Grom Talk ~ New 2013 Star Series ~ Big Seas & Great Day

Playak News Flash - September 26, 2012
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Grom Talk SUP Magazine - With the immense progress standup paddling has made in the past few years, it's easy to forget that it's still a young game. New 2013 Star Series worldkayak blogs - The J.A.W. is proud to announce the addition of the brand NEW 2013 Star, All Star and Super Star to the demo fleet! The new "Fire and Ice" color on the Super Star is super sweet and you know I'm lovin' the "Blaze Orange" color on the All Star! Spain'S Men'S K2 Team Win Big on Final Day ICF - Spain claimed the gold medal in the Men's K2 senior event with Emilio Merchan after going head to head with teammates Ivan Alonso, Walter Bouzan and Alvaro Fernandez. Big Seas & Great Day Level 6 - As we were standing together on the shore of Lake Superior, one of my students from Sydney (Australia) said "this is not a lake, it's an ocean!" Great Bear SUP Expedition 2012 Mountain Surf Adventures - This was our fourth September SUP expedition trip in the last four years and it came on the eve of last years trip making the upcoming cover of Standup Paddle Magazine. Surftech Announces Laird SUP Line for 2013 SUP Connect - Surftech recently congratulated living legend Laird Hamilton on the announcement that he will be releasing a line of hand finished "Laird StandUP" boards. Around Bell Island Tony Paradise - I've circumnavigated Bell Island before. Then I took the ferry over, did the circumnavigation and took the ferry back. The 2012 Boating Safety Educator ACA - In 2011, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) teamed up with Boaterexam.com and created the Boating Educator of the Year Award. Twin Lakes Canoe Route Trip Report PaddlingLight - Just 25 miles from Grand Marais, Minnesota, the Twin Lakes Canoe Route [pdf] offers canoeists a five lake adventure that unlike the nearby Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness doesn't cost a dime and doesn't require a permit. Wednesday At Freshwater Bay PenobscotPaddles - Actually that was precisely my intent. I've got the Olympic Foothills as a backdrop, trees and the bay. It definitely looks like we're in Washington State. I'd like to keep Mark posing until I get a Chirstmas Card shot.

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