From San Diego to Carolina to France, It’s the First Big Weekend of the Year

Playak News Flash - January 23, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines From San Diego to Carolina to France, It's the First Big Weekend of the Year SUPracer - Well so much for the off season. Just like that, the SUP racing calendar has fired back up, with this weekend playing host to three great races across three different time zones. Larry Cain and The Mullet Get Ready to Launch Paddle Monster SUPracer - One of the best coaches in the sport has teamed up with one of the best websites to produce a very cool new offering. Larry Cain and Distressed Mullet have just announced Paddle Monster , a members-only SUP race training site that'll be launching in April. Think of it as your virtual SUP gym. Word on The Water Where Will Sup Be in 5 Years? SUP Magazine - Word on the Water is our chance to pick the brains of the SUP community for insight on the state of SUP—past, present and future. Can I Surf That Now on Vimeo Ondemand Brittany Parker - Last year we made a film called Can I Surf That. Myself and three other ladies traveled all across the country in search of the perfect river wave. We found some amazing waves but we found a community that is so strong and passionate that we came away from it with so much more than a few good surfs. This film is one of a kind and only the beginning of our journey. Sometimes You Just Need to Go After It. PaddleFit - Sometimes you just need to go after it. Hyperlite Mountain Gear wins 2016 American Made Outdoor Gear Award Kokatat Blog - Lizzy Scully, Marketing Manager at Hyperlite Mountain Gear accepting the Sassy Award from Jeff Turner, Kokatat Sales & Marketing Manager. Hyperlite Mountain Gear was named the overall winner of the fourth-annual American Made Outdoor Gear Award.  The award was announced during a ceremony at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, UT. Filming The Revenant'S Whitewater Scenes Canoe Kayak - The Revenant has been nominated for a dozen Oscars at next month's Academy Awards, including best picture and best cinematography. Paddlers who've seen the film might recognize a few of those cinematic scenes were shot on Montana's Kootenai River. Irish Waterwoman Doctor on Sup'S Life Lessons Standup Journal - What standup paddleboarding has taught me so far Katie McAnena is a 29 year old Irish water-woman who competes Internationally and Nationally in SUP Surfing, SUP racing, Windsurfing and surfing whilst working as a full-time doctor. . Astral Appoints Bryan Owen as Sales Manager Astral Currently - stral is excited to name Bryan Owen as National Sales Manager. Owen, who has been with the company for 9 years, most recently in the role as Brand Manager, will directly manage Astral's growing team of independent and in-house sales reps. Paddlers vs. Nestle in the Columbia River Gorge Canoe Kayak - It's easy for paddlers get riled up about environmental issues that are directly related to river access and boatable flows—environmental issues that affect us directly as a group of outdoor enthusiasts. Why, then, is one local paddler so concerned about a proposed bottled water plant that will affect 0.5 CFS of a spring that will not directly affect paddlers in any easily measurable way? Open Water Hazard Kayaking the Mobile - Tensaw River Delta - Saw this freak 2-3 foot wave moving across Mobile Bay last week. There was not a single ship visible on the horizon. Freak waves like this is one reason why when on open waters that (sit-in) kayakers wear their spray skirt, even if the waters are calm. My Top 5 Bass Fishing Lures of 2015 Jackson Kayak - In 2015 I spent time fishing new bodies of water around the South. In my travels, I ran across lures that worked effectively no matter what water type I was fishing and no matter what species of bass I was targeting.   8th Annual Cold Stroke Classic Draws Top Standup Paddle Competition to Wrightsville Beach Standup Journal - Pig pickin' and family festival welcomes paddlers the Friday night before the race at the Eastwood Road Coastal Urge location. Hydropower Legislation Would Roll Back Decades of Progress American Rivers - In 1963, a group of concerned citizens in Cornwall, New York challenged plans to build a hydroelectric project on the Hudson River, citing concerns about water quality and supply, local fisheries, and the potential scenic blight of a pump storage facility on nearby Storm King Mountain. Dreams of The Big Island SUP Magazine - Yesterday we brought you a time-lapse edit  of paddling in the Bahamas. Today we swing to the other side of the pendulum with a slowed-motion SUP surf session on Hawaii's Big Island.

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