Summer Is Here Tarpon and Kingfish From The Boat ~ May-hem!

Playak News Flash - May 17, 2014
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News Watch Headlines Summer Is Here Tarpon and Kingfish From The Boat Tampa Bay Kayak Charters - It's May and summer is officially here! Been out fishing from the boat lately for tarpon as they start to show up in greater numbers. While the action has been hit or miss we have seen noticeable improvement in the last several weeks. Kingfish are still around and the tarpon bite is really picking up. Building A Skin-On-Frame Greenland-Style Kayak for Katya Dash Point Pirate - I've had an itch to build another skin-on-frame kayak for some time now. I try to apply all the lessons I've learned from my previous experiences into each new kayak. If you could examine them side-by-side you might see a clear progression, an evolution as each kayak uses what worked well in the previous version, but also experiments with something different. Return to The Tuolumne River Canyon: Images of Transformation All Outdoors WW Rafting - Last summer the Tuolumne River canyon was the epicenter of California's third largest wildfire in recorded history, abruptly cutting short our rafting season and leaving a moonscape of destruction behind. Fast forward through months of worry to late March, when we were finally given the chance to bring the boats down into the canyon. Here are the pictures of the Tuolumne River canyon that shows the condition, it is heartening to see signs of life. Fog, Hercules, porpoise and greylag on the morning run to Inchmarnock. SeaKayakPhoto.com - We paddled round the north coast of the Cock of Arran until our GPS showed the distance to our next waypoint on the isle of Inchmarnock had stopped falling. US Canoe/Kayak Partners with US Performance Academy: Understanding the needs of today's serious student athlete. Team USA - USA Canoe & Kayak and US Performance Academy are proud to announce a new partnership that allows middle and high school aged student athletes to advance their athletic and academic pursuits at the same time. USA Canoe & Kayak and USPA made their partnership official on May 6th, 2014. A Canadian Solo Crossing of the Ka'iwi Channel Norm Hann Expeditions - What a tremendous experience the 2013 Molokai2Oahu World Championships were. Two years ago Bodie Shandro and I competed and successfully crossed the channel on a 14′ Bark Expedition. I remember at that time thinking I would return to cross the channel solo envisioning the challenge it would present. How To Make a Wheel Chart: Tips for Improving Training Jackson Kayak - Cartwheels, loops, spins, mcnastys, godzillas, tricky woos. With so many different free style moves out there, it is easy to become overwhelmed when wanting to improve your play boating and learn new tricks, and it can be difficult to know where to start. May-hem! Adventurous Experiences - Here are some paddle photos, lots of fun had while paddling. What's coming up? International Rafting Federation - Most exciting of all is the R6 Euro Champs in BiH which will be starting in one week exactly! Some teams are heading over that way this weekend already. Aang – Welcome Sarah Outen - The first time Justine mentioned we could push on for the community on the North side of Atka Island with three full days paddling I wasn't too keen. My muscles were sore and tight and I felt pretty shattered already, still settling into this new life of day-in-day-out paddling with heavy boat and still mastering the sail and dynamic conditions. Another Awesome Downwind Race In France SUPracer - It's starting to sound like there were pretty epic downwind conditions all along France's west coast on the weekend. While half of France's regular racing crew were battling it out in the Guyader race, the other half were finding plenty of wind 300km to the south. Got the board and made it on the flight to Tahiti SUP Crossing - After a stressful day which started at Korean Air this early morning at 6:30, right after I arrived in LA. They gave me the paperwork and sent me to Customs who told me to come back in 5 hrs. Tuolumne and Cherry Creek 2014 Rafting Season Update All Outdoors WW Rafting - In 2014 we have a pretty amazing season lined up on both sections of the T.   Which, for those of you in the know, should actually come as a surprise because we were hit with two disasters recently–the Rim Fire, which ended our 2013 Tuolumne and Cherry Creek seasons early, and the continuing California drought. Kokatat dry suit review Nick Pearce - So, for the last 6 months I have been using the very well tried-and-tested Kokatat GoreTeX Meridian drysuit. Before this suit I used an array of dry suits from the likes of Palm and Level 6. Paddling in iceberg alley Tony Paradise - From my vantage point at home I could see icebergs on the other side of Conception Bay 35 kms away. Mind you, I had to use binoculars. Hazen had driven out last week to have a look and confirmed there were bergs.

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