How and Why to drill your seat! ~ Whitewater Grand Prix! ~ Mexico

Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling links in week 01, 2013.

News Watch How and Why to drill your seat! Wavesport Blogs - Firstly just remember if you do this to your kayak you will comprise the warranty of it .  I recommend drilling the seat, especially as a female as it with lighten your kayak. You can do this to your playboat or creeker and river runner. 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! 2012 Team D Highlights... Dagger Blogs - It has been a pleasure becoming more deeply involved with the Dagger brand as Pro Team Manager this year.  The Team is comprised of individuals who are as talented as they are diverse.   A Recon trip into BC with World Class Kayak Academy Wavesport Blogs - This past Fall I was lucky enough to be asked by Capo - Aaron Rettig to be the Head Coach for World Class Academy (WCA) during their fall quarter in beautiful Britsh Colombia. I was stoked, I had heard a lot of great things about the school and seen the caliber of paddle... A Best Buy Boat for Baby Boomers and Beginners Jackson Kayak - In a word, yes. Not pulling punches here. This review may not be for you if you're an experienced WW paddler. It's for beginners, older folks about to retire, and even older folks looking to enjoy the health benefits and joys of kayaking. A Year on the Payette River Fluid Blog - This year the North Fork of the Payette River blew up in the kayaking scene, largely due to the first annual North Fork Championship, an invitational race down Jacob's Ladder organized by James Byrd (nice work, James). It was a sweet event, with an open downriver race the day before the main race, ... How to Initiate a Mcnasty, aka 180-Flip Wavesport Blogs - These days the loop, or front flip, is the most popular trick in the book for the current crop of playboats. There are a few variations of the loop, such as the Space Godzilla, Phonix Monkey(360-Flip), and the Mcnasty. Dan Gavere called the Mcnasty a 180-Flip while announcing at the Reno Whitewater... 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... Paddlin' in 2013 Adirondack Style Trash Paddler - My first paddle of this very new year came about yesterday when I journeyed to Lake George (photo at left) in the Adirondack Region of New York State. 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. 2013 World Tour and World Series Calendar announced SUP Surf - Stand Up World Tour Schedule for 2013 is announced. As we close another successful year for the Stand Up World Tour and we look ahead to 2013, the New Year will bring most of the same events back, but with some changes and exciting developments making for the most groundbreaking year [...] Dane's Karma Review with Action Video from Chile! Jackson Kayak - After a month of paddling in Chile on various types of runs, I have been shown just how amazing the Karma really is. It has much more initial speed than I had anticipated. Even with its speed, it's super easy to control and very predictable. First Female Decent Of Rhaeadr Mawddach PeakUK - Just before Xmas Peak UK's Jen Chrimes and David Bain headed over to wales to catch the latest down pour from the good old British weather! Joined by paddlers Bren Orton, the Brayfield brothers and locals Matt Cooke and Chris Vits they headed over to Coed y Brenin in hope of good levels for a run of the Mawddach. Leaving winter with the Recon Wavesport Blogs - With paddling season over for most, at least those of us who live in colder winter climates like myself, I thought I'd take a moment to reflect on the my first few days back in my boat during spring 2012. Mexico Dagger Blogs - Last month I had the opportunity to travel to Mexico with my good friend Erik Boomer, Forge, and Camp 4 Collective. These are the types of trips I used to live for until I broke my back 18 months ago. Since then it's been a slow steady progression back into the realm of vertical waterfall running. ...

Forums where can I check the water level for the Upper Lesse please? (Whitewater) Canadians, What do you stand for? (Off Topic) For SALE: Dagger GForce 6.1, Lendal Paddle & Deck. (Whitewater) Videos Location X Semi Finals - the heat that turned the tide (supzero) Going Left (supzero) Pia Widmesser: "Another day in paradise" (CHILKO) Kayak en Ariège (HD) (p_l_o_o_f) Ocoee Rapid by Rapid. Dynamic Duo run. (SkippyFilms) Upcoming Orange Bowl Paddle Championships USA, FL, Miami, Jan 13 Florida Keys Challenge USA, Florida, Big Pine Key, FL, Jan 18 - Jan 21

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