Wisconsin’S Bois Brule River ~ Everglades National Park, Florida

Playak News Flash - July 4, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Wisconsin'S Bois Brule River canoeing.com - The Bois Brule in northwestern Wisconsin is world-famous amongst paddlers for the magical upper river which flows through secluded woodsy bogs, and then turns into a fun whitewater playground. Everglades National Park, Florida Canoe Kayak - No introduction is needed for this sprawling park at the tip of Florida-it is one of the flattest, most visited, most studied, most threatened units in the National Park system. What is not so well-known, however, is that the park has marked a 99-mile inside water route, from Everglades City, in the northwest Everglades, to Flamingo, in the southern reaches of the National Park land mass. Kai Lenny, Stand Up Paddle Super Hero SUPfm - Kai is a down to earth guy despite growing up at the centre of the surfing world at his home in Hawaii. All the greats, Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Robby Naish would stop by his house on a Friday for a barbecue with his dad. One day (when he was 16 years old) they invited him to foil surf at Jaws. Saving The White Nile River Kokatat Blog - My good friend, Jessie Stone recently asked me to come back to the White Nile and make a short film about the latest dam project there. TV2 Norway – Kayaking Accident Story unsponsored - In July 2014 Josh Neilson was kayaking with friends in Norway near Sjoa. After 5 of his crew paddled 'Matzes Drop' it was his turn. After a good entry the nose of his kayak was thrust into the air and caused him to fly through the air and land at the bottom in an undesirable way. At the moment of impact he broke his back and had to be flown to Lillehammer hospital and then on to Elverum for surgery. One year of rehab later and he returns to Voss in Norway for Ekstremsportveko and to go kayaking. When Friends Come to Town - Kayaking Caspar Bryant Burkhardt - One of the dangers of living on such a beautiful coast is that you start to take it for granted. It's easy to sit at work watching waves crash over the rocks and think that it's nice but feel no urgency to rush out and experience it directly. Breathing KayakQuixotica - Sue and I often say, This isn't our first rodeo.I'm sure that doesn't sound romantic, but it's true, honest and practical. We both realized that just because you make a big deal about your wedding or spend yourself into the ground, it doesn't mean it will last. Race The Lake: Danny Ching, Annabel Anderson And The Entire Sport Triumph At Tahoe SUPracer - Last weekend saw one of the biggest and most beloved races in America light up South Lake Tahoe: The 2015 edition of Race The Lake of the Sky. With Apologies SUPracer - It appears SUP Racer has been on a bit of a break the past few weeks, however today the site will begin to resume its job of keeping you updated with the world of stand up paddle racing. 8 more swampy kayaking getaways Canoe Kayak - Not every swamp can be a world famous primordial paddling destination such as the Everglades or the Great Dismal Swamp, but these eight swamp paddling getaways are certainly worth a trip (and may be less crowded than more famous swamps). Some Physiology: Preload, Mitochondria and Endurance Elder SUP - Like most of you I don't have time this week (or many weeks) to put in the miles of training that could definitely build my endurance. I understand the correlation between heart rate (and the underlying volume and force of blood flow) and endurance training. During the next 8 weeks before the Colombia Gorge Paddle Challenge (8 miles down wind and a 5 mile course race) training I hope to enhance additional variables the preload and mitochondria. Stoked to Be on Team Jackson Jackson Kayak - Yes! I'm so stoked to be on the Jackson kayak fishing team and humbled to be included with some of my best friends. And with a company that's made a big impact on the kayak fishing world, as Bogie once said "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. U.S. Coast Guard Commends ACA Instructor for Kayak Safety Program ACA - Jane Bales is an ACA member, Coast Guard Auxiliarist, ACA Certified Kayak and SUP Instructor, Organizer of the Greater Albuquerque/Santa Fe Kayak Meet Up, and Co-Founder of Kayak New Mexico, Inc (a non profit organization building courage, confidence, and character, one stroke at a time, through adaptive kayaking programs for children and adults with developmental or physical disabilities or life-threatening medical conditions). An undertaker riding a coffin Misc. - A strange figure has been haunting a lake in the misty capital of Australia. On Thursday morning, freaked out residents noticed a man dressed as an undertaker using a coffin for a stand-up paddle boarding on the waters of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. Another Wall of Injustice International Rivers - In January this year, the Thoubal River was impeded by the Mapithel Dam. In the pipeline since the 1980s, the commissioning of the dam meant that the backwater reservoir slowly began to rise, fill and spread, even though resettlement had not been completed.

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