Jenny Kalmbach’s Top 10 Preparation Tips for M2O ~ Cops & forests

Playak News Flash - July 20, 2014
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News Watch Headlines Jenny Kalmbach's Top 10 Preparation Tips for M2O SUP Magazine - 2009 Molokai2Oahu (M2O) Champ Jenny Kalmbach knows what it takes to cross the Ka'iwi Channel, and a lot of it has to do with how prepared you are as a competitor. The pro paddler out of the Big Island of Hawaii has some helpful tips in preparing for the M2O—one of the most challenging events of the year. Here are Jenny Kalmbach's top 10 preparation tips for M2O: Gizmodo Takes on Cherry Creek All Outdoors WW Rafting - Last weekend Gizmodo's IndefintelyWild joined us on one of our Cherry Creek trips so they could see for themselves that even with the drought this year, California is a world-class destination for whitewater rafting. Cops & forests Sarah Outen - Things are done differently in Bush Alaska, it seems – the generic description of that non-defined area of communities way out wherever, further from the madding crowd than the Alaskan cities and their surrounds. The rules are different. Kayak Ways Intensive 2014 Mackayak - Setting off for the ferry sooth I got incorporated into the Commonwealth Games baton proceedings, as it headed to the same boat. Much later I was free of the various and many vehicles of the baton 'crew' and police escort which had accompanied me across the Firth and throughout the north of Scotland. The Malad River Race 2014 Jackson Kayak - This past April, a group of southwestern Idaho boaters worked up a plan to put on the first annual lower Malad Race. The Malad River is located in the deserts of Southern Idaho and it features two short stretches, the upper is class 3 and the lower is class 4. White Salmon Is The Place to Be Spring 2014 Nick Murphy - s 2014 ushered in yet another great year of life, I fulfilled a long time goal of mine and moved to the town of White Salmon, Washington in the amazing Columbia River Gorge. Change is the only constant and this year I chose to concentrate my paddling rather than running around looking for lots of variety. South Fork of The Kings A Wet State (CA) - Prior to 2012, the only information that was available on this run was in the normally dependable Stanley/Holbek. But man, the write up for this section was downright terrifying, implying that you boat down to an unrunnable and unportagable and unscoutable rapid. Fun SUP Fins SUP Magazine - There's a reason the Gladiator Hybrid is the most popular SUP fin Larry Allison makes. It's designed to handle a variety of conditions, from flatwater racing to open-ocean downwind paddling and gives paddlers a nice middle ground between tracking, speed and stability that will give you fantastic performance in all these realms. Naish's Kai Lenny Takes 2nd at the 2014 Maui 2 Molokai Race Naish - Naish's Kai Lenny has been training for the Maui 2 Molokai race for quite some time, and his hard work has not only paid off, it has shown he's even more of a threat as the SUP racing season progresses. People Who SUP III SUP Magazine - SUP magazine caught up with five people who SUP to talk standup paddling. We asked the five everyday paddlers to tell us about their secret SUP spot, without giving too much away. Oregon Open Ocean Classic Werner - This past weekend siblings, Alyson and Derek Fromm tore it up at the Oregon Coast for the Oregon Open Ocean Classic. The first day was the Open Ocean race and it was dead calm on the water it was really relaxing and fun, especially since we had the company of four big grey whales. says Alyson.

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