Cheering The Chicks on and Watching Them Crushing It ~ Reel Women Fly Fish

Playak News Flash - October 8, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Cheering The Chicks on and Watching Them Crushing It Palm Blogs - The Adidas Sickline Extreme Champs went off over the weekend! Blue sky covered the Oetztal valley as the small ski town was swamped with the world's finest whitewater, slalom and freestyle paddlers. Kayak Changing Rooms — Now PaddlingLight - One of the hassles of kayaking involves changing into paddling clothing at the boat ramp. Adidas Sickline – The Extreme Kayak World Championship Palm Blogs - For eight years now, the first weekend of October has been Sickline time. The Adidas Sickline race is one of the worlds greatest extreme kayak races and it is named the Extreme Kayak World Championship. This years edition offered something special. For the first time all twenty-five female entry spots have been taken and so the ladies got ranked in their first official World Championship result. Some Friendly Competition River Bassin Trail - After a long and windy day of fishing, first at the coast at dawn for red fish, then on the lake to wash off the salt and search for some big gals, I finally started heading in at sunset. I could see another kayak angler in the distance but couldn't tell who it was through the misty drizzle. Historic Paddle Photo - Ginger Rogers (1938) Paddle Making - Continuing with some vintage pics of celebrities in canoes , here is a shot of Ginger Rogers using a giant looking beaver tail. Best of Georgia- Ohoopee River Canoe Kayak - Georgia's most extensive riverine sandhill formation stretches for 65 miles along the eastern edge of the Ohoopee. Deposited over time by prevailing western winds during the last glacial era, today the dunes host a unique ecosystem that's concentrated upstream along the Little Ohoopee river. The Ohoopee is also recommended for overnight camping trips. Best of Georgia- Toccoa River Canoe Kayak - The Class I-II Toccoa River is recommended for the remote wilderness within the National Forest, for overnight camping trips, and as one of North Georgia's classic whitewater runs for novices. One of Our Aussie Coaches Getting It Done PaddleFit - One of our Aussie coaches getting it done. The Mull of Galloway, Scotland'S Most Southern Coast SeaKayakPhoto.com - From Lunnock Caave  we paddled towards Carrickcarlin Point which lies below the Mull of Galloway lighthouse and its foghorn. Stand Up World Tour Huntington Beach 2015 Coreban - I arrived in California on the 23rd of September after 2 days of aircon, cramped seating and horrible airline food. I was really happy to be in California and to be greeted by what initially looked like 2 Mexicans, but was just team TK, that had been soaking up the hot Californian sun for the last month. 2015 Salt Life CUP Standings World Paddle Association - Only two events remain in the 2015 Salt Life Cup WPA 15 race series with Annabel Anderson and Ryan Helm currently holding the top positions (see attached standings through 9/20/15).  Reel Women Fly Fish NRS Duct Tape Diaries - Moscow, Idaho native and O.A.R.S. guide, Emerald La Fortune, declares fly fishing is for women too. Take Emerald's simple advice on how to include yourself, or female compared, in the art of fly fishing. Catcher Catching Jackson Kayak - As a pitching coach I spend a lot of time and develop great relationships with my catchers as well. I recently had the opportunity to take one of my former catchers fishing before he moved in for his freshman year at Western Carolina University. This is a major transition point in his life and it was fun to share a day with him and catch up on life – from a kayak. Dolphins show up and make the Sunday Peel Bay paddle special Adventurous Experiences - Sundays sea kayaking from Peel was very special. As we were kitting up and unloading boats from the trailer, a rush of excitement began as around 50 Bottlenose dolphins suddenly appeared from the south heading northwards passing just a few metres from the rocks at the entrance to Fenella beach... The Rivers of Scotland SUP Magazine - This is the tentative smile of a man trying something completely new and a little frightening. His cousin-in-law and fixer for our trip to Scotland, Terri Bryce, a spunky, athletic Scotswoman, has the same look. Terri's only been paddling a year but has gone after it hard, racking miles on Scotland's oceans, rivers, lakes and lochs. This stretch of water is a step up in difficulty. And she knows it.

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