Make Your Own Gear ... Overthruster ~ First session in Lee Valley

Playak News Flash - February 26, 2012
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Make Your Own Gear ... Overthruster unsponsored - A couple of great examples:

NZ Extreme Race Series - Kaituna & Wairoa races Wavesport Blogs - 2012 Wairoa Xtreme Race New Zealand, or Okere Falls, NZ if you really wanted to narrow it down, has, over the past 5-8 years produced some of the World's fastest kayakers. If you've ever been to the kaituna river, or participated in any event in the area you will know why. The Kaituna River...

First session in Lee Valley Palm Blogs - London has never been an unknown white spot on my kayaking map. With Hurley Weir as one the country's prime freestyle spots close by and a vibrant boater community living in the region, the metropolis of England has always ment more to me than Tower Bridge, Big Ben and the Queen.

The Adventourists Try Out Action Paddling Fat Paddler - A work colleague of mine is taking on a fun and challenging adventure later this year when he and a couple of mates take on the Mongol Rally (a 14,000 km car rally from London to Mongolia) to raise money for Redkite, a charity that supports children with cancer.

Team Australia Continues Its Dominance in Peru SUP Connect - Brad Gaul and Joel Mason let the paddleboarding community know that Team Australia is certainly the country to beat at the ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboarding Championship, earning the gold and silver medals in the Men's Paddleboard Race.

FERC Dismisses Preliminary Permit for Flaming Gorge Pipeline Am. Whitewater - Colorado/Wyoming - On September 1, 2011, Wyco Power and Water, Inc., filed a preliminary permit application to study the feasibility of developing the Regional Watershed Supply Project.  Today, FERC dismissed as premature that preliminary permit application.

GMIT Intervarsity's 2012 Team I-Canoe - So the time of year was upon us, where every paddling student in the country descends on one poor helpless town to run riot paddle hard and generally drink the place dry. This year GMIT were hosting the event in Castlebar, Co Mayo. The Friday saw the first event in a cold Crossmolina the coaches tra...

The Jordan River Sea Kayak Stonington - In the car, I had been listening to a new radio station. They never played commercials, but between most of the songs, a retro chorus would sing-out the call letters and an announcer claimed "ten thousand songs in a row.

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