Knee paddling with an injury on a prone paddleboard ~ 2015 Farmlands Race

Playak News Flash - April 5, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Knee paddling with an injury on a prone paddleboard Riding Bumps - I moved to prone because of some elbow tendonitis with SUP and a few other chronic injuries from bike racing etc. How To Transport Your Inflatable SUP iSUPworld - Most people want an inflatable SUP because they are so portable and compact. With an inflatable you have options and the advantage of being able to transport it anywhere by all different means. Flight Test In The Liquidlogic Braaap unsponsored - Over the last few months little details about the new Liquidlogic Braaap have been finding there way out into the big wide world via social media. Paddle 26.2 Miles for Charity Canoe Kayak - In 2002, Simon Osborn circumnavigated Great Britain by sea kayak in memory of his brother Mark. Osborn raised £30,000 ($44,500) for Leukemia research on the paddle but wanted a way to get more people out on the water. Four Days in China Red Bull Freestyle Challenge Palm Blogs - A few days ago I embarked on an adventure to China. I got the opportunity to head over to the Nu River/ Salween River for the most highly anticipated whitewater event in China, the Red Bull Freestyle Challenge. Race Results by Riviera Now Has Over 450 Races in The Vault SUPracer - One of the very first things SUPracer.com became known for was posting race results. Lots of race results. From France to Florida and everywhere in between. And we always wanted to post them as fast as possible – sometimes before the official results had come out. Re-discovering the XXX surf machine Wavesport Blogs - I just returned for the 29th Santa Cruz Paddle Fest. This festival highlights surf kayaks, wave skis, SUP, and production plastic kayaks. I competed in specifically designed surf kayaks and in the WS XXX.Surfing in the ocean is one way to catch a few big waves. It is also a great jump start to spring paddling. Elizabethton Star BRO Whitewater Athlete Story worldkayak blogs - I was recently interviewed by Kayla Carter of my local newspaper about making the Blue Ridge Outdoors Athlete Team. 2015 Farmlands Race Wavesport Blogs - The Farmlands is a little known section of the White Salmon River, near BZ Corner, Washington, with it's take-out at the put-in of the notorious Truss. Raising the standard of our paddling at Glenfinnan. SeaKayakPhoto.com - It had been an awful winter dogged by bad weather and ill health. Ian and I had originally planned to paddle down Loch Shiel to the sea in February but I was not well and although Ian hoped to paddle it solo, the weather was not really conducive. The Middle Fork of The Salmon River Northwest Rafting Company - I'm excited and honored to announce that Northwest Rafting Company will now be offering trips on what I consider to be the best river in the world for multi-day rafting: Idaho's incomparable Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Sweet winnings from CKS SUP for the Soul - CKS is by far my favorite shop to buy from when it comes to river gear. I definitely spend more of my surf money on their online and brick and mortar stores than anywhere else. So I was super stoked when I won a photo caption contest they had on Facebook. Capt. Martin's Tahitian Dugouts Indigenous Boats - While stationed in Tahiti in 1846-47, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, RN, made several sketches and paintings of local watercraft. Here are all of the dugout canoes which show any useful detail as reproduced in his journal. Loss of a Legend George Luste, 1940-2015 Canoe Kayak - On a snowy February day in Toronto, I'm feeling inadequate standing at the podium in a high-school auditorium not because of the 500 people in the audience, but for one larger than life man in the front row.

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