Five tips to up your whitewater game ~ Mass start at King of The Alps

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The world's top paddling news in week 35, 2016.

News Watch Five tips to up your whitewater game Palm Blogs - I see the same things among the people I teach kayaking again and again. Everyone is different and there are different ways to reach your goals, but drill a few things into your paddling and you'll be free to concentrate on that elusive next level. Read this for some tips on how you can up your white water paddling. Mass start at King of The Alps Palm Blogs - When the European Championships finished we moved to Italy. This year we decided to do more whitewater and to compete in Euro Cup in Extreme Kayaking so our next stop was Moos im Pasiert in Italy where we were competing in The King of The Alps. Slave River Paddle Fest 2016 Jackson Kayak - The Slave River in Canada's remote Northwest Territories is most famous for the North West Company's tragic exploration of the area during their fur trading journeys in the 1800s. Photos: Ohio River Paddlefest 2016 Canoe Kayak - There were people with decades of paddling experience as well as those who were renting a canoe for the first time. From homemade cedar-strip canoes to newly purchased kayaks, from custom stand-up paddleboards to dragon boats with crews of over two dozen paddlers, the 2016 Ohio River Paddlefest lived up to is status as arguably the largest paddling event in the U.S. Kypad Keeper Sports - We are happy to announce the licensing agreement between Kypad and Keeper Sports Products, LLC. for Kypad's sweet crossover SUP! Finding the Perfect Backcountry Campsite in Algonquin Park, Canada Canoe Kayak - Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada is a canoe tripper's Shangri-La. Covering an area of 2,946 square miles (7,630 square km), it is a huge park containing over 1,500 lakes and rivers and 1,200 miles (2,000 km) of canoe routes. There are over 1,900 backcountry campsites so deciding where to go can be challenging. Here is what I look for when selecting a site… A Dream Come True AIRE - About Luke Henthorn. Luke is a 15 year old catarafter who lives in Crouch, Idaho. He loves his family and loves whitewater. Luke has just completed his first Top to Bottom NF Payette run in a cataraft. Top competitor Michele Ramazza's experience in the Extreme Kayaking European Cup Michele Ramazza - The first edition of the EKEC Extreme Kayaking European Cup has now finished successfully after the three scheduled events in the cup. All events has seen many participants involved and great atmospheres. All events had different format, Outdoormix was the sum of a long, boaterX and an extreme slalom race, King of the Alps has been the sum of a mass start 25min marathon plus a very hard sprint while Devils Race was the sum of head to head plus a super long mass start marathon. Welcome to the Neighborhood Orion Coolers - Part 1 of this series ended with the four of us settling into our tent on the banks of the Selway River in Idaho. Part 2 picks up there with us beginning our first scouting day with a late morning after sleeping in through a dawn shower. Buying a Fishing Kayak Rod Swan - Before you walk into the shop and buy the cheapest or the flashest kayak on the shelf, I would like to suggest considering a couple things which may effect you being happy with your purchase once you are out on the water trying to catch your chosen fish. Here is a couple questions for you. Kayak Cockpit Placement Rule of Thumb PaddlingLight - If you're working from a set of sea kayaking plans, figuring out the kayak cockpit placement is easy. If the plans didn't include drawings of the cockpit area, finding the best placement becomes a challenge. This is a hurdle I faced when building my Siskiwit Bay and Siskiwit LV designs. After a day or two a research, I ended up coming up with several rule of thumbs for sea kayak cockpit placements. Any homebuilder could use these and come up with a good cockpit placement. Lone Star Kayak Series, Event 3 Jackson Kayak - Saturday, August 20th was Event 3 of the the Lone Star Kayak Series. This is one of the premier events on the upper Texas Coast and consists of 4 events spread out between April and October. Coupling a Boston Valve Adaptor to a TwistLock Valve AirKayaks - Have you ever stumbled across one of those pesky twistlock valves found on some inflatable kayaks, that can't be used with an adaptor? 3 Day Canoe and camping trip with 7 year old son Paddle Making - Happy to report that I finally managed an overnighter with my 7 year old son. He's been comfortable in the canoe for years but only showed interest in camping overnight this summer. Wanted to give him a nice experience for his first trip so planned a 3 day, 2 night simple loop in a familiar area that involved a combination of large lakes, marshy rivers and easy portages. Packed relatively heavy because I wanted him to have some of the comforts for his first time. Our 15' wood canvas Langford Trapper would be the transportation for the trip. Putting Play Into Practice Girls at Play - In early March, I sent Anna Levesque a cold call e-mail asking to get involved in Girls at Play.

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in August 1. Connor Baxter 2. Joseph Clarke 3. Kai Lenny Videos typical day on the course in cunovo (cony) RedBull Heavy Water Course Preview (supzero) The Ultimate Waterman 2016 Preview (LairdHamilton) Bottom SUP (dfusilli) Balls Falls, Cheakamus River, BC Upcoming WaterTribe Minnesota Voyageurs Challenge US, MN, Crane Lake, Aug 26 - Sep 3 Red Bull Heavy Water US, CA, San Francisco, Sep 1 ColoradoRiver100 US, TX, Bastrop, Sep 2 - Sep 3 La Classique Internationale De Canots De La Mauri Can, QC, , Sep 2 - Sep 5 Poor Knights Crossing NZ, Tutukaka , Sep 3

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