Western Wanderings 2014 ~ Long Boat To Strength ~ Space The Final Frontier

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

News Watch Headlines Western Wanderings 2014 Down Hill Kayaking - Jenny relaxing in one of the hot springs early in the trip. Photo by Adam Goshorn. Long Boat To Strength Jackson Kayak - Years ago I separated my AC joint and pissed off some of my rotator cuff muscles. Fast forward to now, I am sitting back in rehab. As an athlete, there is nothing more that I dread than slowing things way down and doing what I consider to be some of the lamest exercises known to man. The Playboating Bible Instruction on How to Loop Jackson Kayak - So looping is one of those moves that anyone who ever starts to freestyle kayak wants to learn as their first move. It's a great move that is very dynamic but is not actually that hard if you break it down. The key difference between a good loop and a great loop is timing and this will come with practice. Look back at the 2014 La Torche Pro France SUPboarder - The 2014 La Torche Pro France saw spectacular conditions and the world's very best battling it out for the World Title, as history was made and Pointe de La Torche once again put itself on the global ocean sports map. Here is a great video round up of the event with interviews from the top riders including the overall 2014 champions Kai Lenny and Izzi Gomez. Space The Final Frontier SUP Radio Show - What comes to mind when you pause to reflect on the word Space? The Cosmos, Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Black Holes, the color Black, Asteroids, Comets? Space in that context is a vast place full of infinite possibilities and potential. Preventing a Backlash YakAngler - I like baitcasting reels. They're lighter and more compact than spinning reels. Also, most of the time they give us better casting control. You would think that all anglers would prefer baitcasters over spinning reels. However, they have a big problem that has many anglers shying away from them. Of course I'm talking about the backlash. Installing a Transferable Fish Finder for Winter Pt 2 Jackson Kayak - I have always installed my transducers inside the front hatch of my kayaks. Position wise it has been perfect, allowing me three or four seconds to triangulate my position as I look for landmarks, while drifting over an object. Van Damme, the local spot Bryant Burkhardt - I've been living on the Mendocino Coast for over a year now, but recently my wife and I moved twenty miles further south, near the town of Little River. Titouan Puyo Defeats Casper Steinfath, Kai Lenny And France's Finest To Win The 400-Strong Paris Crossing SUPracer - Titouan Puyo has defeated Casper Steinfath, Kai Lenny and an all-star cast of France's finest paddlers to win the Paris Crossing. With 400 competitors on the sold out start line, this event will almost certainly go down as the single biggest SUP race of the year. WaveWalk Standup Fishing Kayak surfingsports.com - We are an authorized dealer for the patented WaveWalk standup fishing kayak…and, have the W500 & W570 kayaks in stock. Ecuador A Kayaking Vacation Paradise NRS Duct Tape Diaries - We stumbled out of the airport, sleep deprived and more than three hours behind schedule, awkwardly weaving an unwieldy cart loaded with two kayaks, a paddle bag, and a mound of gear through the crowded obstacle course of the baggage claim area. Brazil 2014 R4 World Rafting Championships Palm Blogs - In November four team members from the GB raft team squad and their coach for the trip Fieke Reinjtjes, attended the R4 World Rafting Championships in Brazil. The event was hosted in the south of the country at the base of the spectacular Iguassu falls. Josh Sleigh showing the versatility of our 8'11″ new Carbon VTech SUP BruSurf - The glide perspective is always a fascinating deal with handling sections on the nose. #brusurf Bru Surf on the 8'11″ Yellow Carbon. PDX Film Fest: Best Expedition Video - Rivers of Northern India Dagger Blogs - We are excited to come away from the 13th Annual PDX Kayaker Film Festival with "Best Expedition" video award this year! Local film festivals have a way of instilling the adventure drive in me. My friends and community submit videos of themselves, taking trips and running rivers that I run. While the bigger film fests help me think big, local events highlight adventures that are at my fingertips.   Tick, Tock Clockwise Around Bell Island Tony Paradise - The forecast all week long looked good for Saturday and when it arrived is was a jewel of a day.  Brian, Dean, Terry and I settled on a circumnavigation of Bell Island.  We arrived at St. Philips at 9:00 under clear blue skies, totally calm winds and a temperature of -7C.

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