Huka Falls! ~ French Massif Central, best fall creeking place!!! ~ Telemark

Playak News Flash - December 14, 2011
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Huka Falls! Louise Jull - The Huka Falls are a set of waterfalls on the Waikato River that drains Lake Taupo in New Zealand. At the top of the falls is a set of small waterfalls dropping over about 8 metres. The most impressive, final stage of the falls is an 11 metre drop. This 11metre drop is a large mass of clear blue water and a great spectacle wonder for many.

French Massif Central, best fall creeking place!!! Level 6 - We were waiting for the rain for a while now, for few months actually, then Mother Nature gave us a lot of southern wind which bring the rain on the Cévennes region. Well, all options of kayaking places were offered to us, just have to choose!! I went to paddle the flood Ardèche river, which is called the "french mini Zambezi", a big waters section full of waves!!

Telemark Rocks & Water - When August turns to October, we got unbelievable amount of rain. Together with knowledge necessary to understand Norwegian online water gauges, we didn't miss a single day with good flow in the Telemar. It's just a 45 minutes drive to the put in for Ausbygde river, so we didn't find reason to not spend there every day.

Aniol's Chile Update Astral Currently - This last year is becoming the most incredible adventure ever, It has been a few few months out of home, living out of my backpack and travelling from one place to another. I arrived in Chile a few weeks ago, we haven't lost anytime and we haved kayaked everyday. The water levels are pretty low for the month of December but we still getting to do all the best stuff.

NE Fall Wrap-up Immersion Research - It has been a terrible fall for kayaking up in New England. All of the rain that normally falls over the course of a few months decided to fall over a few hours, devastating Vermont and NH and making for a horrible kayaking season.

Sri Lanka Zet Kayaks - A group of 6 kayakers from the UK have recently returned from a successful expedition to explore the white water in Sri Lanka. There have been a couple of previous trips to Sri Lanka before, but this one was the first to be held in August, during the heart of the monsoon.

Learning the Greenland-style Storm Roll Part 1: The Foundations PaddlingLight - Being a Greenland-style kayaker I take great pride in my ability to roll. I've spent many hours practicing and honing tiny details to make my rolls smooth, graceful, and quiet. And I am not alone. There are tons of us out there.

Molenaars River – Screw You Climate Change Adrian Tregoning - I won't even begin another article by complaining about the lack of water, so I'll just state again that this season sucked - thank you climate change. Let me also state that this November was probably the chilliest I've experienced since moving to Cape Town in 2008 and today is the 11th of December and I'm wearing a jersey, and yes, it even rained this morning. Our weather has definitely gone bonkers.

NZKS Staff Trip on the Mokihinui Daan Jimmink - Each summer the staff of the New Zealand Kayak School get on a team mission and undertake some kind of adventure together. Someone came up with the idea of getting into the Mokihinui for a two-day trip, which was likely to be fantastic on the back of all this rain.

The Future of our Sport! PeakUK - After posting news pieces from exotic locations, in remote areas or on picturesque Alpine Rivers, the past year has been a great one. However one of the major highlights definitely has to be coaching the kids on the lake from our local village. For the first time this year we joined together with Hotel Austria in Lech on their active programme for kids and teenagers.

Paddle Board Yoga Airs on National TV Show SUP Connect - Dr. James Sears, one of the six health panelists on the nationally syndicated show, The Doctors, headed to Marina Del Rey for a lesson of stand up paddle (sup) board yoga, or Supaqua, as Sarah Tiefenthaler calls it.

Yoga for Paddling | Focus: Hips and IT Band New River Academy - Its Easy to Apply to New River Academy; Before coming to work at New River Academy, I had a long history of traveling and kayaking, as well as a history of aggravating my ilio-tibial band. This is not always the best combination. To help combat the large amount of time I spend cramped in my kayak, I have turned to yoga. I have been around yoga for as long as I can remember, but it wasn't until I started paddling daily that I really found its benefits on my body and my paddling.

Grey Purbeck seas and skies SW Sea Kayaking - With a week of back-to-back strong winds predicted locally, a few of us paddled from Swanage to Kimmeridge in the calm before the storms. The tide races around St Albans Head were running strongly, and I was paddling a less stable kayak than my normal Cetus…

Jasper Mocke wins final SA race surfski.info - Fish Hoek Beach – Jasper Mockè snatched the final race of the Discovery Sunglass Hut Surfski series with a thrilling win in the Hansa Peter Creese Lighthouse race, leaving the final outcome of the series hanging in the balance as the series bosses study results to separate brothers ...

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