Whitewater Grand Prix! ~ 2013 Star ... Big Water River Running Review

Playak News Flash - December 29, 2012
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Whitewater Grand Prix! Palm Blogs - The  2012 Whitewater Grand Prix has come to an end this week in Chile. A massively huge thanks to Patrick Camblin for his inspiring and ambitious dream and pulling together this fantastic event together with Emily Meredith!! Also shot on the media crew, who did a fantastic job capturing the epicness! 2013 Star ... Big Water River Running Review Jackson Kayak - The past few weeks have been filled with family fun activities and getting ready for the holidays. We trekked up to Canada to spend the beginning of December with Nicks family in celebration of Christmas. Adventure Medical Ultralight 0.5 First Aid Kit unsponsored - For the last few years I have been using Adventure Medical as my main first aid kits. I stumbled upon them when I was trying to find an ultralight kit for mountain biking. Since then I have purchased several Adventure Medical First Aid Kits and they can be found in my rucksacks ... Clay's Karma Med / Large Creek Boat Review Jackson Kayak - The high pitched patter of the rain turns to a lower, rumbling thunder that just keeps rolling along until it's drowned out by the splash of the gutter's overflow against the backdoor. So much for sleep tonight. GoPro Hero 3 – Black vs Silver vs White unsponsored - My black edition Gopro Hero 3 arrived in the UK a couple of weeks ago. The form factor will be familiar to all who has seen or already own the white or silver editions. Looking at the different cameras (I have silver and black editions) the 3 within Hero3 is coloured to match the cameras... It's Permit Season! Am. Whitewater - It's now time to start thinking about multi-day trips for next year and there are several great opportunities on Western Rivers. Many of these rivers require you to fill out a lottery application and deadlines are coming up. Surf Video - Valley Gemini vs Tiderace Xcite Mark Sundin - Christmas Eve brought the promise of a lingering two metre longish period easterly swell, which was bound to kick up against an outgoing tide on one of our favourite play spots, the Bundeena Bar. Tell Somebody KayakQuixotica - The annual Fog Bowl is coming up this January 1st, 2013.. OR maybe it isn't. It's hard to tell. If you were to go back about 6 or 7 years you'd see an occasional news report, you'd find details on a variety of websites including at the Mad City Paddler's website. Christmas day surf Corran SUP - For Christmas, Santa brought waves, and so I decided to join the brave souls who were willing to brave the cold, and hangovers from the night before, and go catch a few. I'm still figuring out my new Mach1 custom narrow, and its startling rail-to-rail performance, ... Goin' Home, I'm Goin' Home YakAngler - In dire need of some rest and relaxation, I loaded up the truck this past weekend and hit the road for Pennsylvania. The drive is not short, but the worst part was paying the $12 Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel toll and driving past the striper fleet anchored up under the High Rise. Hot December Sun KayakQuixotica - The best way to fight off the winter blues, as we are told, is to get outside. In Wisconsin, fighting through the occasional heavy snow, the biting cold and short days and long nights can be quite a chore.   Naish Brazil – SUP Expedition Ilhabela Naish - 3 days of paddling, 25 invited paddlers, desert beaches, rain forests, waterfalls and much more were happening last month at … Read more » The post Naish Brazil – SUP Expedition Ilhabela appeared first on Naish Stand Up Paddling | SUP Boards, Paddles, Soft Tech and more,... Top 10 paddles of 2012 - #5 Tony Paradise - Every winter the sea along Canada's northern coast freezes over.  In spring it breaks up and drifts south on the Labrador current.  So, on the 3rd of April I went looking for the pack ice. Here, in Middle Cove, it was rafted up tight to the shore leaving no open water to paddle in. ... Top paddles of 2012 - #6 Tony Paradise - On September 9th Clyde, Dean, Hazen and I paddled from Quidi Vidi to Cape Spear.  Cape Spear is the most easterly point of North America so its always a significant place to visit.  Leaving Quidi Vidi the paddle starts dominated by red sandstone cliffs.

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