Playak News Flash 2009-10-14

Playak News Flash - October 14, 2009

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playak.tv: Witte River - Solid Level This is such a good river. This video shows the smaller rapids on the first half, up until Pilkington Falls which is shown at the end.

UK Freestyle: Brit Champs results Well done to all of those who competed at the British Champs. A special well done to Paddle Plus who have won the club prize of a brand new Jackson kayak

Dash Point Pirate: Mendocino: Rock Gardens 101 Once back in the green Chatham, I followed Helen out into the middle of the protected cove, over kelp forests and then north. Waves were breaking over the reef and around the headlands. Along the way we passed a cliff with a cave in it.

Shane's Logic: Remix XP 10 on the Gauley I just dropped into the Gauley River with the Remix XP 10 and thought I would take a few shots and put together a little video of how well it really does handle whitewater.

CKS Blog: Westwater Canyon:A Stand Up Paddlers Paradise We stopped and board scouted every drop as a group. There was some discussion as to what lines to take, but most were OK with the unknown approach. We ran left, ran right, and ran the gut of all the drops. People were egging each other on and trying to get everyone to push the limits and their abilities.

SUP Surf Mag: 16 Year Old Athlete and Designer, Talia Gangini, is Top 10 Female Pro Stand Up Paddle Athletes Maui, HI - Placing 8th in the most respected worldwide SUP event of the year, Rainbow Sandal's annual Gerry Lopez "Battle of the Paddle", held Saturday October 3rd at Doheny Beach, CA, the multi-talented Talia Gangini proves to the world that she is fast on her way to becoming one of the top athletes within the sport of women's Stand Up Paddleboard racing.

Dagger Blogs: Cali Burn Fest Race Results Just back from an awesome time at the Cali Burn Fest. Great turn out, mass start, good friends, good times. I paddled the Green Boat and once again she came through for me. This is the best race boat and also one of the most fun boats to paddle.

Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association: Exploring the Lonely Islands of Georgian Bay By Kayak By the time we reaching Lonely Island it was raining. We navigated through another surf zone and then traveled the mile and a half up the east shore of the island. Lonely Island is shaped like a hat, with a short brim of rocky shelves or cobble beaches at the shore and a ring of 100-150 foot cliffs similar to those we saw on the Bruce Peninsula and elsewhere, forming a plateau at the top.

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Playak News Flash 2009-10-13

Playak News Flash - October 13, 2009

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Teva Blog: Teva Tribe member Jan Lasko aka "Honza" reports from British Columbia We been paddling there almost every day and got super good boating with few missions. Unbelievable how big potential for white water has this area. We did classic runs and there is so many first descent just few kilometers out of town. I guess that some one could spent all season a paddle every day new river with solid WW.

Fluid Blog: What's new at Fluid Kayaks: outfitting, composite boats - and hot babes The Comp Nemesis is available in M as well, and interestingly a S/M version is currently in the making. This size will fit right between our current plastic Small and Medium sizes, and will be the boat of choice for mid-sized paddlers around 60-75 kgs.

Markus Leppaenen: Extreme speed and fun with Fluid Element I also had my first goes in the Fluid Element. It is such a fast boat, unbelievable. The perfect choice for Kuchl if the level is too high and the wave is green, i.e. too flushy for "normal" playboats. Therefore in my opinion not just an ocean kayak but the right boat if your regular freestyle boat is too slow for a river-wave.

Immersion Research: Johnny's Misadventures The drive from Ottawa was long. But when I got to Fort Smith and saw the Slave River my shoulder started to feel good. I got so lucky to catch the right water level for a wave named Roller Coaster.

Fluid Blog: hand paddling by Hendri Coetzee, and a video I learnt to paddle on the Zam, where you could run almost anything with a good roll. The confidence of a good roll is pretty much what my boating is based on.

Team Pyranha: North Wales – it's actually quite good… Raindrops rattled off the dustbin outside and sloshed down the drains as the clouds swept over North Wales. The first rain for weeks, proper rain, pink bits on the internet rainfall radar and everything.

Jackson Kayak: Kayak Coaching A successful two days of coaching was taking 4 never been in a boat beginners to a standard of confidence and skills to get stuck in on some of the Thames River weirs.

Simon Davidson: Nevis Adventure! Everything I had heard and expected was true and not having paddled in a while i was rather nervous, and that came in to action on the first horizon-lines. Rapids to remember were definitely freight train and the section after little and big brother.

ECHO - OR/ID River Rafting: Dam Removals on the Rogue River A lot of questions have come up about how the removal of multiple dams on the Rogue River will effect rafting trips on the Lower Rogue.

