5 Strokes To Make You A Better Canoeist ~ Peter Mather

Playak News Flash - October 23, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.

5 Strokes To Make You A Better Canoeist Canoe Roots - The way your paddle interacts with the water dictates how your canoe moves and the kind of experience you have as a canoeist. Learning a range of useful strokes will make you a versatile paddler who can canoe in different conditions and situations with greater confidence. Over the years, Canoeroots has brought you many important skills, and of these we have handpicked the top five most important canoe strokes to make you a better canoeist. Peter Mather Canoe Kayak - Tom Clynes and Terri Cairns paddling past a flood swollen glacial creek on the Snake River in Northern Yukon. Italy Open Men ready for WRC 2016 International Rafting Federation - The R4 raft of the Italian Open Men's team has a mix of the older, experienced paddlers at the back and the young, new forces in the front. This winning combination is made up of the Tyrolean men who have dominated on the national level. Patrick set aside some of his time to introduce us to the team and answer some of our questions. And first we asked him to give us a brief history of the team. A Grand Canyon Family Affair Jackson Kayak - I just got to take 6 of my family members down the Grand Canyon. Many of you are already familiar with the joys of boating with your family and the Jacksons could not provide a better example of how to do that well. 2016 Bsupa National Sup Surf Championships + Gallery SUP International - Competitors from across the country and in one case as far as Durban, South Africa, congregated at Watergate Bay in to compete in the BSUPA National Sup Surf Championship. Saturday saw strong on shore winds and choppy waves causing challenging conditions for all competitors across the open rounds. With a much-favored forecast looking set to come in overnight the contest was put on hold till Sunday. Sunday morning with sunny warm and clear skies, light off shore winds and a near perfect wave, all was set for the classic day off sup surfing. Kai Lenny – Red Bull Heavy Water SUP International - Red Bull Heavy Water is the most extreme race in the sport of stand up paddling. This event was the opening of the 2016 World Championship Series, which took place on October 19th at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. 2016 Jackson Kayak Dealer Summit Jackson Kayak - Eric Jackson, walks home from kayaking in 2003 at sunset with his children Emily and Dane. The Jackson family live right down the road from the Caney Fork River outside of Rock Island, Tennessee. 10 Best Paddling Themed Halloween Costumes Adventure Kayak - Halloween is less than two weeks away, and if you are like us at Adventure Kayak, you've been too busy squeezing in last paddling trips to formulate the perfect costume. Why not incorporate your favorite activity into your costume? You probably already have some of the necessary elements. Still not feeling entirely inspired? Take a look at our ten favorite paddling-themed costumes and get planning. Happy Halloween! 2016 BSUPA National SUP Surf Championships, Watergate Bay British SUP Association - Competitors from across the country and in one case as far as Durban, South Africa, congregated at Watergate Bay in to compete in the BSUPA National Sup Surf Championship. Jeremy Riggs & Livio Menelau on the new SIC Maui F.A.S.T. System SIC Maui - The mission with the ALL NEW and patented F.A.S.T was to revolutionize the same steering that SIC MAUI created in the beginning. Watch SIC Global Team Athletes Jeremy Riggs & Livio Menelau discuss the new SIC Maui F.A.S.T. System. For more on F.A.S.T. SIC Bound By Water Teaser SIC Maui - The SIC Maui Team hails from all corners of the globe, yet we are united under the singular concept that we are all Bound By Water. Watch the Bound By Water Teaser above. Need An Inflatable SUP In Your Life? Austin Kayak - It's hard not to get hooked by the portability of an inflatable SUP (stand up paddleboard)! Since I don't personally own a kayak/SUP or a car rack to transport a rental, I always reserve our office's inflatable for paddle trips – it rolls up snugly into a bag with straps so you can carry it like a (clumsy-looking) backpack, unpack it and pump it up for a quick launch – a much quicker process than unloading a kayak. FUGOO Sport XL, a water proof speakers for water junkies SUP Magazine - hat other portable speaker have you found that offer 35-hour battery life? Shock-mounted components resistant up to a six-foot drop? A waterproof housing that also works to keep out dust and sand? And eight acoustic speakers for full-on 360 sound? It even floats in water for easy recovery making it an ideal active speaker around the pool, lake or ocean. Stay Drier with the Sweeping Brace Rob Casey - When many paddlers get unstable, they tend to stick the paddle above their head or freeze with the paddle at their waist level - then fall in.

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