Kickstarter for New Oru Coast Folding Expedition Kayak ~ Favourite Moments

Playak News Flash - May 21, 2015
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News Watch Headlines Kickstarter for New Oru Coast Folding Expedition Kayak Canoe Kayak - Oru Kayak, which introduced its original 12-foot 'origami kayak' in 2012 with the most successful Kickstarter campaign in paddling history, is at it again.This morning the company opened a new Kickstarter campaign with a pair of 16-foot models aimed at serious sea kayakers, the Oru Coast and Oru Coast+. The Coast weighs 31 pounds, and the Coast+ 34 pounds. Both fold into the now-familiar suitcase configuration. When stowed, the boats look like a large artist's portfolio. Rogue Recap: Relive Every Day Of The ISA Worlds In Just 17 Minutes SUPracer - After an amazing week of paddling festivities, competitors and the assembled entourage have started departing beautiful Sayulita, Mexico. A Look Back at the 2015 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship SUP Magazine - Welcome to Sayulita, a tiny Mexican town on the Pacific where fish become tacos and nations become champions. Sayulita is home to a quiet 5,000 residents, and for one week of the year, it's also home the 2015 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship the competition for the best nation in SUP. During that week, 27 nations converged to compete in four definitive disciplines of the sport long distance racing, SUP surfing, technical racing and team relays. It's a monumental occasion, almost like SUP's very own Olympics. Palm Torrent Drysuit (2014) Lee Royle - I bought a Torrent suit to take to Norway, as I'd recently sold my Typhoon drysuit as it was getting a bit old. Turns out that was a big mistake. Seaway Valley Wk and Crew Httd 1 worldkayak blogs - Valleyfield, Quebec. Twas a warm Sunday morn. and all through the house not creature was stirring not even a why ? cause everyone was heading down to the river banks on the Riviere St-Charles with the gang from CReW and the CEEVV. 14th annual retreat A whole bunch of Ing's -  Imagine a tiny village full of people sharing interest in paddle sport. Every driveway adorned with canoes and kayaks. Drysuits and wet gear; hung haphazardly along each cabin's vestibule. Envision a friendly chat awaiting at each cabin's porch; usually with a few choices of poison flowing in the down time. Our dozen or so cabins nestled just on the edge of Terra nova National park transformed into this idyllic paddle community for the 14th annual retreat. Worm bite for River Bassin Tournament Crawfordville, Florida Jackson Kayak - Crawfordville, Florida is the first tournament destination on the 2015 River Bassin Tournament Trail. The plan is to paddle up river and float back down. Favourite Moments Waterman League - The SUWT heads back to #Tahiti for Stop2 of the World Tour as the world's best riders look to compete for the 2015 SapinusPro Title. With just over a week to go the SUWT has trawled through the photo archive and selected some of best standout moments from this historic stop. U19 Slovak Rafters competing at ERC 2015 International Rafting Federation - ​The U19 Slovak Men's team had their first big event at their home ground at the 2014 Euro Champs (R4 category), on the fantastic Čunovo course, where they won the silver in Slalom. Later that year, at the WRC R4 Brazil, they won 3rd place in the Slalom and 3rd Overall. A fantastic achievement for these young men. This young team will represent their country in Bosnia at the 2015 Euro Rafting Champs (ERC). Here it from the coach of the team here. Seven Countries Contested Slalom Ranking Race ICF - The second ICF Ranking race of the season 2015 in Slovenia was held in Ljubljana - Tacen. The well known course with famous dam welcomed athletes from seven countries. The race was important for all Slovenian and Italian paddlers who had selection races during the weekend and were especially motivated to perform well on the Sava River. Slovenians took wins in all categories but one. Devil In The Details Rapid Magazine Blog - I got a good scare last fall on a late October multi-day trip when a loaded oar rig flipped and not everyone came out from underneath it. Cedar River Corridor Plan Opportunity for Public Input (Wa) Am. Whitewater - Please save the date of Monday, June 15th, from 5:30-8:00 PM for a Cedar River Recreation Workshop. King County is developing the Cedar River Corridor Plan to address multiple objectives related to floodplain management and salmon recovery including consideration of impacts and opportunities for recreation in the corridor. Naish One Design racing is looking good for 2015 SUPboarder - We've all seen SUP racers lining up on the start line waiting for the horn to go. And it's always a colourful and impressive site at any large race, with so many different styles and makes of boards. But this year the UK SUP race series saw something very different and something very yellow. The Naish One Design board. Sea Kayaking–At Last Adrian Tregoning - Ok, so in the last two years I've been exceptionally quiet on posting any articles. It's quite amazing considering the "excellent track record" I previously had. There are many reasons which I won't bore you with, but if you're curious I did post an article why I gave up sponsorship which you'll find under articles. World of Champions - training tips by Dennis Newton Kokatat Blog - Great to be on the Kokatat team again this year - continuing to utilize their great range of white water kit on my adventures. As you may know the World Freestyle Championships are being held this year, which often equates to my year being more orientated to freestyle training (as I work with athletes from all over the world), and this year is proving to be no exception. It got off to an amazing start...

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