Independent Review: Kokatat Meridian LE Drysuit ~ In memory of Shannon...

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News Watch Independent Review: Kokatat Meridian LE Drysuit Playak - An independent Playak review of the Kokatat Meridian Limited Edition Drysuit. In memory of Shannon... Dagger Blogs - Shannon, There are no words to describe what happened last week.  When I found out the news about you passing away, I closed my eyes, bent over, and I swear I could feel the Earth shaking and groaning around me.  Fitzstubbs Falls and what happened before: a photographic homage to a wicked season! Fluid Blog - Sometimes photos don't do the subject justice. Take this one above. Nothing too special, eh? Clean slide to boof, done. Kinda bad light maybe. For me looking at that I see a lot more, I remember the little moments that led to this photo. the five most important things playboating will teach you Chris Wing - Alright, so you might have given playboating a go, but you're still not sold on it. The boats can't run class V like a creek boat, the tricks are hard and take countless hours of practice, and not to mention the Bomb Flow guys don't seem to be doing it. Upper Cherry Creek 2013 Jackson Kayak - Upper Cherry Creek. As one of the most well known runs in the world, kayakers travel to California from all over with the hopes to paddle Cherry Bomb Gorge. Living in California I have seen this happen year after year. Kayakers come from Europe, New Zealand, Canada, and the South East every spring. The Forbidden Fruit- Celeste Falls Jackson Kayak - Celestial Falls is one of the first big waterfalls I saw pictures of growing up. It's not technically legal, yet in the off season is ignored by the authorities. With a couple river runs behind us, Jonas and I figure it's park and huck time again. The Six Weeks That Were - Usa Part 1 Cumec Magazine - I had long dreamed of getting my face wet on some classic Californian granite gems. May 2013 was my chance to fulfill some of those fantasies. Devil's Postpile, San Joaquin: 30th birthday present from Mother Nature Wavesport Blogs - I love the Devil's Postpile. Not everybody does. I know one paddler who completed the run this year and has no plans of ever returning. But when I daydream of paddling, often this is the place to which I teleport. Mark Slater 96 Miles in 23 Hrs 59 Mins SUPboarder - I had been planning to do another solo endurance SUP challenge for a while. But the elements seemed not to be working in my favor for the original route I had planned, as the wind and weather did not want to coincide with suitable tide times TRAINING AT THE WHITE WATER COURSE IN NOTTINGHAM Peter Csonka - Our peak of the season, World Championships in USA, is coming and we want to prepare ourselves as good as we can. It is hard to keep motivated if you stay at one place, that's why we travel as much as we can. This summer we have a busy schedule and spend only one short week at home. King of New York Series Kicks Off At The Black River Dagger Blogs - Friday found Jesse Wilensky and me in a pair of Dagger Green Boats on New York's Black River Canyon. Jesse is one of several mid-Atlantic paddlers that made the trip to Watertown, NY for the first event of the 2013 King of New York creek race series. Dave Boehne's Paddle trip down Salmon River Werner - Co-owner of Infinity Surf Shop and talented SUP surfer along with his group makes a SUP paddle trip. There was serenity, adventure and thrills out there that he says was crazy. From paddling flatwater, class 3 rapids, camping in the open, Dave braved it all... Evolving Into a Mamba for An Asian Adventure Dagger Blogs - Now in over 12+ years of kayaking, I've steered many boats down rivers all over the world. Sometimes I try them on for just one run, and sometimes I call them my favorite for years. Luckily, all this practice has helped me refine what it is that I need out of a boat. Right now, what I need is a Mamba Creeker. Rich Froning, The 'Fittest Man Alive,' Jumps into SUP SUP Magazine - Two-time CrossFit Games champion having won the title of 'Fittest Man Alive', also does SUP for its a good body workout and it is fun too. Rich Froning tells us a bit about his love for SUP along with how he trains and manages himself for the CrossFit Games. Froning's a humble, tough and a nice guy, read more about this strong man... Stookesberry and Korbulic Unlock The Iso Gorge in Papua New Guinea First Ascent - When Ben Stookesberry tells us that a trip was epic, we immediately pay attention. Stookesberry and fellow Eddie Bauer adventure kayaker Chris Korbulic have run some of the world's most inaccessible rivers, from Bhutan and Brazil to Greenland and Africa.

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