Green Paddle for Waterway Conservation Award ~ Greatest Fest in the East

Playak News Flash - October 9, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.

Featured Body Glove presents a new iSUP line at PaddleExpo - We talked to Luke Hopkins, who designed the boards, about what makes the Body Glove line-up unique Green Paddle for Waterway Conservation Award ACA - We are very happy to announce that our Green Paddle for Waterway Conservation goes to Friends of the Pecatonica River Foundation! This award is given annually to an individual or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to paddlesports by protecting America's waterways. FPRF was founded in 2009 to improve the quality of the Pecatonica River in Illinois and to acquire and develop access points for paddlers and conduct paddling instruction and events. Greatest Fest in the East Jackson Kayak - Just finished up another amazing weekend down in West Virginia, at the Gauley River Festivities! This festival is like no other. Now we check in with David Silk and Kaelin Friedenson to find out what went down. Mullet Madness Jackson Kayak - It's a common heard thing in the UK that mullet are incredibly difficult, if not impossible to catch and for that reason very few anglers go out of their way to target them. Start your planning to head to Baja for the La Ventana Classic next year SUP Connect - This winter escape to warm weather and good times. Enjoy the La Ventana Classic, a somewhat raucous, adventurous and unique windsport/paddle sport event. Set for January 25-29, 2017 in Baja Sur, Mexico, at a stunning event site situated between the azure beauty of the Sea of Cortez and rustic foothills of the Sierra de la Laguna mountain range. The La Ventana Classic is a unique gathering of water and wind driven athletes... sharing the mission of having a great time and supporting a great cause. Adventure Race - Continued Adventurous Experiences - Mark dropped a few more pics from. The Seven Kingdoms - Isle of Man Adventure Race. NLand Surf Park Opens In Austin This Week SUP Connect - NLand Surf Park will open Friday, October 7, 2016. NLand, North America's first surf park, offers world-class surfing in the heart of Texas Hill Country. Return to the Gorge with Team QB SUPracer - There have been so many big races lately that one of the biggest of them all, the Gorge Paddle Challenge, seems like it was way more than six weeks ago. But no, it was only just over a month ago that we saw the community gather in Hood River, Oregon for one of the best weekends of the year. Trusted Bikini and swim wear suits for SUP women athletes SUP Magazine - Every female standup paddler has had their swimsuit claimed by the sea at least once. It's the worst. When you're in the water, your focus should be on paddling, not whether or not your suit is going to stay on. We wanted to put an end to the swimsuit dilemma, so we set out to find a handful of suits that actually stay put. And who better to ask than the pros? We checked in with a few of the top female surfers and racers in the sport and asked them to share tales of their worst bikini malfunctions and swimsuits... The Fenix CL30R Camping Lantern SUP Examiner - The Fenix CL30R Camping Lantern is an amazing compact little camp lantern with an impressive capability of projecting up to 650 lumens over a 115 ft diameter area depending on which of its versatile six modes you chose to use at any given time. I had the opportunity to extensively test a Fenix CL30R over. The Quintesential Morning Paddle SUP Examiner - The beauty and serenity of a morning paddle is something which most, if not all, paddlers can relate to. The early morning calm, the stillness in the, the diminished sound pollution from the busy lives we lead when we are not paddling. 17 year old talented SUP young athlete James signs up with Mistral TotalSUP - Last year, we introduced James Van Drunen to the TotalSUP readers after spotting that he had just been one of the youngest riders to ever complete the SUP 11 City Tour in the Netherlands at only 16. Since then, James Van Drunen has become an unvoidable athlete on the Spanish racing scene – he lives in Spain – and has trained so much for his 2nd attempt at the SUP 11 City Tour that he has managed to finish 12th of the 5 day endurance competition last month The WPA-Salt Life Cup Champions Crowned at the Pacific Paddle Games World Paddle Association - Mo Freitas and Candice Appleby were crowned the 2016 Salt Life Cup Champions at the Pacific Paddle Games.  Salt Life Apparel, in association with the World Paddle Association's season long National Race Series and the Salt Life Cup came to a close in dramatic fashion in the Pro Elite Technical race with several top paddlers in the running to take home the $3,000.00 first place check.

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