Bird Island Challenge 2012 ~ Boise Whitewater Park ~ Summer SUP

Playak News Flash - August 14, 2012
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Bird Island Challenge 2012 Trash Paddler - Things didn't look very promising for the Gleason Family YMCA's Tenth Annual Bird Island Challenge early this morning. The day opened with low dark clouds and intermittent downpours of a tropical nature. How to fix a boat thats got its nose out of joint Rapid Magazine Blog - The first thing you want to do is assess the damage both to you and your boat. Luckily in this case I didn't break any body parts and the plastic in the boat doesn't appear to have stretched. If you see the dreaded white crease marks, that falls into the 'not great' category and there may be significant structural damage to your boat. Boise Whitewater Park Jackson Kayak - With each passing week this summer, the Boise Whitewater Park has increased in both traffic and popularity. Every water craft imaginable has been showing up, but it has been most popular with kayakers, surfers, stand-up paddle boarders, and boogie boarders. Summer SUP surfingsports.com - It's really a fun time in the SUP world right now helping folks find their dream board, we've really got things dialed in and refined the shapes are all time, and the pricing is very reasonable quality durability performance bang for the buck you can have it all totally a great time to get into the sport or to upgrade. Living in the Moment – North Fork Championships, Little White Salmon, & USA Freestyle Nationals Jackson Kayak - This summer has been one to remember with amazing events in Idaho, great flows, and a personal first descent. New Outfitting From Wave Sport Confluence Blog - Wave Sport's all new CORE WhiteOut Outfitting Systems combines the stylish, marine vinyl white pads with the most innovative outfitting technology on the market today. Wisconsin River Trip Report Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association - Beverly Serrell and Nancy Saulsbury in a canoe, and Nancy Moore, John Olson and Jim Des Jardins in kayaks did a kayak/canoe camping trip on the Wisconsin River on the weekend starting Friday afternoon, June 29th, arriving about noon on Sunday, July 2nd. One Mile Creek and Maple Street Canal Kayaking the Mobile - Tensaw River Delta - Today was the Octo moron paddle. It has been EIGHT months since I complained to the City of Mobile about the litter in their Maple Street Canal. The MORONS have not done a single thing to remove this garbage. Lower Lewis Falls Ryan Lucas - Well a week or so back myself Olin and Brendon Wells decided to head to Lower Lewis falls for a little huck. The falls is around 35ft and really good to go at the right level. Round-up: Champions crowned again, new talents emerge London 2012 Slalom - Canoeing at London 2012 saw veterans shine again and new, emerging talent firmly establish itself on the international scene. Select Blast Prototype - Superlight Phil Mitchell - Well we fired of a message to the guys at Select and they came back with the lightest paddle we've had through. At 202cm it's no baby and weighing in at 615g with a one piece shaft. Summer in San Onofre Corran SUP - I got to go out this morning for sun up with my good friend Tim Ryan to "San O" for a surf. It was waist to chest high most of the day, which is not bad for summer in California. Starting at the "dog patch" we worked our way down to "Nukes" [...] The James River and Assault by Asian Carp Kayaking the Lakes of South Dakota - The sites described are places where I have kayaked over the past few years, mostly in South Dakota but sometimes including locations in Iowa and Minnesota. One of the best sources of information on the accessibility of small lakes is the South Dakota Atlas and Gazetteer, the large map book of South Dakota. Apparently, It's Easy Being Green After All Kayak Yak - A gloriously sunny day. Totally flat water. A new green kayak.Louise and I put in at Albert Head Park for a paddle around Albert Head to Witty's Lagoon. Low tide so we knew we wouldn't be entering the Lagoon itself, but would be stopped by sandbars at its entrance. Bardsey the hard way CackleTV - I love paddling to Bardsey but usually go from the closest point on the Welsh mainland so I can have more time on the island catching up with the Porter family & enjoying the beauty of the place.

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