Paddle Ecuador with Girls At Play and Endless River Adventures

Playak News Flash - July 20, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Paddle Ecuador with Girls At Play and Endless River Adventures Girls at Play - Former member of the Canadian Freestyle Whitewater Kayak Team and Bronze medalist, Anna Levesque brings over 15 years of experience as an international competitor, instructor and guide. Slater Trout Northern Water Project An Sup Picture Book SUP Magazine - Slater Trout is one ambitious dude. He's spent his young career steadily climbing into the upper echelon of standup paddling, making the podium at the Battle of the Paddle six times (including a second-place finish in 2014), competing for the US team at the ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championships and progressing the sport and image of SUP through free-paddling. Boardworks Shubu Raven Natali Zollinger - At 12 feet 6 inches long and 30 inches wide, the Boardworks Shubu Raven is the perfect All around board. Where Is Your Adventure Taking You This Summer? PaddleFit - Where is your adventure taking you this summer? Nicaragua adventure with the lbs florida crew Coreban - In January 2015 a couple of our LBS crew decided to take a surf trip to Nicaragua, tossing around ideas and locations.  We settled on playa Montelimar, which was an all inclusive resort on the pacific side of Nicaragua, that had its own private break in the backyard. Meet the Nominees: Paddle with Purpose Canoe Kayak - The Paddle with Purpose Award honor a philanthropic organization, team or individual that uses paddling to enrich the lives of others. These are the heroes making the paddle community proud... The Art of Reading Water NRS Duct Tape Diaries - The rapid is Bull Sluice... The river is cold and clear, radiating with hues of emerald green. As it cascades over small drops, ribbons of white bubbles rise from the depths, crashing, colliding, rolling, and toiling about each other before falling off a five-foot ledge into a narrow chute. The resulting froth surges and recedes with no semblance of order or sanity. Then it converges between two boulders and dissipates into a large pool. One-Exercise Workout: Kettlebell Snatch with Olympian Sean Pangelinan SUP Magazine - Fitness magazines are always trying to sell us gimmicky, time saving workouts, but to be real, most of them are just far-fetched and ridiculous. That said, there are certain compound movements that can help develop total-body power in just minutes. For paddling, the kettlebell snatch is king. Outliving It with Adriene Levknecht Confluence - It has been an honor for Dagger to sponsor First Descents for the past 14 years, a non-profit founded by Team Dagger athlete Brad Ludden that offers free kayaking and adventure camps to young adults who are fighting cancer or are cancer survivors. This year, part of Dagger's expanded involvement includes the Outliving It video series featuring the program and its key players. To learn more about the program, watch the first episode here. At Fishing Paddles Those Who Live It Know Confluence - For some anglers, kayak fishing is more than just a weekend pastime. It's what gets you out of bed before the sun rises ready for an adventure, because Only Those Who Live It Know. Relax – a few extra pounds may be a good thing. In your surfski. surfski.info - Among the surf ski community, the common mantra seems to be: buy the lightest boat you can afford! But that may not always a good idea. Arguments have been made that the lightest ski is the fastest ski – and that's essentially true, all else being equal. Unfortunately, all else is not equal. If we all had equally good balance in all skis and all conditions, we could "buy" time reductions in our races by simply buying lighter boats, however this is not the case with many of us, so what is the better option for us...Read on GoPro Hero Session is out and Chuck Patterson is at the Dentist to have it removed Distressed Mullet - Introducing the GoPro HERO4 Session, the smallest, lightest, most convenient GoPro yet. Its rugged, waterproof design eliminates the need for a separate housing, while a single button powers on the camera and starts recording automatically. With 1080p60 video, up to 100 frames per second and 8MP photos, GoPro HERO4 Session delivers the professional image quality that has made GoPro famous. Hydropower Industry Continues to Push Legislation Threatening Your Whitewater Am. Whitewater - If passed, both the Hydropower Regulatory Modernization Act" in the House and Hydropower Improvement Act" in the Senate (S. 1236) would limit the ability of local communities and state and federal agencies to revive rivers impacted by hydropower. Break Down Paddle Guide unsponsored - Answer these two questions…. Can I walk back to my car if I lose my paddle? Do I want to hand paddle, bare handed not with hand paddles, the rest of the run if I lose my paddle? If you answered no to both of these questions you should take a break down paddle with you. So, here are the tips of keeping a reserve paddle for you to use in the eventuality of you losing your paddle but let us hope such things don't happen. 6th Newport SUP Cup To Raise Money for Clean Ocean Access Standup Journal - 6th Annual Newport SUP Cup To Raise Money for Clean Ocean Access; Welcomes over 100 Paddlers to Newport Harbor Newport, Rhode Island–The Newport SUP Cup is a family fun standup paddle race for a great cause based at the historic Newport Shipyard. Paddlers will navigate 3 or 6 mile courses around Goat Island, passing the Newport Harbor Lighthouse, Newport Bridge and other landmarks.

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