2015 Little White Salmon Race ~ Proper Care and Feeding of Your Paddle

Playak News Flash - May 31, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines 2015 Little White Salmon Race Wavesport Blogs - The Little White holds some of the most pristine class V whitewater in the Northwest, possibly the entire West Coast, its rapids known worldwide: Gettin' Busy, Boulder Sluice, Island, Sacriledge, Double Drop, Enchanted Forest, S-Turn, Backender, Bowies, Wishbone, Horseshoe, Stovepipe, Spirit. Proper Care and Feeding of Your Paddle Quickblade - Those of us with a surfing background know that in order for our gear to last we need to protect it and take care of it. I know my wetsuit over the years has suffered from those days that I forgot to rinse it. Water is leaking in everywhere. But with proper care, that wetsuit could have lasted years beyond when it failed. Robe Race 2015 - first all female team Kokatat Blog - The first all female team raced Robe Canyon of the Stillaguamish in the 2015 Robe Race. The Robe Race is 5 miles which includes a mandatory portage and stacked class V rapids, making it one of the longest creek races in the country. It is raced in teams of two for safety, and the average times rest around 30 minutes. Plenty of Big Names Battling From From St. Ives to St. Maxime SUPracer - It's Week 2 of the Euro Tour, with a split round set to showcase events in both France and the UK this weekend. KayakPro Compact Erg Canoe Kayak - They say that miles make champions, and you'd be hard pressed to find a competitive paddler or coach who disagrees. The best way to get fit and improve the efficiency of your stroke, they say, is to sit your butt in the boat and paddle. 100 Days Til The 11 Cities SUPracer - Today is a rather special day. Monday, May 28th marks the 100 day countdown to the 2015 SUP 11 City Tour, one of the most brutal/amazing races in the world. National Sup Surf Champs Return to Tofino Paddle Surf Canada - Canada's original stand up paddle surf contest is coming back to Tofino and this time it's bringing it's big brother. Back by popular demand, Canada's most passionate stand up paddleboard surfers return to the west coast of Canada for the second annual Tofino Paddle Surf SUP Invitational, October 23 to 25, 2015. Sb Rider Peter Kosinski Give The 2015 Starboard Astro Racer Going Over SUPboarder - SUPboarder team rider Peter Kosinski has recently won the Battle of the Bay in Ireland. Peter as we know, is a top SUP racer who trains hard and has secured many podium finishes. For Peter having the right kit is just as important as being race fit. Crawdad in the Assabet Trash Paddler - The inscription at Egg Rock was found to be high and dry at the start of a lazy ascent of the Assabet River yesterday afternoon. The river is already at water levels more typical of late summer. Northern Territory Series – River Tees unsponsored - UK Northern Territory series talks about rivers, provides details about them, which would be helpful for white water paddlers with information on whitewater bodies found in Northern Britain. The first entry is The Classic run on the river Tees, High Force to Low Force, known locally as Hi-Low. Enjoy and Happy Hucking! Paddling the Venice Vogalonga Inflatable Kayaks & Packrafts - 'Viva La Vogalonga! Viva Venezia! VIVA SAN MARCO!' With the above proclamation and a shot from a canon the 41st Vogalonga, a huge paddling regatta, got underway. Around us was every type of paddle or oar boat under the sun, from 20-oar-power dragon boats paddling to a drum beat like in Ben Hur's day, four-up forward standing 'frontelli' rowing skiffs, right down to inflatable SUP boards you could carry under your arm. Nantahala Outdoor Center Opens Atlanta Location Canoe Kayak - Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC), the nation's largest outfitter, celebrates the grand opening of two riverside adventure centers on the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, Georgia this Saturday, May 30th. The celebration will include the opportunity to paddle with Gold Medal Olympian Joe Jacobi, on-the-water demos of stand-up paddleboards and sit-on-top kayaks. The event will also include such family-friendly activities as cornhole, face painting and a kids' tent, along with live acoustic music by Playing on the Planet. Paddle Like A Girl Fluid - It all started when I finished Matric and went with my grandmother to volunteer at an orphanage in Zambia for a month. On our way back we stopped at Victoria Falls and decided to go on a rafting trip (yes, with my 60 year old grandmother). As Thing Heat Up Jackson Kayak - Fishing like many other life skills is a game of adjustments. Weather and water changes require changes by the kayak angler. You can do the same thing and either get the same results or more likely less than desirable results. Water temperature, levels and current all key characteristics to finding and fooling fish. Expedition Brazil - Santa Catarina Stouts, a Broken Back and The Boys Finishing It Up. Jordan Searle - After we made the grueling 25+ hour drive south from Espirito Santo to Santa Catarina we made a b-line for the Rio Benedito to blow out the cobwebs. It felt good to be back on the water, but we came for bigger and better things. We got the call from Marcelo Galizio and Jake Greenbaum, who were in interior SC, and had just begun to breakdown a waterfalls section of the Rio Chepeco.

Featured Jackson Kayak New Rock Star Promises Unbeatable Combo of Winning Freestyle Features - Just in time for the World's, Jackson Kayak raised the bar with the release of the next generation Rock Star.

