Awesome Drone Footage From The City Surf Series in New Zealand

Playak News Flash - March 24, 2016
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News Watch Headlines Awesome Drone Footage From The City Surf Series in New Zealand SUPracer - To prove once and for all that everything looks better from above, sit back and enjoy this great little clip from last week's City Surf Series race in Auckland, New Zealand. 30th Annual Santa Cruz Paddlefest Highlights SUP Magazine - Santa Cruz Paddlefest celebrated it's 30th anniversary this past weekend and as expected, the event was a success. The usual suspects battled it out in both SUP surf and race events that culminated in Mo Freitas and Giorgio Gomez taking King of the Lane titles, while Fiona Wylde and Kaili'a Alexiou became Queens. How to Deflate and Roll Up an Inflatable SUP SUP Examiner - The popularity of inflatables continues to experience widespread growth throughout the paddling community and for good reason. Inflatable SUPs are compact, easy to store and to transport. Job Opportunity: Isle Is Hiring a Warehouse Supervisor Isle Surf and SUP - Looking to be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in San Diego? Here at Isle we're looking for an experienced Warehouse Supervisor to help continue our success and growth. New Storage Projects Threaten California Rivers Am. Whitewater - California is emerging from a multi-year drought and it is no surprise that there are many new water storage proposals to consider throughout the state. These proposals include increasing ground water storage, building new dams and raising existing dams. Not all water storage projects are created equal. Katayoon Continues to Inspire Women Around The World World Paddle Awards - Inaugural Foundation award winner and member of WPA academy Katayoon Ashraf was bestowed with the honour of presenting Martin Dreyer with the Foundation Award at the World Paddle Awards Ceremony near Barcelona earlier this month. Power Surfing In Hawaii With Izzi Gomez SUP Connect - 2x SUP surfing World Champion and Starboard SUP athlete Izzi Gomez has been spending a good amount of time in the Hawaiian Islands enjoying the surf, sand and sun and she's definitely stepping up her surfing game and is surfing better than we've ever seen. Chasing Crappie from a Kayak Jackson Kayak - As is usually the case bass get a lot of the ink when it comes to fishing from any water craft including a kayak. For a lot of fun and food turn the conversation to paddling and chasing crappies. APE's Swiftwater Rescue Refresher Course worldkayak - Whitewater enthusiasts participate in hazardous activities in wilderness environments. Are you prepared to rescue yourself or your best paddling friend? Are they prepared to rescue you? Help in many cases may not be immediately available, and might be hours, not minutes away. If you've already had the Basic Swiftwater Rescue Class and are looking to tune up the skills that will help keep you and those you care about safe this is your chance. Santa Cruz Paddlefest When The Heat Is On Canoe Kayak - Truth of it can be located just about any place in the course of human affairs, but is especially easy to find at any affair we try to conduct upon the open sea. Among those, it becomes most readily apparent at a surfing contest. Taylor Reels Revolution Kayak Angler Magazine - While many of our readers are spin or conventional fishermen, every once in a while I stick to my personal vendetta of getting more anglers fly fishing from a kayak. When a new piece of gear comes out that looks as gorgeous and performs as well as designed like the Taylor Reels Revolution, $339, that gets even easier. Alaskan Glass Getting Bore'D of The Tide on Turnagain Arm SUP Magazine - A wiser man once said, If you're bored, you're boring. That man probably wasn't a standup paddleboarder, and most likely never SUP surfed a tidal bore. His axiom becomes a pun in this case, ironic against the invaluable experience of standing on a paddleboard next to two good pals, riding the smiling lips of an outcast, Alaskan swell, the lucky man who bears witness to one of nature's most ephemeral phenomena. Camping'S Adventurous SUP Angle Hobie - A SUP outing doesn't have to end when night falls. If you are Hobie SUP Ambassadors Suzi and Nate Parmentier and friends, you bring a tent and make an adventurous weekend of it. Big Winds – Hood River, Oregon SUP Examiner - Located approximately 60 miles east of Portland at the heart of the world famous Columbia River Gorge in the City of Hood River, Big Winds is aptly named for the strong winds known to rush through the gorge and create some of the most highly sought after downwind paddling conditions outside of Hawaii. Getting Back Your Mojo Jackson Kayak - For a while now I have been stuck in a paddling rut. I had lost the fun factor, the get out and paddle no matter what factor, the feeling good about my paddling factor.

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