Top 10 New Paddling Gear Eye-catchers ~ SUP Yoga Class With Petal Band

Playak News Flash - August 14, 2016
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News Watch Headlines Top 10 New Paddling Gear Eye-catchers Canoe Kayak - C&K Gear Tester Darin McQuoid checks in with the latest and greatest in paddling gear that caught his attention at the 2016 Outdoor Retailer show Chourraut's Gold for Spain One of Many Olympic Paddling Firsts Canoe Kayak - The 2016 Olympics have come to a close for whitewater canoe and kayak slalom. The 794-foot course with 15 feet of drop at the Deodoro X-park shown above from racer perspective dished out plenty of excitement. The wind alone, which never seemed to cease, kept the gates swinging throughout the event and made for an intense competition full of celebration and heartache. SUP Yoga Class With Petal Band Pau Hana - Ever wondered what a stand up paddle board yoga class looks like? Check out what a SUP yoga class looks like on the Pau Hana Lotus Board attached together with the Pau Hana Petal Band at Mother's Beach in Marina Del Rey California on a perfect California summer's day. Video: Hurricane Sojourn 135 Kayak Review Adventure Kayak - The Sojourn's spacious hatches are very easy to pack—ideal for aspirational paddle-campers who don't have teeny-tiny gear or pantries full of dehydrated meals. The hull's moderate V-shape and minimal rocker prioritize tracking and stability. Edging the super-stable Sojourn requires assertive weight transfer, but once seated on its hard chine it turns quickly and feels reassuringly stable. 7 Hot Spots For Paddle Boarding On The USA West Coast SUP Connect - It's safe to say that a major part of the stand up paddle (SUP) industry lies on West Coast of the United States. The West Coast of the U.S. is lit with a vast amount of places to paddle, not to mention that they are drop-dead gorgeous locations to match. Here, we've decided to list seven hot spots along the west coast that are worth a visit Tools for great Kayak Fishing - Bait, Rod etc Jackson Kayak - The lure that changed fishing forever appeared in the late 1940s in Akron Ohio. Nick Creme heated a combination of vinyl, oils and pigments to produce a molded worm that looked and felt soft. 1949 was the official birth year of the plastic worm, they were initially sold by mail in 1951 for $1.00 you got a pack of five. As the story goes the new-fangled fish bait was only colors available in two colors, black and purple. Six inches and straight tails and manufactured for now over six decades. Later other soft plastic worms made their appearance in the aisle of tackle shops and soon at the end of thousands of fishing lines... Pau Hana team's time at Go Pro Mountain Games and Payette River Games Pau Hana - While working on new river prototype boards for the 2016 GoPro games we're reminded of the thrill and adventure from last summer when we traveled to two of the season's biggest competitions, The GoPro Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado and the Payette River Games in little town Cascade, Idaho. In Vail Colorado, after the events are done and the sun sets the small mountain town comes to life as bands take the stage in the center of town and the streets fill with people for epic outdoor concerts. Five Products I'M Most Excited About Brittany Parker - We just got back from Outdoor Retailer! O.R. is a great time to get inspired, reconnect with people, and get excited about new products in the outdoor industry. Jon Turk's New Book Crocodiles and Ice: A Journey into Deep Wild Available for Preorder PaddlingLight - Adventurer and sea kayaker Jon Turk has a new book coming out in September. Amazon is now taking preorders. What's a Buffer and How Will They Help This River? American Rivers - The Merrimack River Watershed Council, along with the Nashua River Watershed Association and the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, has embarked on a three year grant funded project to protect water quality by restoring and protecting riverside buffers. How to turn a Stand Up Paddleboard ? TotalSUP - Thanks to a video of the French brand TRIBORD (you can find the URL at the end of the article), we're going to explain you how to turn with your Stand Up Paddle. There are two famous ways to turn : with your feet (first part of the following video) or with your back foot. Ladies Southeast Paddling Series – Ocoee Girls at Play - The sun was bright at 10:30am. 23 women milled around the Ocoee public takeout in clusters. I kept going around introducing myself with so many new faces. A Still Lower Assabet Trash Paddler - Hardly needed a boat yesterday on the Assabet River between Egg Rock and Spencer Brook.  Could have waded almost all of it.  The photo above is looking downriver towards Willow Island and shows that the channel to the island's right is dry. Congratulations ASI Trainer, Will Anido, Another M2O Down ASI - HAWAII. ASI Master SUP Trainer, Will Anido is just back from competing in the Molokai to Oahu Race on 31 July 2016. He placed 3rd in his division SUP Unlimited Male 40-49 in a time of 5hr 34 mins. Congratulations Will, another great effort . ASI SUP Yoga Instructor Course Hong Kong October 2016 ASI - Enrol for the ASI SUP Instructor course to be conducted on 2-3 October 2016 at Stanley, Kong Kong. The ASI SUP Yoga Instructor course sets the international standard for SUP Yoga. Deliver sessions in protected waters no more than 50 metres from shore.

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