Interview with Frode Wiggen, An Awesome Greenland Roller!

Playak News Flash - January 30, 2012
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Interview with Frode Wiggen, An Awesome Greenland Roller! BaffinPaddler - Frode Wiggen, the Senjaroller from Senja, North Norway with the Boreal Baffin sea kayak and Northern Light Paddlesports Greenland paddle enjoying the Northern Lights! Frode Wiggen is the Senjaroller , from Senja , North Norway . He's an awesome Greenland roller, and obviously much...

First Descent of Toaroha Canyon Daan Jimmink - This misson started like most missions do when living in Murchison: through Skype. After a couple of chats to Jordy during the week, Jess and I decided to head down to the West Coast to paddle the two day Perth. We had completed most of our drive down to Hokitika when we got a text from Jordy ...

GB sign slalom treaty with French BBC - British and French slalom canoeists strike a deal to gain better training sessions at other nations' expense during warm-weather training in Australia.

Mexico: Ten weeks of Tacos, Tequila and Tall Waterfalls Part 5 Seth Ashworth - Back in Tlapacoyan, just a few days before New Year, we were joined by two new paddlers. Canadians Joel Kowalski and Blake Mahoney. There was a loose plan to run this river a few weeks before, but after hours of research we could not find any information, save that there was some tall, ...

Product review: Kokatat MsFit Tour and Ronin Pro PFDs Have Kayaks, Will Travel - Eventually, even the best gear wears out. After six years of heavy use and exposure to the elements, the fabric on Alec's Kokatat MsFit Tour PFD was deteriorating, the retroreflective tape wasn't retroreflecting, and the zipper tabs were gone from the pockets. Sadly, it was time to replace it.

Photos- 4th Annual Cold Stroke Classic SUP race. Werner - The 4th Annual Cold Stroke Classic SUP race, held at the Blocakade Runner in Wrightsville Beach NC, was an epic event with the highest racer sign up in the events history and the highest winds.  Over 130 competitors took to the water, which seemed to make sense with temps in upper 60's, however they were greeted to some serious wave action and for most the race sustained 38 mile an hour winds.

The Final Chapter of a Season: The Homeland Adventures of Burgess - The water's were slowly tapering from the creeks in the furthest reaches of the North Shore. Meanwhile, a singular urbanite had driven northward and Joerg had left his corporate job aside for the day. He met with myself and Kiffy. Joerg is one of those legendary characters of the Midwest Creeking ...

2011 Summer Series – Botany Bay Sydney Surf Ski - Australia Day was awesome this year, not just because we got to celebrate living in the best country in the world, not just the best paddling country in the world, because I finished a race AND didn't fall off! Fairly stoked.

Utah Approves Use of Green River for Nuclear Power Plant (UT) Am. Whitewater - Salt Lake City, Utah. The State of Utah has approved two water rights applications for a proposed nuclear power plant near Green River, Utah. The decisions follow more than two years of study.

Action Alert: Colorado River/Grand Canyon: (,,,) Due Jan 31st Am. Whitewater - The future of the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam will be decided in the not so distant future, and your voice is important in shaping the process! If you've ever been through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado, hope to in the future, or simply care about the health of this ...

I'm not superstitious - more from Rich as guest blogger Anglesey Stick - Friday the 13th – A trip to the Skerries Paddling to the Skerries is seen as a bit of a rite of passage for sea kayakers and can be a fairly serious trip in the best of conditions. Deciding to paddle there on Friday the 13th may not seem like the best idea for a lot of people ...

The Dangers of Sun Exposure Faced by Sea Kayakers. SeaKayakPhoto.com - The following article was published in issue 29 of Ocean Paddler magazine, which was published in December 2011. Since it was published I have developed a possible third recurrence of skin cancer and it was surgically removed earlier this week. I now await the pathology report to see if any further ...

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