Rio Pacuare a Costa Rican gem ~ Answers to all your questions

Playak News Flash - January 23, 2012
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Rio Pacuare a Costa Rican gem Dagger Blogs - It's been a solid 10 days of kayaking here in Cosa Rica the land of sunshine and amazing rivers.  While there are numerous opportunities to paddle all over the country my favorite run so far has been the Rio Pacuare.  The Pacuare has  a long history of kayaking and rafting in Costa Rica ...

Answers to all your questions Leif and Natalie - So, I broke my leg in Mexico. I have posted a couple comments to facebook and google+, and there has been the predictable flood of questions. Rather than answer the questions over and over, I figured I would write up one detailed account of the whole story, ...

Mexico: Ten weeks of Tacos, Tequila and Tall Waterfalls Part 2 Seth Ashworth - Four Spanish kayakers, Jose Marie, Daniel, Asier and Pablo. Their English is as limited as my spanish, but luckily for me our first few days on the river we are joined by Aniol who speaks brilliant english and made the language barrier pretty easy. We headed to the Big Banana ...

An Expedition Complete in Northern Zambia: WONDER GORGE Jackson Kayak - How quickly time passes and things can change. December 7, one year since our expedition in the Congo ended tragically with the loss of Hendri Coetzee, I spent on the rim of the Zambezi Gorge, above rapid number 7, with Ben Stookesberry, Pete Meredith, Hendri's best mate, and others significant in Hendri's life.

Demshitz in Chile Round 5! Demshitz - Another trip to Chile. This trip was one of my best but also my shortest trip out of the 5 years in a row that I've visited this incredible country. My brother Graham and I arrived on the 16th of December to a low water year. Very similar to our first year.

High Level on The Doubs and the Rhone. Nookie - High Level on The Doubs and the Rhone. Autumn was very dry in France. We did some kayaking on artificial rivers, a little on the flat, nothing very interesting. It lasted long enough to make us lose hope, but early December rain appeared ...

Mexico: Ten weeks of Tacos, Tequila and Tall Waterfalls Part 1 Seth Ashworth - It all starts with a long journey........Not the kind of deep emotional journey you might see in a top hollywood blockbuster but an actual journey that took a long period of time. Starting with a plane from London to Cancun (10 hours), then a string of bus rides, starting with Cancun to Veracruz...

Paddling in Ecuador – Part III unsponsored - Nath took a chill as he wasnt feeling good, I safety boated the Jatunyacu with Diego and Armin, Armin rocked up without a helmet but cracked on anyway as it was deep. Diego left me with the raft and gear to sort. I wish I had a photo of the put in which was basically a stream bed at...

Pryde Group Acquire Imagine Surf Imagine Surf - January 20, 2012, Hong Kong – Pryde Group, a leader in action water sports and owner of the NeilPryde, JP Australia and Cabrinha brands is proud to announce the acquisition of Imagine Surf, a major player in the stand-up paddle (SUP) industry.

Rio Llancahue (Lower) Rivers of Chile - Jared Seiler dropping the "Suavemente" aka "Purty Thirty" at the start of the Lower section. The Rio Llancahue located on the southeastern slope of Volcan Villarica is reached via Conaripe.  It is roughly an hour and a half drive from Pucon.

The name gives the game away... SeaKayakPhoto.com -  Last Saturday, Tony, Andrew, David, Jim, Phil and I set of from Maidens on the Ayrshire coast. A light breeze soon filled the sails, it is just as well Andrew is a fast paddler. It was not long until we rounded Barwhin Point.

Ballistic Beginning to the 2012 World Series ** video ** surfski.info - By Jeremy Cotter's own lofty standards, 2011 was a year he'd like to forget.  From the end of 2007 to 2010, the 32-year-old former ocean ironman reached the podium in every ski race he started, at home and abroad. In 2010, for example, he was third at Molokai, second in Mauritius, ...

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