O’Brian, Zur Dominate Battle of The Bay ~ PaddleExpo 2012 ~ South to RNP

Playak News Flash - October 17, 2012
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines O'Brian, Zur Dominate Battle of The Bay SUP Magazine - Paddlers overtook San Francisco Bay last weekend for the second annual Battle of the Bay race and expo. With a cash purse of $5,000 on the line, elite and amateur paddlers battled it out on long and short courses against the iconic city skyline. PaddleExpo 2012 Titan Kayaks - Last month we headed off on an adventure across Europe for Titan kayaks first European trade show, PaddleExpo 2012. We left from Cork, Ireland on route to Nurnburg, Germany. The car was packed like a jigsaw puzzle, with each piece nicely slotting into the next, ... In memory of Ian Beecroft AquatiKayak - On August 26th we are to meet in Leh with Ian Beecroft, Graham Helsby and Beth Hume. We arrived earlier to acclimatize. The first days in Leh are tough, the arrival by plane at 3500m put me out. After three days in Leh spending my time sleeping, I am finally able to go on a short treck, and the ninth day, to go higher up in altitude. Sickline The Extreme Kayak World Championship 2012 Palm Blogs - Early October held the fifth edition of the annual Adidas Sickline World Championship! Despite flooding the week before the water level was perfect during the race. Whitewater Symposium 2012 PaddleBlogs - The 9th Whitewater Symposium took place at Wet Planet Whitewater in Husum WA on the White Salmon. Playak was a media partner, and present of course :) Kayaking with Kids Jackson Kayak - When people see us on the river, they always assume we are a school at a minimum there are 5 paddlers, at most there are 10! We try to balance our days with fun (epic) paddling for the older kids and fun (and safe) paddling for the younger kids. News from the French freestyle championships Level 6 - The competition took place in the stadium of white water in Pau (France), from October the 6 and the 7. All the best French competitors were there to compete on the legendary stadium of the Olympic champion : TonyEstanguet! Sea Kayak Icon Derek Hutchinson Passes Away Playak - Known as "the father of modern sea kayaking," Hutchinson had several notable expeditions under his skirt, including the first crossing of the North Sea in a kayak in 1970. He later went on to paddle in the Aleutian Islands and other areas around the globe. Halloween Tour PenobscotPaddles - Something is wrong in Derry, something is off. A feeling of despair hangs over the city, much as a fog of industrial exhaust clouded the city's skies years ago. French Freestyle Kayak Championship 2012 Jean-Yves Moustrou - The next Valley shipment is about to land, and the radical new Gemini SP is among the consignment. There are numerous reviews and write ups on this boat around the web already, and we will have the first four models available at the intro price of just $2990. Kai Lenny Comes From Behind to Win Day One of The World Series Finals SUP Surf - The Long Distance from Turtle Bay to Ali'i Beach Park in Haleiwa was always going to be a defining race: following one of the most famous stretches of coastline in the world, it is a 12.5 mile paddle with plenty of challenges. Next Valley Shipment About to Land Mark Sundin - The next Valley shipment is about to land, and the radical new Gemini SP is among the consignment. There are numerous reviews and write ups on this boat around the web already, and we will have the first four models available at the intro price of just $2990. South to RNP Eastern Horizon - This morning we paddled south from Cronulla to the beautiful cliffs and beaches of the Royal National Park. And back. The Etain in Heavy Seas Rene van der Zwan - Oh, what I regretted it today not to have tailor-fitted Leo's Etain. In 2 earlier occasions the hip- and knee-contact was fine in the Etain, but now conditions were much more demanding and I missed hip-support (the seat is a bit too wide for me) and also my knee-contact was painful. Werner Paddles Team, Body Boat Blade, reports from "Skook." Werner - Happy Birthday Leon!  Werner Team paddlers, Leon Somme and his lovely wife and partner in world reknown Body Boat Blade , Shawna Franklin, make their yearly pilgrimage to British Columbia's Skookumchuk tidal rapids every year suspiciously for his birthday. .

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