Changing Disciplines ~ Late summer and still boating ~ Spillimacheen!

Playak News Flash - October 1, 2012
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Changing Disciplines Louise Jull - Me on Double Drop on one of the local runs in the Kaimai ranges, 1hour from home. Late summer and still boating Wavesport Blogs - As September turns into October the days get colder, the trees and hills turn from a lush green to a bright gold, and the water drops out in the Great State of Jefferson. The water usually leaves us around the end of July and then you can scrape down the runs with just enough flow ... Spillimacheen! Fluid Blog - In 2008 that was one of the first rivers we hit in BC on our cross country road trip. I can still remember driving up to the put in after dark, running into a crew around Mikkel St Jean Duncan who had already set up camp and one of the boys constantly repeating: Washington DC- Great Falls Louise Jull - And so the Tits Deep Tour continues and we have come to rest in America's capital city- Washington DC! We are staying with an old slalom friend Ashlee and her partner Ashlee. Washinton DC seems like a nice city for its size. Entering The Land of The Folding Kayak Trak Blog - PaddleExpo 2012 has come and passed, and it was an impressive show. Much of the paddlesport industry from Europe, Asia, the UK and around the world come together in Nuremburg, Germany for this annual industry show (18-20 September 2012). Steep Creeking in Valsesia Piemonte 2012 Reviewed Gene17 - This past spring we had one of our biggest Piemonte Steep Creeking season's to date. We has 3 weeks of trips with paddlers coming from around the globe to enjoy the very best of the granite pool drop perfection that is Valsesia. Manca takes Venice Naish - Little Miss Racing – young Slovenian Manca Notar – did it again. Venue – the beautiful island Lido in front – the beautiful island Lido in front of Venice. After initial troubles of setting the course due to strong NE winds and choppy conditions the race started and Manca took the lead immediately. I'M Not Dead, Nor Have I Stopped Fishing Justin Mayer - I have had ample time to write up reports over the spring/summer, but I got used to not posting after a while. South East Va Fishing Jackson Kayak - We had an awesome day late last month with Heroes on the Water (HOW) at the Welcome Heroes event in Smithfield. This was the biggest event that I have been at and it was great. Back of Beyond on Bainbridge Island PenobscotPaddles - If it's hard to find decent kayaks to rent, it is nearly impossible to find swan boats. Despite knowing that a swan boat would be painfully slow and tedious, I wanted to have the experience of using it, at least for a half hour.

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