A Glengoyne glow in the midsummer midnight sky at Ailsa Craig.

Playak News Flash - November 9, 2014
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines A Glengoyne glow in the midsummer midnight sky at Ailsa Craig. SeaKayakPhoto.com - It was 9:30pm when we returned to the spit by the lighthouse and so we wasted no time in getting a fire going. 19th Annual Green Race Girls at Play - Every year on the first Saturday in November people flock to the Green River in Saluda, NC to witness one of the greatest spectacles of whitewater paddling, The Green Race. The Green Race consists of 15 named rapids, starting just above Frankenstein and finishing at the bottom of Rapid Transit. Paddlers come from all over for their chance to race in front of hundreds of people. Across The Canadian Subartic Canoe Kayak - The numbers are astounding: Fifty-six days in the Canadian subarctic, 907 miles, 61 portages, 2,646,720 paddle strokes. This summer, canoe-trippers Adam Maxwell, Ryan Ritter, Tessa Olson, Kari Smerud, Jake Bendel and Alex Compton traced eight wild waterways from the heart of the Canadian hinterlands to the Hudson Bay coast. Mabel the sup fishing dog Capt Linda Cavitt - We have a new addition to the Cavitt clan, a yellow Labrador puppy. We cant wait to take her on her first fishing trip on the paddle board! She is about 4 weeks now, I'm not sure anyone would take pups away from the mamma so earl, but I'm happy to say shes happy, healthy and adjusting nicely into our family. Women in Charge Green River Takeover Kokatat Blog - A few months ago I had a vision to put on an event that would bring together and inspire the women's paddling community by taking over the river. All too often the river is filled with men and I wanted to have a day where the women take it over! My idea was made reality with over 50 women putting on the Upper Green together and 24 of those continuing on down through the Narrows Under Armour Storm gear and flats fishing Capt Linda Cavitt - Check out what happens when I stick my arm in the water to release a redfish! I wore my new Under Armour Storm hoodie that is water resistant. Opal Proper Mt. Hood H2O - I realized a funny thing a couple years ago.  This being that I had many times planned, joined and executed kayak trips to "Opal Creek" in the North Santiam drainage without having ever run Opal Creek itself.   The Evolution of The Whitewater Kayak Eric Jackson - I forget, sometimes, just how new many of the kayakers today are to the scene and what seems like common knowledge to myself and peers, is often quite vague or even unknown historical information to most people. Beautiful Sunrise Sup And With Friends Atlantic Paddle Surfing - What colors this morning. We were greeted with some little clean waves Scott, Jesse, Brandon and I shared the morning present. The South Africans Book Their Tickets To The Worlds SUPracer - Brandvlei Dam, one hour out of Cape Town, hosted the final race in a series of six counting towards the coveted SUPSA South African Race Championship title. Battle Of The Paddle 2015: New Dates Set For Salt Creek SUPracer - It's only been a month since the 2014 Battle of the Paddle rocked Salt Creek, however I say it's never too early to start getting excited about next year's BOP. Waterbury Reservoir will remain a Recreational Resource in VT Vermont SUP - The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation issued a draft water quality certification decision Wednesday regarding the future operations of Green Mountain Power's Waterbury Hydroelectric Project.

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