Or Summer Market New Product Recap ~ Magical Hood River

Playak News Flash - August 4, 2013
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News Watch Headlines Or Summer Market New Product Recap Playak - At this year's Outdoor Retailer Summer Market tradeshow, the biggest schmooze and product fest in the industry, paddle sports manufacturers again pulled out all the stops to make paddling better than ever. Magical Hood River Jackson Kayak - Celestial Falls wrapped up, we head back to hood river. Tired and sore, we finish the trip with a few more runs on the Green Truss and Little White. It's fun to do a run as beautiful as the Little White multiple times, shooting different angles on Spirit is fun ... Wavesport Mobius – The Scoop unsponsored - The detail on the WS site is a little small. So here it is in an easy to read size. Images of the Carbon Mobius by Dale Mears included as they are superb! Wave Sport's new freestyle machine is short and fast with forgiving ... UK SUP brand Escape 'Funk' SUP Rang SUPboarder - Escape based in North Cornwall, have recently launched their new 'Funk' SUP range. Bill Attlee has been making boards since 1978, been a full time pro shaper since 1982, and has been shaping stand up paddleboards since 2007. Read, watch this video and find out about this new SUP Board... Good Bye Cali Aka The Salmon Experience Alpin Action Team - After Harald was dropped of at San Francisco Airport, decisions had to be made. Our choice was between hiking into the Middle Kings and spending the last week of our trip in this High Sierra classic or driving up north to enjoy one of the Pacific Northwests rivergods, the Little White Salmon. Recap of the Weymouth Ecover Blue Mile SUP International - The first ever Weymouth Ecover Blue Mile had a amazing 482 people taking part in Naish SUP and Fatyak Kayak races and free taster sessions.It was a friendly event where many people who were new to SUP had a go!!..plus money was raised for charity Marine Conservation Society to help protect our seas shores and wildlife. One River Sinks While Another Rises worldkayak blogs - Well, not quite rivers. But facing the traditional low water point of the summer in Central Ontario, Perry's Creek has provided real whitewater challenges to KWP Fun Run participants as Burleigh Falls has slowed to a relative trickle. Summer 2013 update worldkayak blogs - After a really amazing and wet season last summer and the winter just gone, the water has finally died down. Although there is currently a little hope that there might be some summer boating on the horizon!! What do we do in these dry times… The Summer That Never Was The Next Horizon Line - After returning from California, I had a few weeks of family and work obligations through the 4th of July weekend and then a few weeks before I was supposed to head to the Alsek for 2.5 weeks of wilderness.  Quiet Afternoon on the Quinebaug Trash Paddler - Captain V. Dangerous (at left) of the Adirondack Pirate Paddlers was in the neighborhood for a few days and looking to get in a paddle.  This provided an opportunity for me to introduce him to the Quinebaug River Trail which he'd never heard of before. Raid At Heath'S Bridge Trash Paddler - This afternoon's paddle down the Sudbury River produced little in the way of trash...until arriving at Heath's Bridge . This innocent looking bridge seems to be a magnet for attracting litter of the hide and seek variety.

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