Paddle Expo 2012 – Sea Kayak Roundup ~ adidas Sickline 2012 Race LIVE

Playak News Flash - October 8, 2012
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Paddle Expo 2012 – Sea Kayak Roundup Playak - Photos and thoughts about the Paddle Expo 2012 in Nuremberg from a sea kayaking perspective. Werner Sup Ladies Take Center Stage Werner - Yesterday's 6 mile downwinder race hosted by Main Beach Surf and Sport in Wainscott NY, to benefit the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue Squad was a HUGE success. adidas Sickline 2012 Race LIVE worldkayak - A "sick line" is the perfect, smoothest and fastest line downriver. In search for sick lines extreme kayakers travel around the world. Extreme kayaking is the art of going downshow more steep rivers, high waterfalls and mastering extreme whitewater difficulties. Paddlers call that steep creeking. Get Good Shoes For Norway! Fluid Blog - The clouds look grey and threaten rain, like most Norwegian summer days you experience four seasons in a single day. The inviting river rushes past us as we put on, the color of the water a clear turquoise blue. Werner Team Paddler Pat Keller Werner - So for all of you in the know, or for all of you aspiring to some day run North Carolina's famous Green River Narrows, here is a look at a "Gorilla" run backwards, care of our friend and Team paddler Pat Keller. Oh, at 200% too! Rio Pichapinga or Llaima Rivers of Chile - Known as the Rio Pichapinga in it´s upper section and Rio Llaima in the lowers stretch this is a winter/springtime creek run in Chile´s 9th Region de la Aruacania. The river flows northwest of the flanks of Nevados de Solipulli into the Allipén drainage. Bc 2012 Mt. Hood H2O - Once we arrived in Canada we attempted to take a small highway that we thought would be a shortcut, turns out it took us through the heart of Vancouver where we encountered over 100 stoplights, and about 4 of 5 required us to stop. BC Tidal Rapids – Surge Narrows and Okisollo P&H Paddlers - The inspiration for this trip came from watching P&H paddler Bryan Smith's fabulous DVD Pacific Horizons during which he introduced the world to the remarkable Okisollo tidal rapid and standing wave. Ever since watching that DVD I have wanted to get a bunch of friends together and go ... Event: Pacific City Surf Off Exploring Elements - The second annual Pacific City Surf Off was the first event in the first annual Pacific Paddle Surf Series . It was my first time competing at one of my "home" breaks. Pacific City is a great spot because it can hold big swell, is sometimes wind protected, ... Ohanepecosh River Daniel Patrinellis - This stellar run starts out in Mt. Rainier National Park and then flows right into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Okisollo, The Fun Tidal Wave Bryant Burkhardt - The Inside Passage between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland is filled with many island and narrow channels between them. When the tide floods in, these constrictions can create fast currents. Fast currents can create standing waves. Waves can be surfed. Battle of the Paddle Report Nikki Rekman - My second trip to the Battle of the Paddle certainly did not disappoint! I got a chance to paddle with the best paddlers in the world and some of my Canadian SUP colleagues! Bow and Stern Shapes of Dugout Canoes Indigenous Boats - In 2000, a drought in Florida caused the water level to drop on Newnans Lake, near Gainesville, leading to the discover of remnants of more than 100 dugout canoes. Fixing your boat abroad Seth Ashworth - Sometimes when you are on a trip the worst can happen, your boat cab break. Sometimes its your fault, sometimes it not but whatever way you could find yourself away from home with limited resources and a broken boat. Lower Dolores River Implementation Plan Released Am. Whitewater - After several years of work to restore healthy flows in the Lower Dolores River, American Whitewater and a small group of water and conservation interests in the basin have released a new Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation Plan for new management opportunities below McPhee Dam and Reservoir.

Featured 9th Annual Whitewater Symposium, WA, USA - A gathering of whitewater leaders from across the nation for the purpose of advancing the sport

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