A Busy Assabet ~ Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films starts Tuesday

Playak News Flash - June 3, 2014
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News Watch Headlines A Busy Assabet Trash Paddler - The Acton Canoe Launch (at left) was a busy spot this morning as a good-sized contingent of Rhode Island Canoe & Kayak Association members began a journey down the Assabet River that ultimately brought them to the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA. Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films starts Tuesday Paddle Surf Canada - Returning for its fifth season, the Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films (VFOF) will open its doors to the SFU Goldcorp Theatre on June 3, 4 and 5. Adventure, surf and the Antarctic environment are the themes of this year's multimedia event and film competition, which once again has attracted local and international filmmakers and presenters. Home Sweet Home Anton Lippek - As you may already know my father was involved in a road traffic accident before I left for Nepal and while I was away, he experienced a few ups and downs in hospital with his hip shattering again during his recovery. He was booked in to have his hip replaced the day after I returned and the operation went well. Chestnut Prospector For Sale: Adopt This Wood-Canvas Canoe Canoe Guy BC - A Chestnut Prospector wood-canvas canoe is available "for adoption". $4,500 to get it restored to your specifications. Let me provide some background information on the adoption process as well as the canoe itself. 2014 Squirt Boating Mystery World Championships Report Jackson Kayak - I know that this isn't strictly a Jackson Kayak post (JK doesn't actually make squirt boats), but a few Team JK paddlers and World Kayak people competed so I figured that it might be fun for others to hear about. FWIW, I also use a Jackson Happy Feet size small in my squirt boat–it's the best piece of outfitting ever made for a squirt boat. Kids Take Centre Stage As Hobie Hennessey's Waterman's Challenge Returns SUP Racing To Doheny SUPracer - Earlier today a small but classy field of paddlers descended on one of SUP racing's traditional homes, Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. The 2014 Hobie Hennessey's Waterman's Challenge was a two-race event, combining a 5 miler with an elite surf race to crown the overall winners. Fernando Stalla and April Zilg Win The Soundsurfer Race in Connecticut SUPracer - SUP racing is apparently alive and well in Connecticut (above New York/below Boston) with over a hundred paddlers turning out for the Soundsurfer Waterman's Challenge on the weekend. First Look At The 2014 Battle of The Paddle Course Maps SUPracer - So it looks like the Battle of the Paddle crew updated the official event website a couple of days ago. Finally. That old design had been around for aaaages and was getting very stale. The new BattleOfThePaddle.com design looks fresh, clean and makes the event way easier to navigate. SUP Grip Now Available for Retrofit SUP Surf - At Blue Planet, we were not satisfied with the carry handles on the market and decided to develop our own carry handle. After developing several prototypes and going through the design, testing and molding process, the result is the new, patent pending SUP Grip. Action Alert - Speak Up for Freely Flowing Pacific Northwest Rivers! Am. Whitewater - The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council) is currently accepting public comment and holding public hearings about important river protections that impact freely flowing rivers throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho and parts of Montana... Part 1: Find your ideal SUP stroke rate Riding Bumps - At one point or another, just about every SUP racer will decide that it is time to get serious and look to maximize their performance. The problem is that maximizing performance without the assistance of outside feedback, such as monitoring devices or a coach is notoriously difficult. We are proponents of racing and training with heart rate. In a sport like SUP, however, if you want to maximize your performance you may need to go beyond training by heart rate. Harnessing Rebound & Clapotis Mark Sundin - One of the most common questions I'm asked by paddlers new to the sea, is how to deal with multi-directional water. It's pretty hard to avoid off Sydney; as soon as you clear enclosed water you're bound to come under the influence of a cliff line throwing back some mess & chop. Paddle ad hoc and the three bergs Tony Paradise - Two weeks ago Tobias informed us of an iceberg in Stiles Cove just north of Flatrock. Today we finally got around to checking it out. There was also a berg in Pouch Cove that was on our radar. Whitewater Grand Prix 2014 Fluid Blog - The Whitewater Grand Prix has been called the most prestigious kayak event in the world. It's a series of six events over the course of two weeks, with each event testing a different facet of kayaking. Half the events were freestyle events on the biggest waves in the world, half the events were races through some of the hardest whitewater available. 2014 Watauga Race Jackson Kayak - This past Saturday one of my favorite events of the year went down on the Watauga River Gorge. This is a really fun race, because of the friendly lazed nature of the event and the crazy mass start boater cross format! Not to mention the race is held on the best piece of class IV whitewater on the planet!! The river level was near perfect for the race at around 350 CFS.

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