How Do I Boof ~ Eye candy ~ Best Whitewater Photos ~ Callaghan Creek, BC

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The world's top paddling links in week 48, 2012.

News Watch How Do I Boof Demshitz - So with any boat this will help you out. There are a few keys to boofing anything on the river. So we have Rock boofs and Water boofs.Rock boofs are easier because the rock does the work for you. Eye candy Bike2Boat - Hey friends, we are back from Norway since quite a while but you know how it is: time flies and duty is calling! But now we finally got the time to check the harddrives and pick our 40 favorite shots from our trip through the Fjordland – hope you like them, too! Best Whitewater Photos Nathan Pfeifer - Here we are again, the end of one boating season and the start of another. This marks the time of year where I go back into my hard drives and gigs of photos to find my favorites taken throughout the passing year. The Karnali Expedition GRG Blog - Months ago World Class made the decision to keep with tradition, to not settle for the second best in our pursuit of educational purity, to seek out and explore the world's remaining wild places, to research logistics and judge risk, to put in place an ambitious plan, but one that was well within the skill level of our organization. Callaghan Creek, BC Nathan Pfeifer - My wife, Emily, and I have been going to British Columbia, specially the Squamish/Whistler area, for our last seven anniversaries to mountain bike and/or hike. Green River Narrows Race Chris Baer - Working on getting the nose back down after slipping through the Notch Racing usually allows the participant to push their personal envelope on a relatively safe course. No matter how many ropes, spectators, cheering fans, .. Cracow, Hurley and Uganda Pirate Production - It's been quite quietly here lately, i had a lot of things to do, mostly was fixing my university arrears. Also had some issues to think about. work and short rest but now it's back on the way! But lets don't get too much ahead, lets start from beginning. Happy Seat 2.0 Jackson Kayak - The happy seat is hands down my favorite JK accessory. The amount of additional control it gives you in any boat is amazing. I have one in my Superstar as well as my Fun Runner. With the continual improvement of the JK boat armor outfitting the original way to attach the leading edge of the happy seat has changed. Nose Plugs unsponsored - A lot of discussion goes on about the pros and cons of wearing nose plugs. I don't really want to entering into that becuase at the end of the day it is down to personal choice. Astral Ambassador Attempts Solo Kayak Speed Run Astral Currently - Whitewater kayaker and Astral Ambassador, Harlan Taney, will attempt the world solo speed record in a kayak paddling the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon during a federally scheduled, experimental flooding and release of the Glen Canyon dam. International Outside: Ecuador Mt. Hood H2O - The water and the woods in the Pacific Northwest is some of the best in the world.  With so much good stuff to run and see so close to home, it's sometimes hard to imagine any good reason to go elsewhere.  An interview with Steve Fisher Paddlemag - On the eve of the premier screening of Steve Fisher's new film, Congo, the Grand Inga Project, Pat from Paddlemag caught up with the main man himself to chew the cud and talk about how his biggest ever project came that close to being a snuff movie. English White Water SW Sea Kayaking - Ten years ago, I researched and wrote the South West section of the guidebook 'English White Water'. I recently learned that a second edition is in the offing. Karma, Initial Impressions Jackson Kayak - I don't like to review a boat until I've paddled in in a wide variety of situations, from low volume creeking to big water and low volume creeks at high water. Fall Report Level 6 - Obviously we didn't have a wet fall in my home country… And when the Pyrenees were flooded I was stucked at home. But anyway I paddled on a couple of events and have just a few but memorable sessions!

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