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Robe Race 2015 - first all female team ~ 2015 Snowblind Scurry

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The world's top paddling links in week 22, 2015.

News Watch Robe Race 2015 - first all female team Kokatat Blog - The first all female team raced Robe Canyon of the Stillaguamish in the 2015 Robe Race. The Robe Race is 5 miles which includes a mandatory portage and stacked class V rapids, making it one of the longest creek races in the country. It is raced in teams of two for safety, and the average times rest around 30 minutes. 2015 Snowblind Scurry worldkayak blogs - This year we kicked off the Wenatchee Valley race series with an awesome event on the lower Wenatchee River. Unfortunately, I had a wedding to attend on race day so Officials Nightbeast and Lubes took the helm on this one. Is the Grand Inga Too Big to Build? International Rivers - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has plans to build the world's largest hydropower project, the Grand Inga at the Inga Falls, on the Congo River, some 50km upstream of the mouth of the Congo on the Atlantic coast. The Inga rapids and waterfalls give the Congo River a huge hydropower potential, which has been targeted by developers since the early part of the last century. Record Setting and Squirt Boating SquareRock - Sunday 17th May saw over one hundred  paddlers head to Lee Valley White Water Centre to try and set the World Record for the most kayaks rolling simultaneously. While the two rolls that were required by everyone were completed in a matter of seconds, the wait to see if the record had been set took slightly longer. Wilderness Systems Supports Heroes on the Water and America's Soldiers and Veterans Confluence - Wilderness Systems is proud to be sponsoring several fishing events and tournaments in 2015 that benefit Heroes on the Water, an organization that works with American soldiers, providing opportunities for them to discover and have access to the joys of paddling and fishing. Race to Alaska - Soggy Beavers Update Kokatat Blog - It's hard to believe we've only been in Victoria for two weeks. Considering we've been spending every waking second together, learned how to outrigger canoe, created a sailing outrigger canoe, and come up with a monster plan for this Race to Alaska that's coming up, I feel like we've been a team for ages. Dagger Roam Canoe Kayak - The new Dagger Roam is a rare beast: a sit-on-top kayak made for moderate whitewater. The design blends massive primary stability with surprising edging performance, rendering it capable of Class III waters. Palm Equipment – Universal Mat unsponsored - The Universal Mat from Palm Equipment landed at Unsponsored HQ a few months back and has been used week in and week out ever since. ACA Member Paddling 1000+ Miles to Raise Awareness for Ocean Health ACA - When we heard that a member of the ACA was proposing an outrigger canoe journey of over 1000 miles, we were intrigued. Long distance paddling can be both exhilarating and stressful; with exposure to the elements, long periods of exhausting activity, and extreme psychological strain all working against the paddler, it is certainly no simple feat. However, when Margo Pellegrino told us she was attempting this paddle in order to bring attention to the environmental issues currently affecting our waters... New rules and course for the Payette River Games SUPracer - The Countdown to Idaho is on. In just under a month, a whole stack of the world's best paddlers will descend on the sleepy little hamlet of Cascade, Idaho, for a long weekend of festivities on and off the water. The Payette River Games has two simple new rules this year: No boards over 11 feet in length, and you've gotta race the same board all weekend. Oru Kayak Bay+ Canoe Kayak - Oru Kayaks redefined folding boats with its origami-inspired design. Rather than a stack of frame components and a separate skin, the Oru is one artfully folded piece of corrugated polypropylene–the stuff postal tote bins are made of. The whole boat packs George Jetson-style to the size of an artist's portfolio. You've Never Seen Canoeing Like This Before ACA - The ACA is excited to announce that Fredericksburg and the Rappahannock River will be the site of the 2015 ACA Canoe Poling National Championships. The competition will have slalom and wildwater events in classes from beginner to advanced. Competitors will travel from as far away as Maine, New York, Missouri and Texas to attend the event. Expedition Brazil - Santa Catarina Stouts, a Broken Back and The Boys Finishing It Up. Jordan Searle - After we made the grueling 25+ hour drive south from Espirito Santo to Santa Catarina we made a b-line for the Rio Benedito to blow out the cobwebs. It felt good to be back on the water, but we came for bigger and better things. We got the call from Marcelo Galizio and Jake Greenbaum, who were in interior SC, and had just begun to breakdown a waterfalls section of the Rio Chepeco. Review – Immersion Research Arch Rival Dry Top Lee Royle - As well as the Arch Rival drysuit, I also got a dry top for warmer climates. I was expecting similar good performance to the drysuit, and so far I have been just as impressed with it. Vernal Reds Angling Addict - So far, I've only crossed the CBBT twice this season. Luckily, I was able to find them both times. On the first day, the weatherman's magic 8-ball was wrong again.

