Be a Trash Hero ~ A Paddler'S Paradise at the Outdoor Mix Festival

Playak News Flash - June 13, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Be a Trash Hero Starboard SUP - Award Winning Trash Hero Launches New Bangkok Chapter With Help From Starboard. First 100 entrants receive a Trash Hero drinking bottle and an events T-shirt. Danny Ching, Shae Foudy Win the Tommy Bahama Pier Paddle at Santa Monica SUPracer - Danny Ching has triumphantly returned to the racing scene after a brief hiatus, claiming the Tommy Bahama Paddleboard Race and Ocean Festival at Santa Monica Pier this afternoon after edging out Slater Trout and a whole bunch of world class paddlers. A Paddler'S Paradise at the Outdoor Mix Festival Palm Blogs - I've been on the road for a while now, so it's time for my first report from my 2016 Euro road trip. After long preparations with Zosia for the European Freestyle Championships we decided to take a short holiday from freestyle. That didn't mean that we must stop kayaking and sit on our ass watching TV, no, nothing like that. Our short holiday from freestyle was the European Extreme Kayaking Cup. Paddler Encounters Humpback Whale Pod SUP Magazine - Seeing wildlife while on the water is undoubtedly one of the perks of paddling. Whether it's the birds flying overhead, the fish swimming below, or the occasional marine mammal checking us out there's just something special about paddling amongst wild animals. 2016 Summer Releases Mokelumne River - Electra to Middle Bar (CA) Am. Whitewater - In the settlement negotiations that preceded the 2001 license order for the FERC Mokelumne River Project #137, American Whitewater was satisfied with the recreational flows required for the Electra to Middle Bar reach. California's Finest Set to Do Battle at Santa Monica on Saturday SUPracer - We're certainly in for a big weekend of racing. While the EuroTour continues on to San Sebastian, across the pond we've got one of California's biggest and best events of the year. The Tommy Bahama Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival at Santa Monica Pier aka the Pier Paddle . Midwest Kayak Clinic Circuit Jackson Kayak - I spent 3 glorious weeks in MN, visiting family and instructing kayak courses and clinics. The Midwest kayaking community is something very, very special. Paddlers get amped up during the freezing cold winter months, awaiting the spring run-off to charge hard in their kayaks. Florida'S Space Coast Bote - BOTE Ambassador Sean Strahlo gives us the ins and outs of paddle boarding in his home of Brevard County! Located on the beautiful east coast of Florida, less than an hour drive from Orlando, lies Brevard County, a true standup paddle boarder's paradise. Learning to Fly on a Foilboard while we are waiting for the Stand Up Paddle Foils Blue Planet Surf - The videos Kai Lenny posted of SUP down winding on a foil sparked the imagination of the Stand Up Paddle community. Crossing the Minch - Flat Seas and Foul Tides - Part II Will Herman - Our visitor the previous evening had warned that we might be disturbed in the night by the sound of sea birds - recordings that is, being played to attract further birds to the islands. I was not unduly concerned though speaking with another paddler, who had stayed on the islands some time before, it seems we were lucky, our night far more peaceful than theirs. Surfing With the World's Strongest Man ULI Blog - Surfing the New River Dries reminds me of a grueling gym workout and it's leg day. Fighting eddy fences, boils, a raging current and a bucking wave is just the beginning. A Day in the Life ~ Being Employed at Capital SUP Capital Sup - When people say the phase Sorry, I have to go to work, their smiles turn to frowns and they slowly sulk their shoulders as they apologize to their friends for not being able to hang out.

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