Werner Paddles Pro-Staff, Tray Collins, Lands a Monster

Playak News Flash - May 20, 2014
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News Watch Headlines Werner Paddles Pro-Staff, Tray Collins, Lands a Monster Werner - I fished the Brazos River here in TX. The fish was 1/4" shy of the current river water body record at 23 3/4" - I held the water body record until June of last year. I've been on the hunt since for the new record and have been close twice - it's coming Coconut water for SUP and prone paddleboard racing and training Riding Bumps - Unless you live under a rock, you know that marketers have been trying to convince us that drinking coconut water is healthier than water as it keeps us hydrated better. R6 Euro Champs Cancelled International Rafting Federation - Due to extremely high rainfall and flooding over the last few days in Bosnia and Herzegovina the Organizing committee of Euro Champ R6 2014 have been forced to CANCEL the event.The Government of the Republic of Srpska has declared a state of emergency in the whole territory. Skaha Lake Kayaking with Robin Dunham May17 2014 Kayak Okanagan - Skaha Lake Kayaking with Robin Dunham...Enjoying watching the video. 3 Week Review: classic southeast dam releases Jackson Kayak -   While most of us think about the quality rain-fed streams throughout the southeast, we have to remember to appreciate the hard work and consistent efforts by American Whitewater Association. This April there were more dam release options than nearly any month I can remember, ... European Cup just 3 weeks away and Japan event announced SUP Surf - The European Cup will provide a prestigious Title for the Sport of Stand Up Paddling, as the World's best paddlers congregate in Europe for a dynamic Series of events spanning Europe during June and July. Live from the Grand Prix, stage 4 - Big Wave Freestyle Leif and Natalie - The scoring was pretty simple. Each paddler had the same number of attempts at the wave. If you caught it, you had two minutes to throw whatever tricks you could. Your best three tricks were scored (with combos counting as a single trick). Sort of vaguely similar to ICF rules, there were point values for each trick, with different bonuses that the judges could add if the trick was particularly large or awesome. The goal with that scoring format was to strike a balance between pure amplitude (which we had with the big trick contest) and pure consistency (which would be rewarded with a format that scored more tricks). Using your Karma UL to play with rocks Jackson Kayak - Now that we are getting more comfortable with our sweet new boat it is time to up the ante. In my world no river run is complete with out some sweet boofs, grinds, and rock spins. The first thing you will need to work on is adapting your technique to the speed of the UL and how much rock you can climb up with it! First and foremost your timing on the golden stroke is key. Sometimes You Need A Stink Pot YakAngler - With kayak fishing exploding in popularity, there are plenty of unfortunate stories that are coming about. Too many of them end in tragedy. Luckily, I had never felt that I was in a situation where my safety was compromised. Well, that is until this week. There's an area that is popular with kayak anglers down here in south Louisiana. It's a community in the marsh known as Pointe Aux Chenes. 2014 Molokai Challenge Preview surfski.info - After two weeks of howling trade winds and mountainous seas in the Kaiwi Channel, the 2014 Molokai Challenge is faced with baking temperatures, glassy seas and "winds light and variable". And that means 52km of an intense challenge of a different kind… The Molokai Challenge (or to give it its full name, The 38th Annual Maui Jim Molokai Challenge and Surfski World Championship) runs on Sunday with perhaps the most competitive field and biggest prize purse ($10K) in years... Another paddle day, more icebergs Tony Paradise - Yesterday Clyde, Dean and Gary had an iceberg paddle in Bay Bulls in sunny conditions. I had other things to tend to. Before I get to today's iceberg paddle I want to direct you to Dean's post from yesterday. The Battle of Nrs Cockpit Covers PaddlingLight - A kayak cockpit cover keeps the gunk out of your cockpit when travel down the road and helps save gas money — I lose about 1 mpg when traveling without cockpit covers. It can also keep gear inside of your boat. Bouman Wins in Durban surfski.info - Durban – The action of Sunday 11 May's Lion of Africa Surfski Challenge, race two of the 2014 Bay Union Surfski Series, took place amidst a celebratory Mother's Day atmosphere at Marine Surf Lifesaving Club with evergreen performer Matt Bouman opening his series' account in style with victory in the men's race while rising under-23 star Jenna Ward made it two wins from two in the women's division. Now that's an adventure! YakAngler - My phone alerted with a text from my friend and fishing partner Rob, touching base about our planned trip the next day. His text read, "My mom wants to try out a kayak, what do you think?" My response was, "I reckon I better load another boat for her!"  A tale of a Queen, a Saint and a Lord on Inchmarnock. SeaKayakPhoto.com - Our voyage now took us north where we entered the sheltered Inchmarnock Sound which separates the lovely isle of Inchmarnock from the larger island of Bute. Inchmarnock means isle of St Marnock who was a seventh century Christian missionary ( he also had churches named after him at Kilmarnock or Cille Marnock and elsewhere  in Scotland).

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