Show Up & Blow Up SUP Cross ~ The Angrogna run ~ Corsica 2012

Playak News Flash - May 6, 2012
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News Watch Headlines Show Up & Blow Up SUP Cross Boardworks SUP - May 1, 2012, 2012 (Encinitas, CA) – Boardworks SUP is pleased to announce the return of the Boardworks Show Up & Blow Up SUP Cross, a really fun, high octane, fast & furious technical race down Utah's Weber River. The Angrogna run Wavesport Blogs - In Piemonte there are many rivers flowing down the west Alps. The most famous are the Chiusella, Soana and Stura. However there are other very nice creeks where is hard to find water but lucky kayakers can find spectacular runs. The New England Whitewater Triple Crown Wavesport Blogs - This was the 4th year of the Triple Crown on the Farmington River in CT.  What another great event that was put on by the organizers and volunteers. It's a downriver race, slalom, and freestyle competition and you get points on your placing in each event.  Saturday is the qualifying day and indiv... Updated: Northern California Woman Dies While Paddling SUP Magazine - At 5:45 pm on April 28 Heather Bonser-Bishop, 39, was standup paddling on the Chetco River in southern Oregon when her surf leash caught on a submerged snag causing her to fall and be held under water. Corsica 2012 Michele Ramazza - Corsica 2012 A Kid Passion - Kayak Jackson Kayak - Favorite Kayak and Why- My red Jackson-Fun 1 named "Reddy", It is a kids size but just as good as my Dad's Rockstar ACA Sponsors Eppie's Great Race ACA - "The World's Oldest Triathlon®" ABOUT THE RACE Eppie's Great Race® is known as "The World's Oldest Triathlon®" and the "No Swim" Triathlon and is the largest paddling event in the United States! Sacramento-area restauranteur/entrepreneur Eppie Johnson founded the event in ... Mother's Day 2012 – Give the Gift of the Great Outdoors Austin Kayak - Ahhhh Mom, no doubt she deserves it all but many would agree that simply spending quality time with her is all she really wants. This Mother's Day, consider doing something a little different for Mom by giving her the gift of the great outdoors. We're not just talking gear here but more so the experience of the outdoors. Even in your own backyard you can create memories which both of you will cherish forever. Need some ideas? We've got them. Not only from our own personal experiences but also from what our customers have shared with us. Brunch on the River Imagine the look on your mom's face when you tell her that for Mother's Day, you'll be having brunch on a river sandbar or maybe deep within a secluded lake cove... The Angrogna run Michele Ramazza - In Piemonte there are many rivers flowing down the west Alps. The most famous are the Chiusella, Soana and Stura. However there are other very nice creeks where is hard to find water but lucky kayakers can find spectacular runs. Yoga for Kayaking: Shoulders New River Academy - The mark of a kayaker, more than the beat up hands or a twice broken nose, or even a vocabulary diminished to the adjectives of "brown" and "stout", would have to be the shoulders. The broad, muscular, possibly even overdeveloped, yet with a history of subluxation or dislocation, shoulders. Big Race This Weekend in Waikiki–What's Happening on the C4 Waterman Front? SUP Surf - The Quiksilver Waikiki Paddle Festival kicks off this Saturday May 5th, 2012 on the shores of Waikiki. With all the world's top racers here to compete it's going to be a jam packed exciting weekend. The C4 Ohana will be there in full support of the event and our competing ambassadors. [...] Thu 03/05-2012 Day 248 Freya Hoffmeister - This will be the last blog entry in this format – my "official" arrival day! This doesn't mean I won't write anything in between…but not all days any more, sorry… Cristian drove me to the Capitania in Valparaiso, [...]

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