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Playak News Flash - January 11, 2014
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Welcome to Whitewater Dagger Blogs - In my whole life i have enjoyed risky things. If you were to ask me to jump on a longboard and cruise down a huge hill, or get a dirt bike and make a jump, I would do it. But nothing about whitewater ever really made me feel that way until I read about the risk involved. SUP Surfin' with Mike Darbyshire Nikki Rekman - I find myself heading down the I-5 to Washington a little more often these days for surf and I am usually not disappointed. With a few well known spots like Westport, Crescent Beach and Hobuck there is always waves to be found. Rio Olympic kayakers' pollution fears Sportscene - Olympic kayakers who dip their hands into the water in the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio before they start racing at the 2016 Olympic Games run the risk of contracting serious illnesses. And the tradition of some winning rowing crews of chucking their cox in the water after victory is also likely to be curtailed. British Uni Creek Race Winner By Jessica Mueller Immersion Research - Looking forward and into the new year I am excited to see what the second edition of the British Universities Creek Race will deliver. Hopefully there will be more water, but it will certainly be good fun! Last year we decided to sponsor the event giving the fastest woman a lovely IR onesie to keep warm and a pro-deal to help out with kit for the new season. A Very Badger Christmas Badger - First off, we want to say that we hope you had a wonderful holiday season with your friends and families. It was certainly a festive Yule for us here in the Badger® sett. What Do The World'S Best Sup Racers Do in The Off Season? SUPracer - So what do the world's best SUP racers get up to in the off season? Train on their new 12'6" prototypes? Practice their buoy turns? Do lots of dips & lunges? Well if your name is Jamie Mitchell, Matt Becker, Kai Lenny, Connor Baxter, Chuck Patterson, Dave Kalama or any of the other SUP racers... Baxter Ohana Connor Baxter - Windsurfing Together – The story of a day of amped windsurfing told from the perspective of Ashley & Connor Baxter. 2014 Loco Sup New Products, Team Riders, & Brand Ambassadors SUP International - After another fantastic year Loco are looking to take things to the next level in 2014. Bold plans are already afoot to diversify into other areas of the watersports market – surfing and kitesurfing are ripe for the plucking. SUP Rider Kyron Rathbone Shreds Benak Tidal Bore in Sri Aman Malaysia Standup Journal - Kyron surfed for the first time ever the area between Bakong and Sri Aman. Riding 1-5 feet bore waves for a Tasmanian daredevil like Kyron, who regularly surfs the beasty open water spots like Shipstern and Pedra Blanca, is anything but scary. Solving Numb Legs In A Kayak unsponsored - Without a good set of well fitting hip pads you may find any advancement in your paddling skills impossible. Basically if your seat is wide enough to slide a hand between your hips and the seat walls, you'll probably need to add hip pads to customise your boat's fit. The Most Popular Unsponsored Posts 2013 unsponsored - There are already number of plans in place to make 2014 even greater. In the meantime here are a few links to some of the most popular Unsponsored posts of 2013. A Tight Fit Kayak Footrests unsponsored - We all know that feeling – The deep pain/numbness associated with being packed tightly into a plastic container and thrown around for an hour or two. The Dampening of The Wintery Suffering International Rivers - It is the middle of winter in the Mekong region; however throughout December, floods have brought havoc to communities along the Mekong River. Sunsets and power outages. A whole bunch of Ing's - The salt water was catching over as I launched for the first time since Christmas eve. Finally it seemed we had escaped the constant storms and gale force winds. Massive storm surges had submerged our towns wharf in the highest water levels ever seen by most in the area . The Great Surf Pilgrimage Dom Moore - Yesterday, on the 6th of January, the Hercules Storm arrived in Cornwall, bringing 20 ft swells with a 20 second swell period. Options for surfing were greatly reduced due to the overwhelming size of the swell, but some near-mythical gems were waking up.

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