New Study: What You Need To Get The Best Workout From SUP

Playak News Flash - July 27, 2016
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News Watch Headlines New Study: What You Need To Get The Best Workout From SUP SUP Connect - Stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) athletes claim the sport provides increased muscle strength, core conditioning, better balance and an excellent cardio workout. But do these claims stand up to scientific scrutiny? To find out, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) commissioned two comprehensive studies at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and University of California, San Diego, providing a thorough examination of the health benefits of this untraditional form of physical activity. A general guide to the Soča River area Simon Wyndham - I will preface this article by saying that this is not the Kayaking Gods guide to the Bovec Soča area in Slovenia. But I hope that it will give some useful information to those who have been thinking of visiting, or are visiting later this year. Neilson SUP Armada Festival Breaks World Record SUP Magazine - Nearly 400 paddlers came together in the UK this past weekend for fun, racing, and claiming a new Guinness World Record. Mellow days in Europe Martina Wegman - Its been a cruisy few weeks after the Slalom World Cups! After the last World Cup in Pau we drove through the night, buzzing off coffee's and Red Bulls and made it in 20 hrs straight back to Prague. American Forests Conservation Spotlight: California's Salmon River First Ascent - The Salmon River project is part of an area that was affected by the Forks Complex, a megafire that burned nearly 37,000 acres within this key watershed that flows in California's Klamath National Forest. This section of Klamath is considered steep and rugged, but it serves as a peaceful recreation spot for outdoor enthusiasts, including kayakers, hikers, mushroom seekers and hunters, among others. There is plan to plant conifer seedlings across the 800 acres, these plantings will provide important watershed protection for tributaries of the Salmon River, Connecticut River Cooldown Trash Paddler - Hoyt's Landing on the Connecticut River in Springfield, Vermont was a popular spot yesterday. High summer had drawn folks to the place for a plethora of reasons. Some attended an outdoor riverside church service as others prepared for a day's fishing, tubing, water-skiing, standup paddle-boarding, canoeing, or kayaking. Still others relaxed in their cars, swam from the shore, or picked berries. One guy actually stood atop the Chesire Bridge's highest girder, silhouetted against nothing but sky, and dropped vertically, feet-first, into the river Humpback Whale Nearly Collides with a Stand Up Paddler TotalSUP - Several Stand Up Paddler had close encounters with whales and got lucky enough to catch it on camera and to end up unarmed. But no paddle boarder has ever captured that kind of encounter so closely and in such high quality, you can even see the fishes escape right before the whales pops out of the water. SUPBroz, the Story of Two Stand Up Brothers TotalSUP - Daniel and Bruno Hasulyo also known as SUPBROz are 2 brothers and out of the ordinary stand up athletes. They were born in Hungary, grew up in Italy and since then never stopped moving around the globe. These two are both incredible Stand Up Paddlers and truly have their own special way to race. Lel Tone Experiences the Aloha of Hawaii in an Undisclosed Island Paradise First Ascent - Eddie Bauer guide Lel Tone heads to the Hawaiian Islands for a bone fishing education and paddle boarding mission to an undisclosed location. Review on SUP carrier system SUPWheels supboardguide.com - One of the products I recently tested is a SUP carrier system called SUPWheels, that allows you to either walk or bike your board to the water. Let me start at the beginning though. Alan, the founder of SUPWheels reached out to me and told me about his product. Alan, the founder of SUPWheels was looking for ways to carry his SUP with just one hand. He combined his processing power with passion for paddle boarding to invent the SUPWheels. We Need Everyone's Help for the Merrimack River Now American Rivers - The Merrimack River has a long relationship with its people. Up to 12,000 years ago, Native Americans relied on the Merrimack for its abundant migratory fish runs. Today, the Merrimack watershed faces new threats. The watershed is largely forested by private land.This area is one of the fastest growing in the state. If the development was thoughtfully planned, it would not be a problem. Unfortunately, the development is largely unregulated and the associated sprawl has become a major issue for the health of the Merrimack watershed. Antarctic season on the Ocean Nova Jamie Garrod - From November to March there is a pilgrimage of roughly 30,000 tourists all heading down to Antarctica one way or another to see what it's like at the end of the world. Fish Hoek's Paddling Brothers Dominate Mocke Paddling - Jasper Mocke led Fish Hoek's band of paddling brothers across the finish line in Friday's Columbia Gorge Downwind Champs. This unique event forms part of the World Surfski Series and is staged on the Columbia River in the water and outdoor sports crazed town of Hood River. The area is renowned amonst windsports such as windsurfing and kiteboarding, and has recently been "discovered" by downwind paddlers. Read on to know what happened in this year's Columbia Gorge Downwind Champs Wet 'N' Dry SUP Club Profile SUP Mag UK - Duncan Slater is one half the organizer of Wet 'N' Dry SUP Club. A relaxed collection of paddlers the east coast based SUP club attracts a regular crew and their Wednesday night get together are popular social gatherings. Eurotour Noli SUP Race 2016 Recap Starboard SUP - Here is a short recap of week #11 on the Eurotour SUP 2016 where we can see the fourth Eurotour victory of 2016 of Leonard Nika in the beautiful coastal city of Noli, Italy.

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