Ashlu Box Canyon ~ Canoe Buying Tips: Choosing the Best Material

Playak News Flash - September 6, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.

Featured LXV Outdoor unveils plethora of new products, including new brands and boards at Surf Expo - Fish Stalker launches with ThermoSup and inflatable boards, Jack Pine uses a patented construction process. Visit us at booth #2642 Ashlu Box Canyon Palm Blogs - This year instead of going to Norway for the Northern Hemisphere summer Jordie and I decided to change it up a little and travel to Canada for a working holiday. Canoe Buying Tips: Choosing the Best Material Canoe Roots - The material a canoe is made of affects performance, durability, weight, aesthetics and price. Choosing a canoe is a matter of weighing the pros and cons. When considering price think long-term investment. The canoe you buy today may last a hundred years. Read on to know about how canoes of different materials are their pros and cons. You have canoes of wood, composite, aluminium, plastic soft shells you can procure from market. Big Wave Shrimp Truck (Pt. 9) Pau Hana - SUP shaper Todd Caranto stops for lunch in Haleiwa at Big Wave Shrimp Truck to enjoy some of the best garlic shrimp on the North Shore at Big Wave Shrimp Truck. Gear Preview: Kokatat's Meridian Drysuit Canoe Roots - No canoeist plans to end up in the water, yet every spring and fall we read countless stories from across North America about unprepared paddlers who capsize and drown. Your ability to survive in cold water depends entirely on how well you prepare. An approved PFD is only one part of your safety system for cold weather paddling. Canoeing the Yukon River with Ian Finch : TPZ 129 The Pursuit Zone - After 68 days and 3200 km by canoe, Ian Finch and team completed their Pull of the North expedition a source to Bering Sea descent of the Yukon River. 5 Best Kayak GPS Reviews 2016 – Buying Guide Kayak Base - If you are kayaking on a remote area or you are just new to the place, a kayak GPS would be very helpful on such occasions.Even though I am well aware of the places I visit, I always bring a kayak GPS to face such accidents. So if anyhow I forget the way back to home, I will just open the GPS system and get back easily. Sometimes I mark my favorite fishing spots on the GPS, so I can always come back later to the same place to stow the biggest fish on my kayak catch cooler. Inflatable SUP Designer Pushes Price Point & Performance With New Rival Line SUP Connect - Hala Gear, the gold standard in inflatable standup paddleboard design and performance, is hitting this year's Surf Expo with a slew of new innovations, including its new price-point-friendly Rival line and patent-pending Hybrid Inflatable Carbon™ Technology that achieves 300% more rigidity than other boards. Jimmy Lewis Explains Sandwich Construction In Stand Up Paddle Boards SUP Connect - Ever wonder what your stand up paddle boards are made of? Here, Jimmy Lewis of Jimmy Lewis SUP talks about different kinds of construction used in the stand up paddle industry and demonstrates the strengths of each type of construction. Assabet's Lilttle Brown Jug Trash Paddler - The brief bump-up in water level the Assabet River received a week or two ago is long gone as can be seen in the photo at left.  The Egg Rock inscription now has a green lawn at its base. Waikiki SUP Yoga Session (Pt. 6) Boarding Pass | Oahu, HI Excursion Pau Hana - For a wilderness paddling experience and healthy dose of nature, we drive up the North Shore and inland to access one of 70 entry points to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).Located in the Superior National Forest, the BWCAW is about 1.1 million acres of federally-protected wilderness stretching nearly 150 miles along the Canadian border. Outdoor enthusiasts can paddle more than 1,200 miles of canoe routes, and explore 11 hiking trails and countless portage trails. Land paddle: Pump it up! – Lush Longboard Legend X-Flex Pro board review SUP Mag UK - With styling reminiscent of a 50s California woody pick up truck Lush Longboards' Legend X-Flex Pro longboard skater isn't a specific land paddle deck. But with its flex characteristics, wider profile and carving/cruising attributes it should fit the bill perfectly. Doctors Say Ditch The Medication, Take Up SUP supboardguide.com - Whenever I feel blue, the first thing I do is reach out for my SUP and head out to the nearest beach. Within no time, I start to feel better. SUP: Affordable racing – Fatstick 12.6ft x 28" and 14ft x 28" race SUP comparison review SUP Mag UK - As SUP racing's popularity continues to increase we have two boards under the microscope for this particular comparison test – 12.6ft x 28" x 243L and 14ft x 28" x 267L Fatstick Race. We delve deep to see what you get from the cost effective end of the market and how these two shapes stack up against one another. After all, from previous experience, we know boards aren't simply scaled up or down versions of the same design… Gear Review: Virus Aquatic Performance V2 Airprene Compression Tech Shorts Distressed Mullet - I'm guessing the folks at Virus might have heard about my OC wardrobe malfunction of late. 'Cause not too long after that rather gripping experience, these shorts arrived in the mail for me to test.

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