Kick-starting the season at the XXL Paddelfestival

Playak News Flash - May 7, 2014
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News Watch Headlines Kick-starting the season at the XXL Paddelfestival Palm Blogs - After last year's strong debut, expectations were high for the second edition of Germany's biggest canoe and kayak demo event. But with four full days of free paddling on Markkleeberg's modern whitewater course, twice as many exhibitors as 2013 and a total of 5,000 visitors attracted throughout the venue, the XXL Paddelfestival continued to ride on a wave of popularity. Kick-starting the season at the XXL Paddelfestival seppi-strohmeier 06.05.14 15:58 After last year's strong debut, expecations were high for the second edition of Germany's biggest canoe and kayak demo event... Hell or High Water is this weekend in Eastern Ontario Werner - Petawawa, Ontario's Hell or High Water's annual paddling event will be held on the weekend of May 10-11th, 2014. In its sixth year, the focus is not only to show off what the Petawawa River has to offer but also to help promote its accessibility by reaching as many as possible with a message of fitness and participation. Live from the Grand Prix, stage 1 - Big Trick Contest Leif and Natalie - Stage 1 of the 2014 Whitewater Grand Prix was a Big Trick Contest at Gladiator. Natalie and I rallied from Colorado to the Ottawa, with a whole trailer of six boats, without invitations to the event. We got to the valley a day or two before the WWGP started, and started chumming it up with the invited athletes. We were both on the alternates list, and we had been hoping for those last-minute cancellations, but we were starting to run out of last minutes. We figured that even if we didn't get into the competition, we would have a great paddling trip surfing big waves. Preparing for the freestyle season Palm Blogs - Just like in the last year in the beginning of March, Zosia and I went to Uganda to warm up before the season and to find new (and not only kayaking) experiences in the hearth of the Africa. We started our journey at 6th of March. It was our second trip to Uganda, so different from the first time. Preparing for the freestyle season tomasz-czaplicki 05.05.14 11:51 Uganda 2014 Just like in the last year in the beginning of March, Zosia and I went to Uganda to warm up before the season and to find new (and not only kayaking) experiences in the hearth of the Africa. We started our journey at 6th of March. It was our second trip to Uganda, so different from the first time... Naish's Sach Dominates At The Killer Fish SUP Challenge Naish - From May 1-4th 2014, the first tour stop of the Killer Fish German SUP Challenge made its way to Fehmarn and Naish's Noelani Sach proved to be quite the threat for the upcoming SUP season. The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out NRS Duct Tape Diaries - Some days the deck's just stacked against you. NRS ambassador Adam Elliot considers one of paddling's most essential skills—knowing when to shoulder your boat and start hiking out. After Getting Busy, I pause to catch my breath, shake my arms and pound the deck of my kayak. The Lost Secrets of Liumchen Creek Adam Frey - Class III/IV Creek requiring class IV skills, low volume continuous at times pool drop in the Chilliwack River drainage. Optional 25ish footer can be seal launched as portage. Freestyle World Championships on US National TV Jackson Kayak - Last years World Championships was one of the most amazing competitions I have ever seen and thankfully there was a huge team capturing every bit of the action with their high speed cameras and flying video helicopters. Jackson Kayak Levator Mount for GoPro Jackson Kayak - Yesterday, to my surprise, I found this great new toy packaged at my doorstep when I got home from work! It was a Jackson Kayak Levator Mount, so I had to get the GoPro out to try out the new setup!! I was fortunate to win this great new product from Jackson Kayak at the JK Team Summit in a Hometown Throwdown style prize drawing. Nashua River Behind the Mills Trash Paddler - This morning the New Hampshire Appalachian Mountain Club Paddlers kicked off their 2014 series of Trash Patrols on a section of the Nashua River behind the sprawling mills of Nashua, NH. SUP Lesson from Seat One Elder SUP - Yesterday most of my paddling was for a wave – and did I ever catch a ton of them. There was an offshore wind and no organized swell, but the warm water of Oahu's Waikiki break called Four's was all fun. My Reality Tv Debut, and Being Awake A whole bunch of Ing's - I cannot recall the point I had meandered off into sleep. I slipped into the slumber of electronic devices, daydreaming, and worry. Living in the past, future and everywhere else but the present moment. I knew the cure. On the road to the town of Islington where I could just make out a iceberg from the launch. Blue Planet Wpa Race Sunset Beach to Haleiwa on June 7th SUP Surf - Race registration is now open for the Wet Feet/Blue Planet Surf World Paddle Association Hawaii Region National Race presented by Naked Turtle Rum. With Plenty Of Colour And Flair, The 2014 ISA Worlds Officially Opens In Nicaragua SUPracer - Today saw the opening ceremony of the 2014 ISA World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship in the quaint, colonial city of Granada, Nicaragua.Flanked by dancing girls and masked drummers, the 220 odd athletes from 27 nations walked through town as the "Parade of Nations" marked the official start of the event.

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