Sawyer Venom WW SUP Paddle review ~ Motorized Big Rig part 1.

Playak News Flash - August 22, 2015
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News Watch Headlines Sawyer Venom WW SUP Paddle review playak.net - The Venom is not only a beautiful paddle, its functional, durable and stable. I have tried many different blade designs and materials for whitewater over the years. As a kayaker I love my AT paddle with the Dynel edging. Sawyer has brought that material to SUP. Its tougher than Kevlar and makes it virtually impossible to wear down the edges on your paddle blade. Sup, Foraging and Wild Camping A Weekend with 2 British Adventurers SUPboarder - There are so many great things to do with a SUP during summer. But few things will beat the feeling of a wild SUP camping and exploratory weekend. Recently a group of novice paddlers went on a wild camping and foraging weekend on the Cornish coast with two well known adventures Dave Cornthwaite and Ian Prickett. Motorized Big Rig part 1. Jackson Kayak - Johan Lindqvist faces difficult conditions in his home country, lots of wind and waves make kayak fishing very challenging. He decided to pimp his Big Rig using the Minn Kota Powerdrive V2 motor… a GPS controlled unit. Nicaragua Sup 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.  Core Exercises for Paddlers, Part II Canoe Kayak - The torso is the paddler's powerhouse. It's where we get our "oomph" to boof, sweep, and forward paddle our way through the biggest of rapids. It protects our spine and gives us the support to paddle long distances. Here are some paddling-specific core exercises to keep your powerhouse strong... The Head Game Jackson Kayak - Have you ever had a day on the river where everything went you way? Every boof was styled, every eddy was caught perfectly, and hard lines were run flawlessly. Now on the flipside, who has had a day on the water where you wonder why you even kayak? Animas River Reopens After Gold King Mine Spill Canoe Kayak - There is great news for the paddler community, remember last week we heard news that Animus river is closed because toxics polluted water. Now EPA declared that toxic levels in the river have come to normal "pre-incident" levels, so the river is open again for SUPers, rafters, paddlers and all the rafters are back to business. Well, this teaches us the importance of our waters and should encourage us to steward our environment!! Stand Up Paddle Surfing Nicaragua with Boardworks Canada California SUP - Our good friend from our motherland and Boardworks Canada ambassador, Josh Gordon put together a flick from his last SUP trip to Nicaragua with his buddies. Worldphotographyday GRG Blog - As today is worldphotographyday, we've been looking through some of our old photos and thought we would share a few of our favorites. No matter what you do, or where you go in Nepal, there is a photo ready to be taken, it is literally a photographers dream. Fiona Wylde and Werner Paddles Host Paddle with The Pros' in Hood River SUPracer - Last weekend Fiona Wylde, Werner Paddles and Big Winds hosted the first ever Paddle With The Pros session in Hood River, with the aim of getting more paddlers out on the water and sharing the stoke of stand up. Colorado 2015 – Part I Browns Canyon and Clear Creek Team Pyranha - This year's trip out west began like they all do, with a long drive through the night, across the flat plains in the middle of the country. With a dismal snow pack in the PNW and California, our sights were set on Colorado again this year. Vincent Verhoeven Wins The Latest Downwind Race In France SUPracer - Vincent Verhoeven has just taken out the latest race in France, claiming the 16km (10 mile) downwinder on the weekend. Held in Morbian, a region in the northwest province of Brittany that's home to a good chunk of France's top paddlers, Vincent ran away in the light bumps to claim victory after 1 hour 35 minutes. A Glimpse of Fall 2015 digital issue of RAPID magazine Rapid Magazine Blog -  The Fall 2015 digital issue of RAPID magazine has all the whitewater content you crave—incredible whitewater photography, boat tests, gear reviews, play park destinations, profiles of your favorite athletes and more—from the print newsstand edition, as well as additional exclusive content, extra… A smal tale in the vacininty of the Kyle Tony Paradise - On Saturday past a group of nine of us drove the 50 minutes from St John's to Harbour Grace to paddle along a new coast for us. We put in near the former coastal boat the Kyle. The community of Harbour Grace stretches out along both sides of the harbour. The houses thin out along the south side so we chose that side to paddle out. Soul – Kayaks unsponsored - Corran Addison's new venture Soul is well underway with a number of new boat designs in the making. The first two are the Rookie and Supersick.

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