A Solo Trip Down The Middle Kings River ~ Liquid Logic Stomper Review

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The world's top paddling links in week 19, 2012.

News Watch A Solo Trip Down The Middle Kings River Dan Simenc (Tuesday 8th) *** - California's Sierra Nevada Mountains are geologically blessed with some of the best Class V kayaking on the planet. The combination of sunny weather, beautiful canyons, long wilderness stretches, smooth granite and excellent whitewater beckons me back from Idaho to my home state ... Liquid Logic Stomper Review unsponsored (Monday 7th) ** - I have owned the Stomper 90 for a fair few months and now is the time for an initial review. Having been in small play boats for so long meant that getting into the stomper felt like I had bought the Ark Royal and not a kayak. That said, on the water it does not have the bad characteristics ... Viamala- und Roffla Schlucht: die perfekten Flüsse? Team LiquidLogic (Wednesday 9th) ** - Read the English text below! Direkt zum Video.Viamala Schlucht Die Viamala Schlucht ist eine der beeindruckendsten Schluchten in Graubünden. Ein Steg führt Touristen zu der schmalsten Stelle der Klamm. Mit den Kajaks ist es leider Verboten, dort einzubooten. Wir müssen bei einer Parkbucht etwa 100 Meter unter der Touristenattraktion zum Hinterrhein absteigen. The Huge Creek Boat Review Exploring Elements (Friday 4th) ** - There are a lot of boats on the market today that fit into the "creekboat" category. My aim with this review is to give you a a good overview of the market today and a personal experience comparison that is as unbiased a review as you can get in the paddle sports market. I currently have no direct ties to any boat manufacturer or retailer and make no money from writing this review. The review is written from my experience, body type and paddling style. I have tried to note where a boat might perform better under different circumstances. Cheat River Festival - What a Weekend! Nick Bennett (Wednesday 9th) ** - Joe - having a cracking time! Cheat Fest has been firmly fixed on my calendar for some time now and as it has been a while since I have done any proper boating I was a little bit excited on Thursday. Thanks to the rain gods and several generous gifts early in the week ... Updated: Northern California Woman Dies While Paddling SUP Magazine (Sunday 6th) ** - 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 (Saturday 5th) * - Corsica 2012 Glenn's Week in Scotland New Wave Coaching (Thursday 10th) * - Glenn Tomlinson a keen paddler from Seaham joined us up in Scotland for our This is Scotland trip. It was great to have Glenn with us for the week, he shares his experiences with us. Flow Hunters Project New Zealand Palm Blogs (Wednesday 9th) * - Well it certainly has been an epic summer down here in NZ. After lots of working behind the scenes with Red Bull and Tourism NZ I was able to finally put into action a trip I had been dreaming about for a long time. For the past 10 years I have been fortunate enough to follow my passion for kayaking around the world exploring some of the best whitewater this planet has to offer. I thought it was finally time to bring some of the amazing friends I have made through the sport down to my home turf and explore the very best that NZ has to offer. So in February Rush Sturges, Rafa Ortiz and camera man Matt Baker flew down to NZ to join myself and fellow kiwi paddler Jared Meehan and embark on an epic adventure. Nepal trips video Kayak USSR (Monday 7th) * - There are few short video films from Nepal. You can see such rivers as Arun, Humla Karnali, Karnali Expedition of Russian kayakers on the river Arun (Nepal) 5-15 March 2012 Kayakers: Sergey Fokin (Dzu) Konstantin Lubyagin Alexey Lukin Egor Voskoboynikov Alona Buslaieva River Humla Karnali, Nepal February, 2011 Kayakers: Sergey Fokin Vasily Porsev Shouldering It | Yoga for Kayaking: Shoulders New River Academy (Sunday 6th) * - 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. BC Spring, Whis and Squamton.. Ricketts Kayaking (Saturday 5th) * - Back in the big old BC again for 2012!! I'm back, catching up with mates and setting myself up for another summer of guiding and kayaking here in southwest BC. This seasons gonna be bigger than ever with our crew of keen chargers slowly growing bigger an bigger!!!  After a bit of partying... Hawaii Sur Rhone unsponsored (Tuesday 8th) * - Why this wave has been kept quiet for so long I do not know. Only in the last few months have artciles on the web and in magazines started to appear in any real detail. Kayak Session in particular have provided excellent coverage of the wave that lies near their home town of Lyon, France. Pyranha Shiva Review! Down Hill Kayaking (Friday 4th) * - When I first heard Robert Peerson was joining the design team at Pyranha I immediately texted a good friend of mine who paddles for Wave Sport to tell him the news.   The Angrogna run Wavesport Blogs (Saturday 5th) * - 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.

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