Dagger Stratos 14.5s Sea Kayak Review ~ Just Going, Pt. 2

Playak News Flash - August 18, 2014
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News Watch Headlines Dagger Stratos 14.5s Sea Kayak Review Team I-Canoe - I just spent the last few days paddling the Dagger Strato's 14.5S. Its dubbed as a high performance ocean tourer that is ideal for beginners and expert alike which is a pretty broad spectrum to cover but I think they have pulled it off. Just Going, Pt. 2 SUP Magazine - The sunrise lit the tent like a blue orb, making sleep impossible. I peered outside into a world of warm hues and clear skies. However it was still about 49 degrees, and after finally overcoming the claustrophobia I felt in my sleeping bag, I was reluctant to leave it. But there was paddling to be done. Gauley River Wv Open Letter to Boaters 2014 Am. Whitewater - The rangers and staff of the Gauley River National Recreation Area welcome you to the 2014 boating season. National Park Service (NPS) employees have been working, and are continuing to work, on preparing the put-ins and take-outs, and other public use spots for upcoming Gauley River National Recreation Area (NRA) visitation. Heats in Augsburg without big upsets ICF - German team always represents a tough competition on a home course in the Olympic channel on the Lech River. Sideris Tasiadis (GER) proved that with an excellent run he produced in men's canoe qualification runs. Ollie & Phil 3 Lake Challenge SUPboarder - On the 9th/10th September two passionate SUPboarders who are always up for a challenge, Ollie Denton and Phil Sanders, will be attempting the first SUP challenge of its kind in the UK. The 3 Lake Challenge. The Scoop On the Ultimate SUP Showdown SUP Magazine - The Ultimate SUP Showdown is coming this weekend. Basically, 74 of the best stand-up paddle athletes in the world will compete in their respective disciplines (a full surf contest for the surfers and a full race for the racers) for a chance to compete in the Showdown, a W-shaped course that runs through Waikiki's waves, which should be sizable come Monday. What's New From Marketing: August Confluence - The King of New York race series is a collection of New York State's most exciting grassroots down-river events. The point-based series builds on the tradition of pick-up racing at whitewater festivals across New York State. Points will be awarded for finishes at community-organized races on the Black, Beaver, Raquette, and Moose rivers. Destination Okefenokee YakAngler - Many paddlers have places that they count the days till they can return to. It may be because the fishing was phenomenal or the scenery was breathtaking or a multitude of reasons. Any person that has spent time around me knows I have a love for the Okefenokee Swamp. Every time I paddle the dark tannic acid stained water it gets harder for me to leave. Safety Talks – getting it right! International Rafting Federation - Mark Hirst, an IRF GT&E Instructor, has written a great article about how to deliver good Safety Talks at a start of a river trip…Guides, instructors and others who are going to actually give a presentation to an audience on how to paddle, raft or race organizers who have to give safety briefings to audience, can read this and develop a proper style of presenting their talks that would be magic with their audience… ACA Elections - Vote! ACA - Dear ACA Members, As a member of the ACA, you have the option to participate in elections concerning the governance of the Association. On behalf of the ACA Board of Directors, I would like to encourage you to vote for the following: six at-large Directors, and the two appointments from the Sugar Island Board of Trustees.  You have the option to vote online, or download a  paper ballot and mail it in. 175 Miles on The Forks of the Salmon Mt. Hood H2O - We here at into the outside would like to issue a very sincere apology for our recent lack of blogging personality. Matt's been changing the world in Africa, Jacobs's been managing field burns on the weekends for his job, and I just haven't felt to love as of late. Truth be told, I'm not entirely sure what's happened this summer. Glamping at the Outdoor Retail Show Inflatable Kayak Blog - We just returned home from Salt Lake City and the Outdoor Retail Show. We had a great time and saw tons of great new outdoor products! One of the things we got to do while we were there was go Glamping. Recipe for Lake Turkana'S Survival International Rivers - In my line of work, you never want to say I told you so.Nothing good can come from being right about the ecological destruction, the dismantling of lives and livelihoods, the long-term and basically impossible-to-reverse damages that could have been avoided with proper evaluation of a big dam's negative consequences. The Southern Branch Log of Ibi - I made a second trip out of Great Bridge Park, this one going down the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, Chesapeake, VA. There were a bunch of boats waiting in the lock, and since the lock only opens every half your, I had some time to enjoy the waterway to my self.

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