Romaine River, for the last time, again ~ Royal Gorge!! Team Bomb FLow

Playak News Flash - September 22, 2011
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Romaine River, for the last time, again Dagger Blogs - Tripp, James and I are back from Quebec! Well, we've been back for a few weeks now, but between the Labor Day releases in New York and sneaking food from the Middlebury Dining Hall, it's been hard to pull together a blog post. I went to the Romaine last year, full of idealism about the "Last Descent." But, we went again this year, only to find that it's really over this time -- the Romaine's vogue as a whitewater destination is done.

Royal Gorge!! Team Bomb FLow Team LiquidLogic - This summer was the best summer of my life. We started out having a nice long PNW spring/summer with plenty of flow up here in WA, and then we continued our stoke into the best place to kayak ever, California! We rolled into Tahoe late one night and packed our stuff for 3 days on the royal gorge.

The End. Kayak Venezuela - With a few days left in Venezuela, the team headed to the beach to relax and enjoy the surf before heading back to the UK, having sold their boats to Alejandro - the local kayaker and rafter who was kind enough to show us the rapids on the Orinoco

Chasing a broken record Dave Cornthwaite - 2011 has been the year of evolution for long distance Stand Up Paddleboarding. As the year began Tom Jones' 1507 mile journey along America's East Coast remained the world distance record for a sport that was growing rapidly in coastal regions, but lagging inland. Then Mike Simpson and Will Rich stepped forward this March, beginning a 1808 mile paddle between Key West and Portland that was to set a new benchmark in the sport.

How to choose the right creek boat for you… Jackson Kayak - So it's getting close to creeking season in the southeast and lots of us are picking out those sweet new rides for the coming rains. With the multitude of choices and styles out there, it can be tough to decide on just one creeker. I've been asked a few times recently how to know a creeker is the right one for you? Well I'm going to do my best to answer this question as completely and concisely as I can. Sometimes it can be hard to choose just one.

The boof Michele Ramazza - The boof is a fundamental move that has been introduced by the "new school" of modern kayaks and has opened new horizons in the extreme kayaking. Class V paddlers use this stroke to overtake holes which are normally sticky and where plugging-in would result a bad swim. You will found this technique very useful to keep speed and direction on any white water with both freestyle and creek boats.

Klanocopia 2011 Mark Sundin - Three years ago Hunter Klan founder Brad McPherson decided it was time to have a focal weekend for his slowly building group of local paddlers. He approached us to run a day of training at Umina Beach, followed by a 'messing around in boats' day on the Sunday. The first ever ...

Palm @ Kanumesse – Day 2 – CKUK Awards & new Aleutian suit Vid Palm Blogs - ...Also going on today at Kanumesse Palm received their awards from Canoe Kayak Uk Magazine...

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