Granite Logistics – a guide to kayaking in Galicia ~ New Year in Morocco

Playak News Flash - January 19, 2012
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Granite Logistics – a guide to kayaking in Galicia Team Pyranha - During winter's stern grip, UK paddlers daydream with plans for their summer sojourn to warmer climes to escape the gloom.  Fear not, for there is something more practical you can do to escape during these dark months than braving your local run in the snow.

Montana to Mexico. part 1 WRSI - The Jorney started with a donated van, alot of excitement and a good friend. A mutual friend of ours herd are complaints of needing a car for mexico. He had a 1986 ford econoline falcon, it was an old RV. Ok, 25 yr old RV not ideal for a 10,000 mile road trip, ...

Jungle adventures in full swing Palm Blogs - Myself, Niamh Stack, Dave Hollins and Fran Kohn are two weeks in to our month here in Colombia. We've been stunned by how beautiful it is: dramatic moutains covered in thick, lush jungles and huge canyons… a landscape that makes for some very committing sections of river! So far we've paddled some amazing white water, [...]

New Year in Morocco PeakUK - My life of late has been amazing filled with fun and adventure with some great people in some incredible places across the world. Starting of the year, the next chapter in a memorable way that sets the pace from the year ahead is important to me.

Dagger Takes Top Honors in Columbia's Millrace and Iceman Challenge! Dagger - The top boat to have for the Millrace Massacre was the Axiom, while the top boat to have for the Iceman was the Alchemy. The Dagger Alchemy took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd again this year!

London Boatshow 2012 – Wrap Up Video Palm Blogs - So me and Palm's Bren Orton just finished making the Wrap Up Video of our time putting on the Kayak Display at the 2012 Tullett Prebon London Boat Show and all that was on during the show. Our display was on for 15 minutes twice a day so this gave us plenty time to run [...]

Fenn Cup "underview", all 2.5kms of it… Sydney Surf Ski - I was pretty amped about tackling the short course for the Fenn Cup. I'd been training much better and far more comfortably in the Evo at the Cooks River, covering 7kms in about 40 minutes.

Stand Up Paddle the Movie World Paddle Association - "A Standup Paddle Movie" is a documentary about the beginning of Stand Up Paddle Sports. This documentary profiles the top athletes in three disciplines of Stand Up Paddle, which include surfing, open water racing, and circuit races. Shot on location in Hawaii and California, ...

Cotter reveals remedy for Perth Doctor (Aus) surfski.info - Jeremy Cotter knows there will be no time to slacken off if he wants to add his name to the coveted list of champions who have won Australia's premier ocean ski paddling race – "The Doctor" in Perth this Saturday. Over 400 competitors will converge on WA this weekend ...

Countdown to The Sunset Beach Pro, ... SUP Surf - Sunday 15 January, Sunset Beach Pro, World Tour Opener just 3 weeks away. As epic swell after epic swell pounds the North Shore of Oahu, tension is mounting for the grand opening for the 2012 season of the Stand Up World Tour at the iconic Sunset Beach. After the giant surf of 2010 and 2011, [...]

Easing into Eskdale Will Herman - Rising on the rugged slopes of Esk Pike, from source to sea the Esk is arguably one of the most beautiful of lakeland rivers. In its clear waters I have bathed sore feet in icy pools after tramping across the high fells; I have dived into its deep green depths lower ...

Snow Day Kayak Yak - Now don't start laughing, but it snowed in Victoria last night. I know that barely 2 cm of white stuff on the ground wouldn't count as a "real" snowfall in most locales, especially here in the Great White North , but for Victoria, 2 cm is almost a blizzard.

The Fanatic Langebaan SUP Dash SUP HQ - For the past 25 years, the Langebaan Dash, has drawn 1000's of competitors from the sports of windsurfing, kiteboarding and Hobie cat sailing. Historically windsurfers have dominated the event and have only lost out to kitersurfers a couple of times.

What's the Difference between a Kayak or Canoe Expedition, Trip and Adventure? PaddlingLight - It's wintertime again, which means that I start to get all philosophical again. It's probably from the lack of paddling. The only water time I've been getting lately is second rate, because it's on the solid kind with cross country skis ...

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