Playak Product News: Lomo: 40L Holdall Lomo's ever expanding range of drybags sees a new arrival this week in the form of their 40L holdall. Different to most other bags in their range, it opens straight along the top seam as opposed to the usual roll down barrel bags that we have become used to.

Tony Paradise: Into the great wide open Leaving Ferryland it was calm but the marine forecast promised more. The whole coast was being hammered by the sizeable swell coming in from the North Atlantic.

Kokatat Blog: AW's October Volunteer of the Month American Whitewater is the primary advocate for the preservation and protection of whitewater resources throughout the United States and relies on the support of volunteers to staff local projects, serve as AW's voice by attending local meetings, work with local partners, and build the necessary relationships needed for success of river stewardship projects.

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Playak News Flash 2009-10-11

Playak News Flash - October 11, 2009

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Adrian Tregoning: Palmiet River – Cape WhiteWater Club Paddle Every year the Cape WhiteWater Club gets together at least once to run a 'learn the Palmiet' day, as well as a 'learn the Wit day.' On these days beginner paddlers are encouraged to get to know the Palmiet. So on the 18th of July 2009 a day was organised to paddle down the Palmiet River. More of a social thing than actually teaching people about the river as everyone there had done the river already but it was a glorious day out with good people in perfect weather. There really isn't much to say about the trip and more so the river, so I'll let the photos do the talking.

Wavesport Blogs: Safety First: Creeking When kayaking, it's very important to carry the necessary safety items in your boat, in the event someone swims and gets hurt, a boat gets pinned, or you get stuck overnight on the river.

Wavesport Blogs: Great wave fun If you haven't been there, you've heard all the rumours, seen the video and photos, and are dreaming of the day you get to surf that legendary wave.

Kokatat Blog: SUP on the Lower Rogue River Feeding off the popularity and style from ocean surfing, Stand Up paddling is one of the fastest growing sports in the outdoor industry. Taylor is taking the sport one step further by pushing the limits of his board on river hydraulics and rocks.

Wavesport Blogs: First Quarter at New River Academy The first part of the quarter we spent at the Ottawa River, which has some world-class playboating. It was weird being back at Keenerville, which became my home away from home this summer, only not as a Keener this time.

Kokatat Blog: Race Around Australia The 9,400 mile (15,000 km) journey around the southern continent is considered one of the most challenging trip in the world of expedition sea kayaking.

Am. Whitewater: Bill Cross recognized as AW's River Steward of the Year American Whitewater is pleased to announce Bill Cross as our 2009 River Steward of the Year. American Whitewater annually awards this honor to a single volunteer who has shown exceptional dedication to our river stewardship mission, and who has recently reached a major milestone in their efforts.

Playak: SeaBird Designs XP 507 - New The Expedition XP 507 is the middle brother in the Expeditions family. This is a new model of the year 2009. This kayak is the best for paddlers from 60 kg to 95 kg. It is very similar to the Expedition. The volume of the Expedition XP 507 is smaller than 320 L compared to our bestseller the Expedition which is 370L.

ICF: The ICF's Interactive Anti-Doping Education is Now Available Pure Paddling Performance, the ICF's Anti-Doping Education Programme, is an initiative to preserve the 'spirit of sport' by educating all Canoeing Athletes and Team Support Personnel in the important issue of Anti-Doping.

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Playak News Flash 2009-10-09

Playak News Flash - October 9, 2009

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Evan Garcia: Treats.... The weather is cold and the water levels have dropped, but we are still getting out there and enjoying the Chilean rivers.

Nookie: Oetz Valley Two days of paddling a variety of rivers in the area with Jochen (from Lettmann Kayaks) meant we both had the chance to be the first British paddlers to test the excellent new composite creek boat, the Lettmann Granate.

watergrande: Fantasy Falls '09 The Mekolumne Wilderness is a mystical place full of rugged character. The sun shone bright each day and the stars rocked out each night. All of the classic rapids were fun and exciting.

Freestyle Kayaking & Expeditions: Kuch season started Last weekend we started kuchl season. Great weather, perfect water level and lot of friends.

Dagger Blogs: Global Warming: Side effects. Global warming is affecting Earth, that's a fact everyone knows, or at lees everyone should know. There are hundreds of things you might know about global warming, from stuff you've heart in the news, or read on the books, like for example: cars and other producers of Co2 are one of the main cause, or the most popular one: polar bears are drowning cause of the ice melting.

SUP Surf Mag: Doing the Impossible on Pipe's Opening Day Pipe is not in any way a place for the casual surfer, and you can count on one hand the stand up paddlers that have a place in the lineup. Mind blowing images like this raises the bar of high performance stand up paddling world wide and provides a mental playground for those of us who can only dream of riding such a wave.