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in May 1. Connor Baxter 2. Sean Poynter 3. Freya Hoffmeister Forums WW Packraft Teaser Videos https://youtube.com/devicesupport (editorpn) https://youtube.com/devicesupport (supzero) Lapin aallot 2014 (ProKei) https://youtube.com/devicesupport (editorpn) Cashing in some money (mariannsaether) Upcoming Spring fling US, FL, Tavernier, May 23 - May 30 Blue Chip SUP Inflation Day UK, England, Surrey, May 28 YOLO Board Relay Series # 1 US, FL, Santa Rosa Beach, May 28 Animas River Days US, CO, , May 28 - May 31 Pacific Paddling Symposium CAN, BC, Victoria, May 29 - May 31

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Record Setting and Squirt Boating ~ Palm Equipment – Universal Mat

Playak News Flash - May 28, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Record Setting and Squirt Boating SquareRock - Sunday 17th May saw over one hundred  paddlers head to Lee Valley White Water Centre to try and set the World Record for the most kayaks rolling simultaneously. While the two rolls that were required by everyone were completed in a matter of seconds, the wait to see if the record had been set took slightly longer. You've Never Seen Canoeing Like This Before ACA - The ACA is excited to announce that Fredericksburg and the Rappahannock River will be the site of the 2015 ACA Canoe Poling National Championships. The competition will have slalom and wildwater events in classes from beginner to advanced. Competitors will travel from as far away as Maine, New York, Missouri and Texas to attend the event. Triple D makes offer to acquire Global Surf Industries (GSI) SUP Surf - Thailand-based investment company Triple D Corporation, which recently acquired 100% ownership of Surf Technicians LLC, has made a conditional offer to the majority shareholder of Global Surf Industries (GSI) to acquire full control of the GSI group. GSI manufactures and distributes many well-known brands in the Surf and SUP industry including Tom Carroll SUP, 7S, Hayden Shapes, Modern, Walden and Meyerhoffer Surfboards internationally. Pat Rawson talks Mo Freitas, SUP board design and the future of Paddle Enhanced Surfing Standup Journal - This is an exciting time of growth and emergence, and how the sport comes to define itself interests me greatly. SUP means many things to many people, so it would be a great service if the various factions took initiative for its direction. Palm Equipment – Universal Mat unsponsored - The Universal Mat from Palm Equipment landed at Unsponsored HQ a few months back and has been used week in and week out ever since. #SapinusPro Tahiti is coming up... SUP Surf - Stop 2 of the 2015 Stand Up World Tour will kick off next week in the magnificent Tahitian island chain as the #SapinusPro is back . The Stand Up World Tour has a rich history in the islands since the launch of its Contenders exhibition back in 2009, and then the first full year of the Tour in 2010, as the #Sapinus Pro was born. Euro Tour St Ives, Cornwall SUPboarder - Here in the UK we are accustomed to seeing epic races and paddle downwinders held in exotic locations around the world, always held in seemingly perfect conditions. The first Scottish SUP Touring Club get together SUPboarder - Hot on the heels of the successful gathering of Scottish SUP surfers at Belhaven Bay early May the touring fraternity recently held their inaugral meeting on the Bonnie Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond . The Power of Rivers in Whose Hands International Rivers - At the World Hydropower Congress in Beijing, the Nature Conservancy released a report entitled The Power of Rivers. The report analyzes how dam construction can be optimized so that power generation can be increased with the lowest possible environmental impacts. Great News From Portside Newyork Frogma - It's been a long wait, but after a long sojourn at a freight terminal where TWIC regulations meant limited access, tanker Mary A. Whalen will be moving to a new long-term, publicly accessible home at Pier 11 Atlantic Basin. There and Back Again Jackson Kayak - One of the great things about kayak fishing is the ability to get to hidden fishing spots that are not accessible by other boats. Whether it's a secluded pond, an untouched section of river, or a saltwater flat surrounded by oyster beds, sometime a kayak is the only way to get on that water. ASTRAL Hires David Garringer as West Coast Sales Rep Astral Currently - ASTRAL, designers of outdoor performance footwear and best in class PFDs, is proud to announce their partnership with west coast Sales Representative David Garringer. Answering the demand for more ASTRAL products in west coast retailers, Garringer will represent the brand in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. New Details in Kayak Murder Case Canoe Kayak - Prosecutors released new details of an alleged kayaking murder plot today, charging that Angelika Graswald, 35, pushed a paddle away from fiance Vincent Viafore, 46, as he struggled in the frigid waters of the Hudson River last month. Viafore's body was found Saturday near West Point, not far from where he disappeared on the evening of April 19. Review – Immersion Research K2 Thermals Lee Royle - I have been using an IR K2 onesie thermal for a while now, after having the IR Union Suit before. Paddling, Trekking and Quaking in Nepal, April 2015 Kokatat Blog - Kokatat Ambassadors Charlie and Jenny MacArthur were in Nepal this spring during the devastating earthquake that claimed more than 8000 lives and left thousands of others injured. Many kayakers have visited this magical country but few get the chance to really give back.

Featured Jackson Kayak New Rock Star Promises Unbeatable Combo of Winning Freestyle Features - Just in time for the World's, Jackson Kayak raised the bar with the release of the next generation Rock Star.

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