Five ladies gather in a foreign land ~ Avoiding The Skunk ~ Hala Peno

Playak News Flash - March 11, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Five ladies gather in a foreign land Kokatat Blog - While the snow was falling and rivers were starting to freeze in the US, I was on a plane bound for Ecuador to meet up with four awesome friends to spend three weeks paddling in a land of warm water. We kayaked, we danced, and we lived the relaxed Ecuadorian lifestyle. Avoiding The Skunk Jackson Kayak - Superstitious tournament bass competitors recoil about the mere mention of having a banana in their boat; they believe its bad luck. I'd much rather keep the skunk out of my kayak. Rock Island Falls with the JK team Jackson Kayak - Ever since I dropped off of Baby Falls for the first time, I have been training to do bigger waterfalls. Rock Island Falls has been on my list for a while now, and I finally got a chance to run it this past weekend. I See I-C-I-C-L-E-S Tony Paradise - Ever since January 20th when Frozen movie theme photo was reported on CBC News people have been flocking to Middle Cove to see the huge frozen wall of ice for themselves. A day out with The South Coast Legends Matt Bezzina, NSW Australia - Three of us Sydney paddlers were honored to be invited to The Pancake Paddle down at Mystery Bay on the South Coast. We had the pleasure of paddling with some legends of kayaking. I hope I can still paddle as strongly as some of these folks when I'm their age. SIC Paddle Imua Relay SUP Surf - The fourth annual Paddle Imua event to benefit Imua Family Services' Camp Imua will once again take place on May 9, 2015 at the Maliko Gulch to Hawaiian Canoe Club in Kahului Harbor. News From The Stand Up World Tour & Series SUP Surf - Sunset Beach and Turtle Bay register over 2.8million minutes watched and 270,000 unique views, as the fanbase for the sport grows and the Waterman League steps up its live broadcast reach and impact. Discount Alert for ACA Instructors ACA - North Water Paddle Sports Equipment has been designing specialized safety products for recreational paddlers and rescue professionals for more than 30 years. Jammer SUP Model surfingsports.com - The Jammer SUP is a high performance wave riding machine that we developed 5 years ago a number of it's attributes are found in our Hammer Series wide point back wide tail with 5 fin option deep double barrel concave etc. Georgia's Unique Native Riverine Sport Fish American Rivers - Georgia is not the only place you can catch shoal bass (Micropterus cataractae) in the world, but it is the best place and the most reliable place. Native to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river system, shoalies—as they are affectionately known—have been severely depleted in the Chattahoochee side of the system due to habitat fragmentation from over a dozen dams up and down the river. Hala Peno SUP for the Soul - Hala has been making unique inflatable boards for awhile now. So it was no surprise that they were the first to offer a sub 8 foot, river surfing specific, inflatable SUP. Paddle race training and nutrition might not be as healthy as you think Riding Bumps - A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself or a situation. SUP race training, in some ways, can be thought of as a paradox. With enough training and proper nutrition you will look fit and feel fit, but if recent research and recommendations by the USDA are true, paradoxically you might find that you are unhealthy on the inside and endurance training, such as SUP or prone paddle race training, may have negative and/or untoward health effects. Massive Corruption Scandal Implicates Brazil's Amazon Dam Builders International Rivers - This week, imprisoned executives from one of Brazil's largest construction firms who are implicated in an unprecedented corruption scandal involving the parastatal oil company Petrobras promised to expose a parallel scheme of massive fraud surrounding hydroelectric dams in the Amazon. On the FastTrack to Copenhagen Sea Eagle - For those who depend on public transportation to get around, lugging a kayak to the water can be problematic. Lasse Jørgensen of Copenhagen, DK, has found the perfect solution in Sea Eagle's FastTrack series of inflatable kayaks. Werner Paddles Shuna - Review Team I-Canoe - The Shuna is Werners best selling high angle sea paddle and it is no wonder. The blade size is not to big but still has some bite. Built quality is as usual excellent from Werner and the paddles feel very robust but are still very light. In the water the catch is firm and the pull through the stroke is smooth with no flutter.

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