ICF: Rio Wins the Bid Rio de Janeiro burst into larger life than ever when the winner of the 2016 bid was announced at the IOC Session in Copenhagen, on Friday 2nd October.

Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association: Mississippi River Trip The low water warning was accurate and required us to paddle down river to Island 266 to pass out into the main part of the river for a two-hour day paddle and then returning to the marina.

Immersion Research: NOC GAF, "The Most Amazing Undertaking in the Sport of Kayaking" Side A These people play with the giant beach ball and were disappointed to find out that some redneck shot it with his 12 gauge. To appease them we offered awards to the ones who gathered the most pumpkins.

Dash Point Pirate: City Kayak, San Francisco I paddled right along the Ferry Building and watched the diners sitting outside of the Slanted Door. It was as if they didn't even see me. That's the thing about being in a kayak. You are invisible, because no one really expects you to be there, sneaking under piers and looking into windows.

SUP Surf: StandUp Journal's World Ranking of Sup Countries and US States The World ranking of SUPS and the US state rankings from 1-50. This is based on Standup Journal's web visits between June 1st and Sept. 17th, 2009.

Paddle Press: Kokatat: Kokatat Sponsors Antarctic Peninsula Expedition To Increase Global Warming Awareness Kokatat, the independent paddlewear and accessories company, is sponsoring a land and sea expedition covering a never-before navigated section of the Antarctic Peninsula. Chilean kayakers and explorers Cristian Donoso and Mario Sepúlveda will use Kokatat products including the GORE-TEX Expedition dry suit, the GORE-TEX Deluxe sea skirt, and other Kokatat accessories for their self-supported journey beginning in November.

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Playak News Flash 2009-10-07

Playak News Flash - October 7, 2009

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Wavesport Blogs: New River Surpise Wave Session in the Carbon Project 54cx All that rain last weekend made for a few days of incredible paddling in West Virginia. I drove down from Pennsylvania for a weekend of paddling with Fayetteville local Bryan Kirk.

Evan Garcia: Demshitz Drop... My line went well. I stayed very loose going down the falls because I knew that there was gonna be a hit on rock at some point. With a small bounce I faded a left stroke and tucked up for a nice impact at the base. Felt good to be back in the zone and hitting my line on such a tough drop.

Tribe News: '09 Stakeout Part 5 - Warm water Bussy After exhausting the water in NE Quebec, and with word that minbus was almost in, we rallied back through the night to the Ottawa Valley. Here are some new angles on this classic wave.

Adrian Tregoning: Fluid Kayaks – New Whitewater and Recreational Boats! Fluids 'freestyle surf kayak' is now available in a composite. It is also now made in a large size as well – composite only, not plastic. This is for the bigger beasts out there, but it is also longer, so more speed. The width is the same as the medium though so medium sized paddlers can still style in the large if they're looking for more speed.

Fluid Kayaks: Fluid at Kanumesse 2009 The Buddy has a more defined tri-hull than the Chumani and Synergy, which share the same hull concept. The tri-hull is achieved by a soft keel complemented by curved rails on either side. This combination makes the boat track quite well on flat water for such a short sit-on-top, but at the same time, it enables the boat to play and carve on ocean waves.

Mt. Hood H2O: Mesa Falls (raft) Dan's percentage of waterfalls cleaned to waterfalls not cleaned is baffling. He has a one hundred percent success rate on drops 30 ft or more.

PaddleBlogs: 100 degrees in shade and 80 degrees in water. The Micos section of the Rio Valles is our local training ground. When it gets hot we go there to cool off. The benefits are 7 of the most beautiful waterfalls I've ever seen.

Mats Bengtsson: Improved physical shape for improving kayaking and techniques This is about how improved physical shape can and probably will lead to improved kayaking experiences, as well as to a capability to improve your kayaking techniques. It also connects this with how kayaking itself, and improved kayaking techniques, are likely to improve your physical shape. Thus, it describes the positive wheel between kayaking and physical shape, and suggests a number of activities to practice from both angles.

Chris Eastabrook: It's Hard being Georgian. Part 2 We came over the mountain pass into the valley, so when the river looked deep enough to paddle we jumped on. It was all straight forward continuous rapids with a few harder sections every so often. We paddled late into the evening and watched the sunset behind the huge mountains.

Canadian Ckayaker: Rocker On! This Maelström 'Vaag' is a play boat. It is designed with lots of rocker to enable it to turn quickly in tight quarters and it does, thanks to the rocker.

PeakUK: European Canoe Polo Champs In the Men's category five members of Viking were part of the eight man GB men's squad. The men's team lost narrowly in golden goal extra time to Italy (the eventual winners) in the semi final. They went on to an impressive display against the Dutch winning 8-4 to claim the Bronze medal.

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