Inside the Lumpy Waters Symposium ~ Illabot Creek ~ Jobe SUP 2015

Playak News Flash - January 26, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Inside the Lumpy Waters Symposium Canoe Kayak - This video follows two participants in the 2014 Lumpy Waters Symposium–Kelly Yelverton and her mom, Eileen–through the three-day paddling event held every fall in Pacific City, Oregon. Put on by Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe, the symposium brings hundreds of sea kayakers together each year to hone their paddling skills and practice safety techniques with coaches from around the world. Illabot Creek American Rivers - Most of us who have spent time in the Pacific Northwest have heard our elders and old-timers spin tales of being able to walk across rivers on the back of salmon. Very few of us actually get to experience salmon in the kind of concentrations that spurred such tales. New Boards, New Courses And Even More Fun For The Payette River Games SUPracer - daho's Payette River Games, officially the richest SUP race in the world thanks to its $50,000 cash purse, will be happening from June 19-21 this year. And while there's a whole festival with six or seven different events on offer (lumberjack!), stand up paddling appears to be the headline act of PRG15. Board of Winter- Top 3 Activities for Boarders in the Off-Season Boarders Magazine - To the Beach or the Mountains- Head away from the winter cold and to somewhere sunny. Maybe down south and somewhere like Mexico. This is what wake surf athlete Dominic Lagace does. Why you should get involved with your local SUP club/school. SUPboarder - There are many SUP clubs/schools around the UK offering regular fun, social paddles. You only have to look at the SUPboarder SUP club/school map to see how SUP has grown across the country, from the top of Scotland to the bottom of Cornwall and everywhere there's water in-between Jobe SUP 2015 SUPboarder - Jobe has been a well known brand in the boating and wakeboarding world for many years. And more recently it's also been making a presence in the UK SUP scene. Jobe SUPs are likely to be seen in many more SUP shops and schools around the country in 2015. Standup Paddling Fitness Sup Tricep Burnout Drop Sets Standup Journal - Pushups are a great way work the upper body, and specifically to completely burnout the triceps the back of the arms. When done on a SUP, the challenge only increases especially right after you've paddled your brains out for a bit. Life Jackets for All ACA - The Sea Tow Foundation is now accepting applications from non-profit organizations and state boating agencies around the country to host a life jacket loaner program in their local areas. Anglesey Adventure - April 6 to 10, Anglesey Mark Tozer - Helen and Mark are both accomplished paddlers and frequent guest coaches at symposia and kayaking events across the U.S., Europe and the rest of the world. They have lead trips together in the US, UK, Europe and Greenland. SUPxscape camp dates SUPboarder - Happy New Year SUP'ers We started 2015 with our first SUP surf camp of the year which saw perfect weather, amazing surf and a great crew from Germany and Wales. Due to the popularity of our camps, clinics and holidays we have added more weeks to the calendar for this year. Check out our 2015 dates here Colorado's Windy Gap Firming Project: Troubling Trend? Am. Whitewater - Late December saw the Bureau of Reclamation approval of the Windy Gap Firming Project, yet another major diversion of the imperiled Upper Colorado River. An Interview with Blind Canoeist Renee Kuester-Sebranek Canoe Kayak - When first meeting Renee Kuester-Sebranek, you'd peg her as a very attractive, confident, and intelligent 50-year-old woman with an infectious laugh and a witty sense of humor. 2015 Slingshot Air-Tech Crossbreed Inflatable Board Review Boarders Magazine - When you think of kiteboarding and wakeboarding, Slingshot Sports jumps in your mind as one of the leading manufacturers. Based in Hood River, Oregon a mecca for watersports enthusiast, Slingshot Sports is engulfed in the waterman culture. With a new inflatable SUP boards out, I was very interested in testing it out. Opportunity to Determine Future of Punch Bowl Falls on the Hood River (OR) Am. Whitewater - Punch Bowl Falls is one of Oregon's iconic scenic and recreational sites, and the Hood is the go-to river for boaters in the Columbia River Gorge. Above the Falls, the West Fork of the Hood flows through two beautiful gorges. Blind Trust Canoe Kayak - Renee Kuester-Sebranek and her husband Ken Sebranek had been paddling together for more than 15 years when she lost her vision to retinosis pigmentosa. The disease began to come on strong in 2004. Two years later, at age 41, she was almost completely blind.

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