How to do the Pivot Turn for SUP - Easily ~ How to Get a Kayak on a Plane

Playak News Flash - January 5, 2015
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News Watch Headlines How to do the Pivot Turn for SUP - Easily Rob Casey - One of the most talked about and frustrating SUP techniques is the Pivot Turn. If you're racing you may need to use it to go around buoys in a hurry. I use is in surf to turn quickly to catch waves and get back out after a ride before the next wave comes in. Soloing the Grand Canyon: Complete Kayak Self-Support Guide John Nestler - Last winter I had the opportunity to paddle down the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, alone. For 27 days and 280 miles the Grand Canyon was my world. I reveled in the solitude, played in the rapids, and was continually awed by the magnificent nature surrounding me. The resulting article and video featured by Canoe and Kayak turned out to be one of their most popular stories this year, and I finally decided to sit down and write down some tips for putting a solo trip together. This article will focus mainly on wintertime solos, as those permits are the easiest to snag. Of course most all this information will apply to kayakers looking to prepare for a self-support trip down the Grand Canyon, even if you aren't doing it alone. How to Get a Kayak on a Plane PeakUK - Ever had butterfly's on the drive to your paddling destination? Boat and gear loaded in the car, you know what's in store. You're totally prepared but will it work? Will you get through it ok? Today, you're not driving to a new rapid, river, big drop or wave. Himalayan Whitewater Challenge Champion 2014 PeakUK - This year saw the 13th Himalayan Whitewater Challenge (Festival), which is Asia's biggest whitewater rafting and kayaking event. Whitewater World Of Nepal – Episode 1 unsponsored - A great edit and start of a series showing just a small % of what Nepal has to offer to the whitewater kayaker. Chattooga III-IV SUP Descent ACA - ACA SUP Instructors Trey Knight, Ben Moore, Dave Hepp, and Atilla Takats recently took a trip down Section III-IV of the Chattooga River, which serves as the border between South Carolina and Georgia. Sebago Frostbite Regatta 2015 Edition Frogma - With a forecast that was clearly and emphatically calling for winds gusting up to 30 mph, TQ and I were half expecting the paddle section of the annual Sebago New Year's Day Frostbite Regatta to be cancelled, but the morning of the 1st dawned with no updates later than the "Come on out, it's gonna be great Paddling with Rudolph Tony Paradise - Some of us have been meeting in St Philips on Christmas Eve for a short paddle since 2009. Its a chance to clear the cobwebs after all the hectic lead-up to Christmas and to put some credits in for the eating which we were about to take part in over the holiday season. The 'Can I Surf That' Trailer Brittany Parker - Yesterday myself and the rest of the 'Can I Surf That' ladies rang in the New Year by launching the film's official trailer. It's been two years in the making, we're getting closer and closer to the finished product and we couldn't be more satisfied with how it's turning out. View from Sea Level Distressed Mullet - 2014 ends with some incredible memories of life in and on the water. We have swum the glassy estuary at daybreak. We have paddled down rivers and traveled to SUP races to join an amazing community of folks equally passionate about this lifestyle. A Look Back at 2014 Northwest Rafting Company - Here is a look back on water trips these guys from Northwest Rafting Company had last year. From, first descent in Patagonia, doing whitewater SUP in Hood River, read them and wishing everyone a happy new year ... Fiona Wylde Joins Team Starboard Standup Journal - As my water sport career takes flight from a little girls' dream into a profession, I could not be more excited to have a supporter like Starboard at my back with solid boards under my feet. SUP of the Santas in Milwaukee Tahoe SUP - Twas December in Milwaukee and all through the town, the river was stirring and no ice to be found. Paddleboards were strapped to the roof racks with care, In hopes that Spring was soon to be there. Liquidlogic Flying Squirrel 95–1st View Team I-Canoe - The Flying Squirrel was realised this summer from Liquidlogic but today was the first time we got to try one on the water. Skipper's Year End Report 2014 Trash Paddler - My 2014 started with being frozen out from my local waters as this January 7th photo of the Sudbury and Assabet river's confluence at Egg Rock shows. Those conditions would result in my making 4 trips southward to the tidal waters of Narragansett Bay in neighboring Rhode Island.

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