Fest 2011

Playak News Flash - October 3, 2011
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Playboating, eh? Canada trip to the Ottawa and Montreal Fluid Blog - At the end of this summer, right before I had to head back to school and be something like responsible, my friend Jack Carter and I made a trip north to find some sweet waves and holes to surf. It was a quick trip but a really fun one.

Sam Sutton reclaims title as Extreme Kayak World Champion Playak - 23-year old Sam Sutton from Rotorua in New Zealand impressively demonstrated today that he is still the fastest extreme paddler in the world. At the fifth edition of the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Tirol's Ötztal Valley, Sutton defended his title with a new course record of 55.84 seconds, undercutting the record he set in 2010 by three seconds. Sutton's compatriot Mike Dawson claimed silver (58.00) with German Paul Böckelmann (58.03) finishing in third.

EJ's Take on the Extreme World Championships Day 1 Competition…. Jackson Kayak - Dane, Nick, Rafa and I showed up here one week ago to begin training for this event.   Only Nick has competed here before and he did really well last year with an 8th place.   Unlike many competitions we go to, this one is a true melting pot of disciplines racing here.   You have World Cup Slalom Champions (current) and you have tons of olympic slalom racers and medalists.

My big wave project Dagger Blogs - My Goal is simple.  It's to stay motivated and passionate about my sport.  The best way for me to do that is by continuing to look for new and exciting challenges.

Feather Fest 2011 Level 6 - Feather Fest is one of my favorite events in California. This year was my 5th year straight attending this event and it was larger than ever boasting over 500+ people and racers.

Homathko River, BC Sweet - The good times in British Columbia just keeps on going. After a long period of warm weather and high water levels, the weather changed and the rivers dropped. I had followed the Homathko water level online since I got here, but its been way too high for a long time. After the cold weather the river dropped fast and the weather forecast gave us a window of five days that might would work out! Homathko was still too high on our first day, but we hope that the weather forecasts would be correct, so we could make it through this four days trip!

Lewis River Waterfalls Brendan Wells - The summer of 2011 has treated both coasts to epic storms and unheard of amounts of water. The Pacific Northwest hasn't experienced any dramatic flooding, but any local paddler knows that it has been a great year for boating. My favorite local runs including the White Salmon, Cispus, and Lewis ...

Sickline Extreme Whitewater Kayaking World Championships Live Video Coverage Canoe & Kayak UK - Canoe & Kayak UK's Assistant Editor Seth is currently over in Austria reporting on the 2011 Sickline Extreme Whitewater Kayaking World Championships.

Wycherley aims for Channel record BBC - Guildford's Paul Wycherley will attempt to break the world record for crossing the English Channel in a kayak on Sunday morning.

Tabaze Rodeo duemstuff - As every year, Free Kayak Tour (french freestyle championship) begins with the regional stage. Jo Suc and Nico Fayol have gone in Tabaze Rodeo Vinon sur Verdon, now unavoidable step. The atmosphere was good to date. The former leaders of the French freestyle as Nico Chassing and Xavier Lacroix, like to meet there.

Anvil in Production Fluid Kayaks - The Anvil is a new generation hydrospeed, both from a materials and design perspective, and as its name suggests, it is made to take a beating.

Kokatat Congratulates Boomer and Turk on Successful Ellesmere Circumnavigation Kokatat - Kokatat ambassador Erik Boomer and Jon Turk recently became the first team to successfully circumnavigated Ellesmere Island, the northern most island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the world's tenth largest island. Boomer and Turk skied, paddled, and trekked over 1,500 miles over 104 days before completing their journey on August 19th.

Moosefest 2011 Level 6 - The highly decorated work of American Whitewater can find its roots in upstate New York, namely in the fight to save the Moose River. In the early 80's a band of dirt bag paddlers (Chris Koll, Pete Skinner and others) bonded together on a common issue: the damming of many of New York's rivers.

Witte River – Muppeteering Adrian Tregoning - This years' river season has been pretty dismal for those of us living in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The season started early, and strong, but then died down quickly – just like the previous year. I think we only had about two or three rainy days in the whole of July, none of ...

Paddling at night, inevitable and pleasurable Have Kayaks, Will Travel - The days are getting shorter; sunset comes ever earlier. We're bemoaning the loss, but we're also taking advantage of the opportunity to do more night paddling long before bedtime. Paddling the Chicago River after dark.

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