Level Six’s Stig Larsson on Turning Passion Into Profit

Playak News Flash - March 9, 2017
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Level Six's Stig Larsson on Turning Passion Into Profit Rapid Magazine Blog - Level Six's Stig Larsson sits down with RBC to explain how his company was born. Larsson explains that in the summer of 1997, while in Costa Rica training with the World Cup Kayaking Team and going on surf trips, he realized there was a lack of a lifestyle brand for paddlesports. DIY Ghetto Jackson Kayaks GoPro Levator Mount Adrian Shanahan - This is my take on Lee Barrell's design as seen here in Unsponsered.co.uk . I've slightly modified it based on items I had to hand and tweaked it slightly to improve it. I've never been a fan of the head cam POV that […] The post DIY Ghetto Jackson Kayaks GoPro Levator Mount appeared first on www.adrianshanahan.com. Practice Makes Perfect…. or does it? Adrian Shanahan - Practice makes perfect right? It's an idiom that most of us will have used or had said to us during our life at some stage. It's a fairly solid concept ! If you watch this Ted-Ed video it explains the science behind what happen when we practice. It also goes on to explore does practice actually make us […] The post Practice Makes Perfect…. or does it? appeared first on www.adrianshanahan.com. Ugandan Freestyle Championships 2017 and Team Selections Jackson Kayak - Though most people associate kayaking events in Uganda with the Nile River Festival which happens every January, this year, friday the 24th of February was the Ugandan Freestyle Championships. It was also the team selection for the Ugandan Freestyle Team which is hoping to compete at the World Championships in Argentina this Fall. Meet Joe Paddler- JC Malick, Indian Rocks Beach, Florida Distressed Mullet - Where you were born and where you live now? Wilmington, Delaware,  but became a water person in South Jersey starting in Sweetwater then Avalon. Now I live in Indian Rocks Beach, FL. Sometimes the Logistics Aren't as Legal as You Might Want. Chris Baer - Kayaking missions sometimes lead us into murky waters, legally. Technically when I'm changing into or out of wet shorts on the side of the road I'm committing public indecency. Post-run cold ones, hopefully in a coozie and not a bootie, are open containers. Scouting, and occasionally accessing, really means trespassing. Gear Garage- Patching Your Board at Home SUP Magazine - No one is happier about the growth of standup paddling than ding repair people. Big boards, high roof racks, busy races and a new wave of beginners have led to a boom in the repair business. Our hats are off to those tireless masters of resin and masking tape. SUP Foil Surfing With Sean Poynter SUP Magazine - Professional SUP surfer and 2x ISA Gold Medalist Sean Poynter's style is as silky smooth as they come. Put him on a foilboard, and well, even Skippy can't compete with that smoothness. Kayak Cart Positioning Jackson Kayak - Remember in elementary school when a much larger kid got on the opposite side of the teeter totter? Some of us got a literal "crash" course in physics when that happened. Manchester Canoe Club had a sea kayaking experience on the waters of the Trearddur Bay Jim Krawiecki - The team of Manchester Canoe Club sea kayak leaders has been on Anglesey riding winter waves, practicing rescues and brushing up on navigation. Here is their experience with force 5 wind and the choppy waters of Trearddur Bay that looked challenging. They had to avoid the treacherous jagged reefs. They went about practicing various deep-water rescues and bettered their paddling through this experience which you can read here. Winter Paddle on the Detroit River Tahoe SUP - Courtney and John discovered the convenience and ease of traveling with our inflatable  Alpine Explorer  paddle boards.  And when they did, it opened a whole can of possibilities for exploring their favorite places with a new perspective. Geology of the Wild Rogue River Northwest Rafting Company - It is fascinating to know about river, that we love experiencing doing whitewater kayaking and rafting. Rivers are the saws of the Earth, cutting their way through millions of years of lava flows and landslides to create the canyons we see today. The Rogue River is one of these canyons. It was formed with the Klamath Mountain range and yields some spectacular geology, some of which is more than 150 million years old. From the start to the end of the trip, boaters float through three geological formations. 5 Things To Know When Participating In A Kayak Fishing Tournament Austin Kayak - I remember when I first started tournament fishing. I didn't know anybody, or so I thought, and was concentrated on learning as much as I could without ruffling any feathers. I quickly learned that the kayak fishing tournament community is very inviting. I knew after my first tournament, the KATS 2013 Decker Lake event, that I was hooked. Revisiting this time in my life helped me create a tip list to assist those first time tournament anglers to get the most out of their tournament experience: They CAN Shoot You From Shore Rob Casey - William Jefferson Clinton was still living in the White House, and Farewell and I were just starting to write for what was then Paddling.net I was skimming through a not-very-good book on waterfront photography when I came to a chapter titled You Can Shoot Them From Shore. Here is your chance to win a Paddling Adventure Package SUP International - Red Paddle Co has teamed up with a number of leading outdoor equipment suppliers to create a competition to win the ultimate outdoor adventure. Five wannabe adventurers will be selected on the 20th March. Entrants just need to tell Red Paddle Co, in less than 300 words, what they would do with the ultimate adventure pack if they were selected, along with their desired location for their trip. The closing date for entry is Friday 17th March. The package would have SUP paddling gears you require for kick starting your adventure.

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