Review: The Liquidlogic Stomper ~ Spring time! ~ Portugal trip

Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling links in week 18, 2012.

News Watch Review: The Liquidlogic Stomper CKS Blog (Tuesday 1st) ** - The Liquidlogic Stomper has been readily available for about a year. It's one of the most popular creek boats for sale here at CKS, and one of best selling new designs out there Spring time! Dagger Blogs (Wednesday 2nd) ** - After our 5 days in Galicia/Portugal we drove again all night to be at home in the morning of the saturday cause we where doing a freestyle kayak course with SBP together with my brother .... Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Creeking, Freestyling, Squirt Boating and more... PeakUK (Wednesday 2nd) ** - So it is finally time to stop kayaking for just a few hours to send an update on my US adventures so far. 1 month ago today I left life and work in the UK and set off on the first leg of my 2012 adventures to paddle the Grand Canyon and train and compete on the freestyle circuit in the USA. EJ's Follow up from Olympic Trials, Freestyle, Extreme Racing, and the Future…. Jackson Kayak (Saturday 28th) ** - Training for two weeks in Charlotte for Olympic Trials with my new slalom boat, my kids, and the slalom racers was an awesome experience. The racing was also incredible, as I got 6 tries to lay down some good runs, and while I never had a "good" run, not even for myself, I did have lots of good moves and fast sections.   Jackson Kayak's Zen – First Impressions Team I-Canoe (Monday 30th) ** - The Zen 65 (medium), is Jackson Kayak's newest river runner with 2 more sizes in the range, 55 (small) and 75 (large) due to follow shortly. The very first impression, highlighted by the photos below, is how similar the boat looks to a Mamba (and therefore a Diesel, Burn, etc…) ... Hinterrhein Gorge - Switzerland Mark Basso (Friday 27th) ** - Early Spring and great views in the Rofla Gorge of the Hinterrhein - Switzerland Switzerland's Hinterrhein river valley drains north from the San Bernandino pass and adjoins the Vorderrhein confluence near the city of Chur. However as most paddlers familiar with the Swiss Al... Portugal trip Dagger Blogs (Tuesday 1st) * - After a call from our friend in Portugal telling us that the rivers of their area where at good flows we drove all night to paddle for the next 5 days in the California of Europe! Pringle & Katya in Uganda:- Opening our eyes to the Wild Palm Blogs (Friday 27th) * - We're now back home from our Winter in Uganda. We spent the last 3 months there paddling the White Nile river, now one of the most popular winter destinations particularly for us freestyle paddlers. Cali Creeking in the Springtime Sun Jackson Kayak (Monday 30th) * - This past weekend, I had the joy of paddling down in the Kaweah drainage with lots of great friends for what was most likely the high-water weekend of the year.  We got on 3 runs that I've never paddled before: the North Kaweah, the South Kaweah, and the lower 1/2 of the East Fork Kaweah at mega-high water! Galen Volckhausen Makes the News- Story and Link Attached- 80 ft Fall! Jackson Kayak (Monday 30th) * - When I heard that Galen Volckhausen was paddling kayaks over 80-foot waterfalls, it brought back a decade-old memory, and it made me smile. Galen was a classmate of my daughter at the Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School, and one day I navigated my Subaru through an inch of slushy snow to drop her off at school. Old School Series – Pyranha S6f unsponsored (Sunday 29th) * - Review by James Bebbington – Team Pyranha. Obviously I will be biased towards Pyranha boats as Pyranha sponsor me but these are my actual opinions and thoughts of the boat and how I have found it over the time I have been paddling it. Old School Series – Dagger Kingpin unsponsored (Thursday 26th) * - I haven't really seriously paddled a Dagger kayak since I owned a Vertigo years back. At the time I was pretty happy with the outfitting although I did change the back band. I was therefore very interested in giving the Kingpin a go to see how things had developed over the years. Snow to Jungle and back to Snow, good start to the season! WRSI (Friday 27th) * - 2012 has been very generous thus far! Since January I have been fortunate enough to paddle many new places with a whole lot of great people. Cascada Bonito Wavesport Blogs (Thursday 26th) * - After a long stint down in Patagonia, we ( the blue balls crew) started heading North, Back to Pucon. After getting another round in on the Rio Manso just south of Barriloche, we decided it was time to head home. The whole crew had planned to fly out with in the next week and we needed to organize... Explore The River - Trout Creek, WA Exploring Elements (Wednesday 2nd) * - This is a NW Class V classic that can be run in anywhere from 45 min to 2 hrs depending on water, put in and paddling group. It is a steep continuous run that has many pinning hazards and the possibility for wood.

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