A first timer on the Green River Narrows ~ Hawaii Sur Rhone

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The world's top paddling links in week 28, 2012.

News Watch A first timer on the Green River Narrows Nick Bennett (Thursday 12th) *** - At some point during my first few months kayaking at Edinburgh we discovered the Dagger Green Boat (rumour had us believing it was only available in green). I was amazed to find it was made specifically for a race on a section of river ... Biggest Loops on Earth? Kelly's Nationals today! Jackson Kayak (Sunday 8th) ** - In the middle of an Idaho meadow lies possibly the biggest loop spot on Earth. The Kelly's Whitewater Center features several man-made rapids but the top one is the biggest and baddest and is where we are having the US Freestyle National Championships today. Land of Giants - McKenzie River, Oregon Jordan Searle (Thursday 12th) ** - Well I am glad to say that I have managed to make my annual pilgrimage to North America, and although I knew it, I was gutted to arrive in the COMPLETELY melted state of California. Hawaii Sur Rhone Martina Wegman (Tuesday 10th) ** - The last few months I haven't been in Holland for longer than a week each time. Two weeks ago I flew into Barcelona for a sweet but short holiday together with my sister and to check out the action during the slalom World Cup in La Seu d'Urgell. Stoked on the Fire!!! Let it Burn! Dagger Blogs (Saturday 7th) ** - If I have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.(Isaac Newton). Over the year's I have grown into running big waterfalls and approaching the mental space needed to huck these giants.  Through the incredible collective conscience of our community of kayakers, ... In Production: Wheelchair by Land, Class V Kayak by River Dagger Blogs (Friday 6th) ** - Sometimes you meet people in life that absolutely blow you away with their strength, determination and ambition--people that inspire you to live life at full speed.  For me, Greg Mallory is one of those people. Trent Lock Wave – Nottingham UK's Secret Gem Wavesport Blogs (Friday 13th) * - We have had a lot of rain recently in the UK, especially over the midlands area. Being based in Nottingham sometimes has its advantages. Most UK paddlers know that the River Thames has a range of weirs that at different levels can provide some great paddling. Best of the Slave 2012 Leif and Natalie (Tuesday 10th) * - During our Slave trip this year, we are going to keep a running list of our favorite few shots. As new shots come in, we will keep this list mostly up to date, so keep checking back. Our last weekend of kayaking in the Alps (Alps part due) Small World Adventures (Wednesday 11th) * - Our last weekend in Europe found us back in Switzerland. We paddled Thursday and Friday on the Inn River while waiting for our weekend-warrior paddling buddies to be free to join us. The Inn has multiple sections and is "roadside" ... Liquidlogic Freeride Riverrunning @ Middle Fork Nooksack Team LiquidLogic (Thursday 5th) * - We took the Liquidlogic Freeride 57 out on one of my favorite rivers to see how it would perform on some technical river running. Needless to say it killed it, and we were able to have a good time and throw some freestyle too! The perfect Riverplayboat! Check it out.Click here to view the embedded video.. Vancouver Island Ryan Lucas (Sunday 8th) * - With everything been rector high around BC,we decided that our best option would be to head to Vancouver Island.I was pretty stoked to head out to the Island and explore the white water what the Island had to offer.Its always sweet going to new places and not noing what you are in for, ... New Freestyle Boat Testing... Dagger Blogs (Friday 13th) * - It has been a pleasure to be involved in the testing of the new Dagger freestyle boat. This boat represents a true collective team effort, fearlessly led by the Dagger in-house esigner, Mark (Snowy) Robertson.  Snowy started this project by interviewing the whole Dagger team ... The Fun Is 4 Fun, ... Jackson Kayak (Sunday 8th) * - Weird Title, missed the Fun 1.5 in it, but with six sizes of this model, the most in any model in history, everyone can have Fun. Watching the Kellogg Kids in their Fun 1′s reminds me of when I got Dane paddling in his Fun1 and with another guy here at KWP paddling his 4 Fun around and surfing, squirting, and learning to play boat and river run I figured I should put a shout out to this game changing kayak. Fourth of July with demshitz in 2008 Demshitz (Tuesday 10th) * - Thought I would bust this video out for the forth of July. This was a quick Cali mission demshitz fired up in 2008. We had just a week to run Upper Cherry and middle Kings. We made it back to Colorado just in time for our court date after the shit running mission. Greenland Whitewater Rapid Magazine Blog (Monday 9th) * - In 2007, English adventures Ali Marshall and Simon Tapely became the first paddlers to explore Greenland's largely untracked interior in search of runnable whitewater. The two-man expedition was challenged by the difficulty of running adequate safety on the river, viscious weather and sketchy information and transportation.

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