The Making of PuescoFest 2015 ~ Risk ~ Taking the Lead

Playak News Flash - November 15, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines The Making of PuescoFest 2015 NRS Duct Tape Diaries - In 2014 PuescoFest brought together more than 1,000 people to celebrate free-flowing rivers in the Puesco Valley of Chile. With hopes of tripling attendance at this year's festival, event organizer, LJ Groth, delves into the important movements behind this awesome event. Checking out the rapids in The North off the Fish river Team Pyranha - Two years ago we attended our first Yampa river festival and fell in love with the small town of Steamboat, the local river and local kayaking community. Throughout our first visit the local boys had been telling us tall tales of a stretch of river located just out of town called the North fork of the Fish. This year we made a special effort to see whether the stories of amazing rapids hidden in a gorge chocked full of strainers and siphons was true. 4 Things We Could Learn From Bass Pros (And 2 Things We Shouldn't) Kayak Angler Magazine - Since signing on with Kayak Angler, I've been fortunate enough to have the chance to fish with a few different bass fishing pros around the country. Every time I fish with these professional anglers, I always learn something, whether that's a different tactic, a new knot or style of rigging, or what it's like to drive all over the country in your truck. Below I've listed a few of the most important things that I've learned behind enemy lines in the bass boat world... Infinity SUP Unveils SUPspenssion Construction SUP Examiner - Infinity SUP Always innovating to stay ahead of the curve, Southern California's Infinity SUP has taken the lid off their latest technological development for the world of SUP Surfing. Risk Kokatat Blog - We don't ever exactly get it right. We always try to explain risk as a standalone trait of adventure athletes, as if it is unique to us. Taking the Lead Jackson Kayak - If you want to do any sport better you usually want to do it with someone who is better than you, right? They push you, show you a better way to deal with a crux move, make you a better whatever you are trying to be. But what if it turns out that boating with people less skilled than you has the potential to make you a better boater as well? French Docs Prescribe Sup Instead of Pills SUP Athletes Association - SUP can be a great tool to heal the mind and body. Any paddler will tell you this, and now if you live in the French Oceanside town of Biarritz, a doctor might tell you too. Kokatat Athletes Nominated for National Geographic Adventurers of Year Kokatat Blog - For 11 years, National Geographic has combed the globe to find the Adventurers of the Year, each selected for his or her extraordinary achievement in exploration, adventure sports, conservation, or humanitarianism. The Ultimate Waterman Is Back for 2016 SUPboarder - After the great success of last years The Ultimate Waterman event held in New Zealand the TUW event team have decided to make it bigger and better for 2016. Candice Appleby discussing standup paddleboarding and the youth movement Distressed Mullet - We caught up with Candice Appleby after her distance and technical wins at the Pacific Paddle Games in Dana Point, CA to talk about her success and the youth movement in Standup Paddleboarding. Her message: The most important thing about standup paddling for kids is that standup paddling can't be the most important thing. Kayak Crappie Fishing Jackson Kayak - There are many different ways to target Crappie. Some of my favorites are Dock Shooting, Spider Rigging, and Long line trolling. We utilized all of these techniques in the boat when I was a kid, but until last year, my Crappie fishing out of a kayak had been limited to Dock Shooting and vertical jigging brush with one rod. Both of these are very productive techniques during certain times of the year, but I was missing the ability to really put some fish in the boat when the crappie move out deep or are schooling on the flats. Ocean Paddling: P Is for Power Distressed Mullet - This is a repost from a series written by Katie Elzer-Peters last year on how to paddle in the ocean. Part one of this little series covered the concept of Angle as it relates to Ocean paddling. Read Part One Here. I'm recapping some of the most helpful, important information I learned at Dan Gavere's Intro to Ocean Paddling. Unsponsored Q&A Series – Anna Levesque unsponsored - Anna Levesque from starting off as a kitchen staff at a rafting company took off with her passion for water. She became a raft guide and kayaking safety instructor, an athlete taking part in freestyle and extreme races. Now she is known as the founder/director of Girls at Play , she is a coach in various streams of paddling and yoga. Know more about this inspiring personality in this interview. She believed in following her intuition and pursued what she wanted with discipline and handwork, read on... Kayak Fishing 101: Why We Call It Fishing, Not Catching Austin Kayak - Prior to working at ACK I had no idea kayak fishing was as huge as it was. Since such a large part of my job is researching, talking about, and interacting with kayak anglers it didn't feel right to have never gone out on the water for a kayak fishing session of my own. I set out on a mission to change this immediately. Fortunately, ACK is full of kayak fishing enthusiasts like Ryan Schaper ... I couldn't think of a better person to reach out to and was delighted when he offered to take me kayak fishing the following week. Grom Sup Surfers – The Next Generation SUPboarder - The grom SUP surf side of our sport is growing steadily across the world. From the remote island chains in the Pacific, to the Channel Island of Jersey, kids of all ages are getting into SUP surfing and progressing the sport into the future.

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