Forget Wilson Castaway Discovers SUP ~ Fly Fishing From My New FD

Playak News Flash - May 30, 2018
The world's latest paddling headlines.

Forget Wilson Castaway Discovers SUP SUP Magazine - The Greek city of Agios Nikolaos made a tourism video featuring a castaway who discovers a SUP and proceeds to paddle to their charming seaside town. The Illinois River: A Classic Oregon Multi-Day River Trip John Nestler - I first arrived in Southern Oregon as a raft guide back in the summer of 2016, and I kept hearing about this river called the Illinois. It seemed that everyone agreed that it was their favorite multi-day river trip in the area, but I was never in Oregon early enough to catch the spring flows. This year I had a chance to spend three days on the Illinois from Miami Bar to Oak Flat, and I now finally understand why this section of river is so special. Costa Sunglasses to Reuse Old Fishing Nets as Sunglass Frames SUP Magazine - Costa sunglasses is partnering with Bureo, the pioneer in recycled fishnet products, to turn discarded fishing nets into quality sunglass frames. How You Can Help Protect 5,000 Miles of River REI - Almost all of us have stories connecting us to rivers. And a new initiative aims to turn those stories into protections for our beloved free-flowing rivers. Ten Things You Need to Know About the Dragon World Championships SUP Examiner - Less than 100 days until the 2018 Dragon World Championships The countdown has officially begun for the Dragon World Championships 2018, the world's only dedicated SUP team racing event, where anyone can enter. Pier 360 Festival Brings Summer to the Starting Line SUP Connect - Shore to be a good time. The Santa Monica Pier is officially putting summer on notice with the announcement of the first Pier 360 Ocean Sports & Beach Festival on Saturday, June 23rd and Sunday, June 24th. On Board Brings Together SUP & Cancer Research for 5th Year SUP Connect - Five years later, twenty-one-year-old Madeline Leblanc has continued to turn her passion of stand up paddle boarding into a fundraiser to honor two friends lost to cancer. Madeline bought her first board and started paddling in 2012, after she fell in love with the sport at age ten. N1SCO UK One Design Race Series Spring Championships Highlights Vid SUP Mag UK - It was an epic event. Were you there? Did you get involved? Check out the highlights vid from the N1SCO UK One Design Race Series Spring Championships. Codex Canadensis Odawa Paddle Replica - Part 2 Paddle Making - For the upcoming WCHA assembly display showcasing various historical depictions of decorative paddles, I've decided to carve a reproduction from the remarkably illustrated manuscript, Codex canadensis , dated to circa 1700. Sweet Protection Shazam Shorts – First Look unsponsored - We have a pair of the new Sweet Protection Shazam Shorts in for review at Unsponsored. CKS- PaddleFest 2018- Taking Place In  Whitewater Paradise Jackson Kayak - Colorado Kayak Supply has been a staple supplier of whitewater kayaks and gear for decades.  As a kid in New Hampshire in the late 70's, I used to get the CKS Catalog and drool over all of the cool kayak stuff.   CKS- PaddleFest 2018- Taking Place In  Whitewater Paradise Eric Jackson - Colorado Kayak Supply has been a staple supplier of whitewater kayaks and gear for decades. As a kid in New Hampshire in the late 70′s, I used to get the CKS Catalog and drool over all of the cool kayak stuff. Fly Fishing From My New FD Jackson Kayak - Earlier in the month it was my birthday, the one rule I have about being self employed is I don't work my birthday! With that in mind a trip out on my newly delivered Cruise FD was in order! I decided to do some fly fishing for Rainbow Trout, not something I do very often but I do enjoy it when I get chance to go. A Woman Immersed in the Ocean TotalSUP - Tahitian and 425 Pro ambassador Heilani Cronsteadt and  425 Pro ambassador is well known for her performances in prone boarding. But thanks to her husband (a certain Georges Cronsteadt), Heilani crossed over to SUP and today, she cannot stop. Rodeo Wave SUP Surfing on the Wenatchee River SUP World Mag - The Rodeo Wave on the Wenatchee River! Pretty cool feature for SUP.

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