Whitewater Champion Isaac Levinson Joins Team Kokatat ~ Huckin Prospective

Playak News Flash - October 3, 2012
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News Watch Headlines Whitewater Champion Isaac Levinson Joins Team Kokatat Kokatat - Kokatat is proud to announce that professional whitewater kayaker and 2012 Canoe and Kayak Male Paddler of the Year, Isaac Levinson, has officially joined its team of elite athletes. Surviving Your First Club Trip unsponsored - Firstly do you have the right kit and/or access to the right kit? If not get the very basics sorted. It's going to be a miserable trip if you get really cold. The Fish Jump Off The Grill Back Into The Water PaddleBlogs - I recently enrolled in a MSc program studying Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in the Bioresource Engineering department at McGill University. Huckin Prospective Ryan Lucas - Well less than one week now and we will be in the land of big clean waterfalls MEXICO. So I thought I should do a little update on the huckin (waterfall running) aspect of kayaking. Diary of a Middle Aged Kayaker PaddleBlogs - One of the themes of the London 2012 Games was 'inspire a generation'. In my case it certainly worked. Toaroha Canyon - Finishing what we started... Jordan Searle - At the start of this year Barny Young, Daan Jimmink, Keith Riley, Kev England, Justin Venable, Zak Shaw and Myself opened up the truely classic Toaroha Canyon. After enduring the long hike and making our way to river level, ... Learn to Kayak in Nepal GRG Blog - It might not be the first place that pops into your mind when you think about learning to kayak (probably the stories of the 'raging Himalayan waters' have clouded your mind) but actually, Nepal could not be more a more perfect destination to learn in. Sun Sets on Battle of the Paddle California 2012 SUP Connect - Once again the Battle of the Paddle proved to be a spectacular event with no shortage of excitement.  That's why you'll be glad to know that the next one is only 6 months away and will be held in Rio, Brazil! Night Club Paddle Newfoundland Kayakoholic - For some time now Alex McGruer has lead a KNL night club paddle out of Avondale. The last three years Tony Roestenberg has organized a second yearly venture into paddling in the darkness. Danny Ching, Annabel Anderson Win 2012 Battle of the Paddle SUP Magazine - The best part of the Gerry Lopez Rainbow Sandals Battle of the Paddle isn't the surfing, the sprinting, the strategy, or even the carnage—those things are pretty good too, though. MHS Voyageur Paddle Replica Paddle Making - The Minnesota Historical Society has a paddle in their collection dating to 1839 . The grip is adorned with some elaborate chip carving and includes the initials "W.D." Although the paddle was discovered in Minnesota, the shape and decorative design is consistent with East Coast Abenaki style paddles. Paddling under the harvest moon Tony Paradise - Last night 15 paddlers in 13 kayaks met at St. Philips for a moonlight paddle. It was a harvest moon paddle; the harvest moon being so named because it is the full moon nearest the autumn equinox. Paddling Alongside the Nipmuck Trail Trash Paddler - Breakneck Pond first caught my eye while scanning a map and noting there were no roads leading to it.

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