10 Things Paddlers Do to Spice up Their Winter ~ MEXICO - Our second home

Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 05, 2017.

News Watch 10 Things Paddlers Do to Spice up Their Winter Canoe Roots - What do paddlers do in winters, other outdoor activities, planning to paddle when the season turns warm. Here are sometimes paddlers can do to keep the winter exciting. Share with us what activities you indulge in during the dark winter days. Share with us what activities you indulge in during the dark winter days. Torryd—The Next Big Thing In Whitewater Filmmaking Rapid Magazine Blog - Once Rapid saw Torryd's "Best Beatings" edit, we knew we had to find out a bit more about the whitewater filmmaking crew. Torryd started by Trent McCrerey has two more forks, these people bonded over their love for kayaking and have gone to the worlds's best rivers. They create content for their videos and their Xenogenesis videos have won them lot of viewers, here is an interview with a member of the Torryd, find inspiration for their amazing white water kayaking videos besides many other things about Torryd.. What happened during the attempted Grand Canyon Speed Run GrindTV - They were already starting to celebrate when the raft frame snapped, ripping a hole in the boat. The U.S. Men's National Raft Team, was attempting to break the speed record on the Grand Canyon, they were running some of the biggest rapids in the country in the middle of the night and they were close to hitting their goal. They were 2 hrs ahead of schedule till a wave from the Lava Falls rapid snapped the boat frame. See how it is do a river trip of the Upper Missouri River, Montana Adventure Kayak - Find out why the Upper Missouri River is considered to be one of the best river trips in North America The Upper Missouri River carves through 149 miles of prairie wilderness and is the most unspoiled portion of the Lewis + Clark National Historic Trail. Surrounded by spectacular geology and littered with important historic sites, it is considered by many to be one of the best river trips in North America 10 Things Only Whitewater Kayakers Understand Rapid Magazine Blog - 1. Feeling like someone you spent one day kayaking with is a close friend Sometimes friends you spent a single day paddling with become close buddies in your mind. An Athlete's Journey Through Lyme Disease – Part 3 SUP Magazine - A biweekly SUP mag exclusive about an athlete's journey coping with Lyme Disease. Completing the First-Ever Circumnavigation of Bermuda – Part 2 SUP Magazine - Completing the First-Ever Circumnavigation of Bermuda Part 2 This installment is continued from Part 1 of our Circumnavigating Bermuda series, the three-part story of the first nonstop SUP circumnavigation of Bermuda by Christian Shaw and Gordon Middleton of Plastic Tides. Face Melting Clas III on the Cranberry Jackson Kayak - When West Virgina gets good flows cycling in, it doesn't get much better. We can hit up a high water play run on the New or catch a classic class V creek. White water kayak experience in Nepal - Upper Marsyangdi Chris Baer - The tallest mountains in the world surround us. Their brilliant, snow-encrusted peaks seem almost dull in comparison to the vibrant prayer flags and audaciously painted structures here in the quintessential Himalayan mountain town of Jagat. From this microscopic Nepali village, Garen Stephens and myself would start yet another trip of a lifetime. The plan was simple; kayak from just north of Jagat nineteen miles down to the slack water of the Mid-Marsyangdi hydro-dam, located just to the south of the town of Besisahar. Bellyaking Class 5 Upper Gauley – The Maiden Voyage Bellyak - The Upper Gauley River, in West 'by god' Virginia, has long been the bedrock class V run of every aspiring kayaker. It's a big, powerful river with multiple places that can kill you dead if you get off line. This run had been causing me anxiety since I first decided to run it in a bellyak in 2012, but didn't actually run it til 2016. I was paddling a boat that I was only attached to by gravity, with nothing but my hands to propel me. SUP athlete Sophia Tiare Bartlow dies in car crash GrindTV - On Saturday according to a report by Hawaii News Now 25-year-old standup paddleboarding athlete Sophia Tiare Bartlow died in a car crash in the town of Waialua on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Hawaii News Now reports that Bartlow was the passenger in a truck being driven by her 35-year-old boyfriend, Sage Candelaria, The post SUP athlete Sophia Tiare Bartlow dies in car crash appeared first on GrindTV.com. MEXICO - Our second home Level 6 - My first trip down to Mexico was in 2006, exploring the rivers in Veracruz with Stookesberry and the rest of the Jackson Kayak crew.   The mystery of the canoe trip whose drawing is on this paddle, who can solve this? Paddle Making - A post by JClearwater on the WCHA forums documented a mystery canoe paddle with a tripping route painted on the blade. This antique paddle was traced back to an estate sale with unfortunately no details known by the original owner. The owner is offering a cold lager at the 2017 Wooden Canoe Assembly as a reward to the successful researcher who can solve this mystery. There has been. There has been paddling of lakes, rivers, portages and campsite halts at this trip, check the drawing of the canoe route on the paddle here. Support BC Parks By Purchasing A Licence Plate Traversing - Starting January 29th, 2017 you can order a BC Parks themed licence plate from ICBC. These plates are available for an initial cost of $50 (and an annual renewal fee of $40). $33 of the initial purchase price will go B.C. Why I Kayak Fish Jackson Kayak - Kayak fishing has always been a place I can escape too to avoid the every day stresses of life. The second I pick up that rod and launch my kayak into the water, I leave all my worries on the bank. Kayak fishing is a sport that cannot be replicated, the feeling you get on the water is beyond comparison, its just you and nature.

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in January 1. Rush Sturges 2. Bren Orton 3. Eric Jackson Videos Aerial 4K | Sunny Winter Day in Lake Placid - High Peaks of the Adirondacks (Aquaholic_Splitrockvideo) ProShow Slideshow 2 (JamesHedgecock) Cayoosh Creek Kayaking 2016 (Mookie) A Wet State #124: New Zealand 2016 & 2017 Part 3 - Helis on the South Island (AWetState) Save the Karnali river (carockayaks) Upcoming Dusi Canoe Marathon Race South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, Feb 18 - Feb 18 Euro Steel Surfski Challenge # Race 5 South Africa, Durban Bay, Feb 3 North Shore Xtreme US, CA, Salton Sea, Feb 10 - Feb 12 Borland Surfski Challenge Presented by Marriott # Race 6 South Africa, Durban Bay, Feb 10 FPA Downwind Series - Event #4 Australia, Victoria, , Feb 10

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