Nicole Pacelli Battles Jaws, Hawaiians Battle Gmos ~ The Ryan Maloney Story

Playak News Flash - April 9, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Nicole Pacelli Battles Jaws, Hawaiians Battle Gmos SUP Magazine - Nicole Pacelli stands up for female and SUP surfers on a face at Peahi. Meanwhile local activists stand up for a GMO-free environment in the face of big-agriculture on Maui. Ocean Sports Centre 2015 SUP International - This year is turning out to be an exciting one at the Ocean Sports Centre, located on Carbis Bay in St Ives. Already this year things are getting off to a brilliant start, we managed to get an amazing grant from Sportivate to enable us to offer heavily subsidised courses to women in the 17-25 age range, encouraging them to participate in new sports they would otherwise be unlikely to try. The response so far has been amazing with all the spring courses fully booked 2015 Stand Up World Series SUP Examiner - The Stand Up World Series is a professional series established to provide the world's best stand up paddle racers with a competitive platform in which to race at a series of organized events around the world. The Ryan Maloney Story SUP Examiner - When he was two years old, Ryan Maloney was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease which prevents the pancreas from producing insulin. As a result of his diagnosis, Ryan requires regular monitoring of his blood glucose – a task he has taken on himself in recent years. Still Messin' Around on the River Angling Addict - While looking forward to getting back to the Chesapeake, the James River in hometown Richmond has kept me entertained. Quick trips after work have yielded an abundance of hickory shad as well as some white perch, herring, and American Shad. Reports of big catfish and some stripers have picked up as well. A Gopro Mount Making It Stick Tony Paradise - So far I've used the GoPro mounted on my helmet. That was flexible as all I had to do was look at the subject when capturing video. But, it also had the paddle flashing in and out of the video. We'Re Expanding ACA - The ACA is expanding our Insurance and Membership Departments to continue to provide high quality customer service to our members and the paddling community. Most Endangered Rivers: The Rogue and Smith Northwest Rafting Company - Today, due to the threat of nickel strip mining in their respective tributaries, American Rivers has placed the Rogue and Smith Rivers on the 2015 Most Endangered Rivers List. The following is an account of our expedition to document the effect that strip mining would have on the waterways and communities downstream. And my Kraken is full of eskama Jackson Kayak - This time I had everything ready the sea gave a truce that would leverage without thinking, the evening before I was ready to fish bait, and took little but of good, small squid showed up , so mime long for the day came alive fishing , before going back to try to capture some more bait and did not bad, supplied and eager arrived in the area . NWCC 2014 - Safety at Boulder Garden Daniel Patrinellis - In honor of my nearly infinite ability to procrastinate combined with the exponentially decreasing relevance of digital photography, I present to you: My favorite shots from the 2014 Canyon Creek race. World class plattform for new kayakers Jackson Kayak - Early easter monday, I bring the Jackson dealer, James Mr Kiwi Venimore and the local gourmé chef Simon Boot, with me to river Österdalälven for some rainbow fishing. Werner Paddles Pro-Staff have Success at the AFWC Werner - The AFWC (Adventure Fishing World Championship) is a new format of kayak fishing that combines: fishing, strategy, navigation and paddling resulting in a true Adventure! Teams of two anglers compete to reach and catch fish at 3 to 5 eligible checkpoints, in any order,and return to the start/finish before checking at 5PM with the largest total fish length. Westminster SW Sea Kayaking - Once I have full bodily function again (it may be some time), I'll relate our tale. But suffice to say, it was a fantastic adventure with a fantastic team. Easter Adventures Adventurous Experiences - The wind dropped on Saturday leaving us with still and foggy conditions for Sunday's Sea kayak trips. Ideal for the Adventure club training group to work on their navigation skills as they circumnavigated the Calf of Man, whilst those newer members and the Discover sea kayaking group journeyed north exploring the former mine workings on Bradda head. A Lesson Learned On The Tournament Trail River Bassin Trail - For months, I had been waiting in anticipation for the season-opening Super-Regional tournament of the RiverBassin Tournament Trail (RBTT), on March 7th in Crawfordville, FL.

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