Germany's PADDLEexpo 2013 Kicks Off Global 2014 Season ~ The Last Damn Dam

Playak News Flash - September 18, 2013
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Germany's PADDLEexpo 2013 Kicks Off Global 2014 Season Playak - The goal is to consciously maintain an intimate trade show focused exclusively on hardware for its international audience, avoiding other trendy or fashionable products such as sun block, flip-flops and other related but niche items found easily elsewhere. Team Kokatat Dominate at the Freestyle World Championships Playak - At the 2013 Freestyle Kayak World Championships Kokatat athletes tallied eleven of the possible twenty-four medals awarded during the weeklong championships at Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) in Ashville, NC, USA, September 2-8. Current, Sweet Glorious Current Missouri River SUP - Jarett Bies, Yankton radio news manager and resident river angel, arrived with a kayak trailer and cooler full of IPAs to pick me up from the last dam. Most of the country was under a heat spell so he offered to put me up for the night at his place. Bsupa Ladies Invitational Sup Race SUPboarder - Thursday 19th September and a new mile stone will be achieved for British Stand Up Paddleboard, with the first ever ladies only SUP race. As part of 'Ladies Day' , BSUPA have been asked on behalf of British Marine Federation to organise and stage a ladies invitational Race, Qualifying races 10.45 – 11.45am with Finals between 14.30 – 15.30. Julia Dimon Explores New Heights and Underground Depths in Rio Camuy First Ascent - When we suggested to Eddie Bauer adventure travel guide Julia Dimon that she go caving and zip-lining in Puerto Rico, we had no idea she wasn't too keen on heights or confined spaces. So when she dropped into the action of the island with a little encouragement—and without complaint—we saw the open-minded travel junkie side of her character. The Last Damn Dam Missouri River SUP - I scrambled down the rip-rap and tied my board to a rock so the current didn't take it away as I loaded up. There are about 45 miles of current before the last 20 mile lake and last dam. The first stretch was straight south and into a ripping wind. Three Waves Nose Plugs Clips unsponsored - I've been using Smiley nose plugs for longer than I care to remember and have never moved away from them. I am a firm believer in the use of nose plugs and each of my helmets has (had) a Smiley nose plug attached and they have served me well. However that may have just changed with the arrival of these new nose plugs from Three Waves. Get The Skills That Matter Gene17 - Gene17kayaking, leaders in white water kayak coaching, offers a wide range of BCU qualification training and assessments in addition to technique sessions and bespoke solutions in Devon and north Wales. We welcome some of paddle sports foremost paddlers and coaches to head up our courses. Ocean Voyages in Folding Kayaks Indigenous Boats - Hannes Lindemann's 1956-57 solo transatlantic voyage in a folding kayak is justifiably famous among kayak fans. (In our previous post we wrote about Lindemann's lesser-known adventure, in which he crossed the Atlantic solo in a dugout canoe just one year earlier. SUP fitness Move of the Week | 8 SUPboarder - SUP fitness guru Lucy McCormick shows us another SUP exercise workout we can do on a paddle board, its plank. While doing this remember, no pain no gain... get strong and tough with Lucy's fitness exercises Three Big Changes for 2013 SUPracer - The pros have started arriving in town and the warm-up races have begun. Last minute training and board testing is taking place, while everyone's starting to get a little excited (and slightly nervous) about the biggest race of the year. Fun Runner Review Jackson Kayak - I just recently got my first Fun Runner, and have been testing it out on a variety of different white water, and over the past few weeks, the Fun Runner has become my boat of choice on most runs that I have been doing. Chris Johnson, Kim Reilly, Brandon Foster Win Bic One Design National Championships Distressed Mullet - The first BIC SUP One Design Challenge (BSODC) US National Championships took place in Charleston, SC on September 15th, culminating the race season here in the USA after a very successful year with over 300 one-design events nationwide . The 2013 World Championships of Surf Kayaking Palm Blogs - I had been looking forward to and preparing for the World Championships of surf kayaking for the past two years. Ever since I came 5th at the worlds in 2011 in North Carolina and found out that the next World Championships was going to be held in Australia. 2013 Jr. Men'S World Champion Jackson Kayak - I am so grateful to have been able to represent the USA at the 2013 World Championships. Since the first competition I entered, my main goal was to just be able to participate in the World Championships. To come home with a gold medal is one of the greatest feelings and accomplishments I have ever experienced.

To see all the latest news, videos, forum discussions and more, visit Playak News Watch.
This is the standard version of the newsletter, covering all paddling disciplines. To change the tailoring, please login on Playak, and then click the yellow triangle at the very top of the page to set your interests.
To unsubscribe from this newsletter with only one click, click here.