First Greenboat Descents of The South Feather ~ NxW Soundriders Race

Playak News Flash - October 13, 2012
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News Watch Headlines First Greenboat Descents of The South Feather Dagger Blogs - The Soouth Feather is a short but steep creek that flows for an entire month every fall due to the lowering of Little Grass Valley Reservoir. Having raced this section of river last year during Gnarlfest 2011 it was blatantly obvious that this course was not for longboats. Celebrating a River with Community Dagger Blogs - Salmon are swimming through the dam site, up miles and miles of steep whitewater and over waterfalls that many kayakers and rafters won't even attempt. Devil'S Washbowl Malad River Team LiquidLogic - The Malad River Gorge lies between Twin Falls, ID and Boise, ID about 7 hours from home in Bozeman. There is a great old school movie called "Buck Fever" Made by Spencer Cooke and Jed Selby back in the day. NxW Soundriders Race Beau Whitehead - Steilacoom, Washington. October 7th. Last race of the season! After 19 races in 2012, I was more than ready for this one to mark the end of the season. Trip Report with Nicole Mansfield Werner - Thanks to our friend Nicole Mansfield for the words and photos from her summer in Alaska. If you need to be inspired, maybe not to get up and go to Alaska but just get up and go, follow Nicole's antics. Kiwi White Water Women Rafters International Rafting Federation - A star-studded Kiwi women's rafting crew is training hard for the National Championships in the Bay of Plenty at Labour Weekend. Learning How to, Before Paddling Whitewater Inflatable Kayak Blog - Whitewater kayaking looks to be a daunting task if you've never paddled the rapids before. So how do you learn? By dropping you kayak in the raging waters and praying while you paddle? Not the best idea! Surfing Anglesey CackleTV - An 11 second waves period is pretty good for Anglesey! Combine that with a 3 foot swell, a slight offshore wind & sunshine and it's no surprise that myself and Axel joined Phil, James & Gaz at Rhosneigr for a few hours of great fun surf today. The Passing of Men and Seasons Log of Ibi - I learned today of Derek Charles Hutchison's passing. He's known to many folks at the father of modern sea kayaking. I have a DVD of his from the University of Sea Kayaking. All Are Welcome to Ocoee Sup Race with Whitewater SUP Connect - Everyone is invited and welcome to participate in the inaugural Ocoee SUP Race this Sunday October 14th! It is 4.38 miles of continuous and technical Class III/IV terrain which will make it amongst the most challenging whitewater sup races to date. Can't Wait to Get Back to Ecuador! Small World Adventures - After getting over the initial home-coming from the Grand Canyon and realizing that, "oh crap, we leave really soon and I have SO much to do," I'm now super stoked to be getting back to Ecuador. House Cove and my Kelly Kettle A whole bunch of Ing's - Typical afternoon gridlock in Green's Harbour. Not quite understanding dock right away rules; I was briefly blocked in by black ducks. Having no bread to provide the wild duck's; they flew back into the pond to await some free handouts. Favorite Autumn Paddling with Jeanine Bednash Werner - Thanks to our friend and Werner paddler, Jeanine Bednash for sending these great pics for the Photo of the Day. September Surfacular & Team Training Palm Blogs - Originally there was a competition scheduled for the 8th and 9th of September but unfortunately it had to be cancelled because the organizer was unable to get permission to run it. The Rocroi NRPF Festival 2012 Palm Blogs - What an amazing few days at the 2012 Rocroi NRPF river festival in the heart of the Spanish/ Catlonian Pyrenees. With a logistical twist of fate, the Palm/ Dagger Bus got left in the UK due to a ferry strike in Santander and quick change to an aeroplane with the magic new Jitsu as luggage. [...]

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