Katya Wins Rider of the Year Best Trick ~ Malefosse Gorge French Alps

Playak News Flash - September 24, 2011
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Katya Wins Rider of the Year Best Trick Palm Blogs - Katya took the Award for Best Trick Womens for her huge Airscrew at the WWGP event this Spring in Canada.

Top 3 pieces of Level Six gear for travel! Level 6 - I know that everyone likes to be dry and warm on and off the river. Here are a few of my favorite pieces of dry land gear that I bring with me everywhere I go.

First Genesis Review! Just in from the UK Titan Kayaks - Last Friday I was lucky enough to be the first person in Europe to have a go in the new medium size Genesis 2012...

GorgeHits.com: Tshletshy Creek, WA PaddleBlogs - Over a long 4th of July weekend Brett Barton and I drove up to the N.F. of the Quinault River, and started hiking up to Three Lakes and into the Tshletshy Creek basin for an unforgettable trip down the pristine gorges.

Decision Time On Dry Meadow Creek - a.k.a. Dry Meadow Creek The Hard Way Down Hill Kayaking - After four days of running laps on Brush Creek , the plan for our fifth day in California was to check out the Teacups of Dry Meadow Creek. We had decided that we would simplify logistics by only using one car and hiking to and from the Teacups (rather than portaging our way to the Kern River...

Malefosse Gorge French Alps worldkayak blogs - I am you average grade 3/4 Student paddler. Last year in the French alps we had decided to run the Claree into the Briancon gorge, however as a group we were unaware of the Malefosse gorge gr5+ section between these. So taking it casually no worries just some easy grade 2 paddling before we knew it Jason was vertically pinned and everyone else had found eddies, I was tail end Charlie and there was no room in the eddies remaining.

North Harper Falls Park and Huck Team Pyranha - Late summer in the southeast doesn't leave a whole lot of options for kayaking except on dam release runs. Wanting to get on something new, myself and a small crew went and checked out North Harper Falls, a waterfall in the Upper Wilson Creek Drainage. .

Photo of the Day. Team Paddler Nicole Mansfield at her favorite wave in the WORLD! Werner -  Team Paddler Nicole Mansfield says no waiting in line, easy eddy service and steep fast sections make "M-Wave" her favorite play spot in the world.  Paddler's like Nicole are always looking to protect this amazing spot, the farmer who allows boaters to access this Colorado gem on his private property is super nice and nobody wants to ruin the relationship.

2011 Throwdown Season Ends WK Throwdown - Saturday started with a sunny but brisk morning. Paddlers started showing up at 9:30 am to get registered and get ready for another fun boater cross. At 10:30 we had 3 categories of racers: The first was our women's category. Cheryl McGregor, Sylvie Lebel, Emily Zwanenburg, Sabina Finnie and Shaunna Neil-Martin. The race was excellent. The course was intentionally made tough with a couple must make moves to ensure the challenge and add some excitement to the event.

Gauley Festival 2011 WK Throwdown - Gauley festival 2011 is officially in the record books, and the WK family had a great time and hosted some sweet events.  I want to give a big thank you to all of our Gauley first time guides (Clay, Em, Andrew, John, Jim, Wes, and Rick).  You guys made some very lucky boaters super happy with a great first day on the Gauley.

Slalom Worlds round up PeakUK - Finally, the end of the season was on the horizon, and on the 30th August the Peak Team flew out to Slovak capital of Bratislava for the illustrious World Championships. There, they joined Tim and Etienne who had flown out a few days earlier to catch up on lost water time on the site thanks to the injury stricken season that they had already experienced!

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