Cheering The Chicks on and Watching Them Crushing It ~ Gopro Hero 4 Black

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The world's top paddling links in week 41, 2015.

News Watch 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. The Many Faults of El Quimbo Dam International Rivers - In June of this year, dam builders began filling the reservoir behind El Quimbo Dam in Colombia. But is it safe? Construction on El Quimbo Dam, located in the Huila Department on Colombia's Magdalena River, first started in 2011. A Paddling Prisoner in Bali SUP Magazine - Life is beautiful. But it can also be unfair. And it can be especially difficult if you were born in certain places in the world. In late 2014, gifted Indonesian paddler Ben Panangian who helped our own Sam George during his 2013 Bali trip that was featured in SUP magazine was sentenced to 10 months in Bali prison for possession of eight grams of marijuana. Pack Cloth & Tumpline - Part 2 Paddle Making - After posting about my interest in attempting the old school pack cloth technique I got to work using some of the material I have on hand. Tadoussac Whale Adventures The Art of Patience and Keeping Warm Kokatat Blog - About 25 years ago I took a handful of paddlers up North along the St. Lawrence Seaway to paddle the Magpie River. 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. Gopro Hero 4 Black Rapid Magazine Blog - When GoPro came out with their Hero4, the action sports world practically fainted with excitement. Promising cinema-quality video and a plethora of creative mounting options, the Hero4 can turn any kayaker into a filmmaker overnight. Kayak Changing Rooms — Now PaddlingLight - One of the hassles of kayaking involves changing into paddling clothing at the boat ramp. Quickblade Presents SUP Racer's Coverage Of The Pacific Paddle Games SUPracer - The countdown to Doheny is on. Over the past few days, paddlers from across the country and around the world have been descending on Southern California for the last major race of the season. Gauley Festival Kokatat Blog - Gauley Festival is one of my favorite annual events held on the famous Gauley River in West Virginia. It is a high volume, dam release river that flows on schedule in the fall. 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. Slingshot's New Crossbreed Airtech Inflatable Sup Standup Journal - Unpack, pump-up, hop on and have fun: riders will love the quick and easy setup of Slingshot's line of inflatable boards, and the convenience of a full-size, full-performance SUP that fits into a backpack. Team Quickblade Previews The Pacific Paddle Games SUPracer - Less than 72 hours til the biggest race of the year, the Pacific Paddle Games. I get the feeling this event is going to elevate the stand up paddling world to a new level, and while this is the inaugural edition of the PPGs, the race is happening at the spiritual home of SUP racing, Doheny State Beach in Dana Point California, the place it all began way back in 2008. Rekindling the love for whitewater kayaking... Level 6 - Here is someone who got busy with life and left his passion for whitewater kayaking for 3 years. This year he comes back into whitewater kayaking on the Nantahala Cascades. This is a great place to hone one's whitewater kayaking skills and enjoy amazing whitewater runs here, like this guy here with his kayaking buddies, some old, some new Losing to a Twelve Year Old Is Pretty Rewarding Chris Baer - Holden Bradford and Chris Baer making there way through the Pine Creek Hydraulic Smack in the middle of Colorado, surrounded by numerous 14,000 foot peaks, lies the Arkansas River.

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in October 1. Izzi Gomez 2. Kai Lenny 3. Candice Appleby Forums Dagger Jitsu Foot Foam Set up (Whitewater) Videos Plattling with high water (cony) Drew Gregory, host of Hooked on Wild Waters, reviews his Kokatat base layers (martakokatatcom) Odachi_web Florida Sky Dive (IanL) Players row kayaks in a river in Czechoslovakia. HD Stock Footage (editorpn) Upcoming Delmarva Paddlers' Retreat US, DE, , Oct 8 - Oct 11 USACK Slalom Nationals US, NC, , Oct 9 - Oct 11 Maraamu Surfski Race French Polynesia, Tahiti, Oct 9 - Oct 11 Cesky Krumlov River Marathon Czech Republic, Cesky Krumlov, Oct 9 - Oct 10 Kayak Fishing Boondoggle US, LA, Mandeville, Oct 9 - Oct 12

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