Playak News Flash 2010-12-02

Playak News Flash - December 2, 2010
The world's latest paddling headlines.

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Paddling as a kid! Palm Blogs - I've been meaning to write this for a while but sometimes you just don't get around to things for a bit. It's actually sort of fitting as I'll be turning 30 soon (this puts me well out of the being a kid range at least in the strictly age category) which means I'll have been kayaking for 23 years and paddling in general for 28. Several of my friends have young children of there own have asked me how my parents got me interested and got me to stick with kayaking.

India 2010 Steve Brooks - Just a quick show of our 2 months in the Indian Himalayas. With the heaviest monsoon since 1929 our plans were constantly changing. Enjoy....

Chile Photo Dump (so far) Level 6 - The Tarantulas that were scuddling around your feet as you walked to the put in...

Slalom Team Camp comes to an end USA Canoe/Kayak - Although it's only November, the 2011 canoe/kayak season is underway with the first USA Canoe/Kayak Slalom National Team Camp over the Thanksgiving break at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C. In addition to on-water training, the Senior and Junior National Team also developed their new strength program at the Stowe Family YMCA in Gaston County under the guidance of Slalom Strength and Conditioning Coach, Brad Deweese.

Making a Venture Kayaks Easky 15 AS Watersports - Here you can see the popular Venture Kayaks Easky 15 being made in the UK production facility. The Easky 15 is one of the UK's favourite Weekend touring kayaks. Perfect for lakes, slow moving rivers, Estuarys and light coastal work. This is part 1. Part 2 to follow.

Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road Upgrade Project (WA) Am. Whitewater - After a 7 year hiatus the project to upgrade the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road is back on track and Federal Highways has just announced that they will be hosting an open house in North Bend next week.

Ice to be beside the seaside Anglesey Stick - You may have noticed that it is decidedly chilly out at the moment - not really sea kayaking weather - so we (usual suspects, plus Rod from Sea Kayak Milos) left a snow strewn Newborough beach yesterday for a short bimble up the coast, hiding to some extent from the North Easterly wind. The air temperature was just above freezing and with some sun, almost the same as paddling in Greece - actually it was pretty cold, and got colder still as we headed over to Pen-y-Parc.

We paddled off into the sunset in Loch Linnhe SeaKayakPhoto.com - The River Lochy discharged us into Loch Linnhe, which stretched away to the SW and the distant Corran Narrows.

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