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Playak News Flash - August 6, 2016
Playak News Flash - August 6, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.
Rapid Magazine Blog EJ On Jackson's New Antix and Nirvana
Rapid Magazine Blog - Eric Jackson showed off two new whitewater kayaks from Jackson Kayak today at Outdoor Retailer.
Adventure Kayak C4 Waterman's Awesome New Boards
Adventure Kayak - C4 Waterman showed off their exciting new paddleboard designs at Outdoor Retailer's Summer Market.  C4 Waterman's Manu The Manu eye-catching design and sleek shape will turn heads at the shoreline. It's also a board that glide junkies will love in…
Adventure Kayak Amundson SUP’s Redesigned TR Series
Adventure Kayak - At the first day of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2016 we spoke with Hawaii-based John Amundson about Amundson SUP’s redesigned TR series of SUP boards.
Canoe Roots Six Finds at or to Take on Your Next Canoe Trip
Canoe Roots - Adventure Medical Kits Mountain Series Medical Kits Adventure Medical Kits revamp of their Mountain Series Medical Kits are perfect for keeping yourself safe on canoe trips.
SUP Magazine Couch SUP Surfing with Dogman and Ploon
SUP Magazine - It appears as though Roger Dogman Saunders has a mission to invent a new sport couch surfing. No, we’re not talking about that one dude who’s always bouncing from one friend’s couch to another on a nightly basis. We are literally talking about surfing couch chairs.
unsponsored You Better Be Ready For 8 chutes
unsponsored - If you like your water fast and steep then this one is for you. You Better Be Ready For 8 chutes from Quebec Connection shows a pretty tricky situation quickly developing and the rescue that followed.
Starboard SUP All Star wins the SUPConnect Gear of the year award 2016 in the race category
Starboard SUP - The winners of SUPConnect Awards Gear of the Year 2016 were announced during the Outdoor Retailer show yesterday in Salt Lake City. And Starboard is very pleased to announce that the All Star board range has won the award in the race category.
SUP Magazine On-Water at Outdoor Retailer
SUP Magazine - Utah gets hot this time of year. Like, fry-an-egg-on-a-manhole-cover hot or close to it at least. So, when our edit staff arrived at Utah’s Pine view Reservoir Tuesday morning for the Open Air Demo of the 2016 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market , we were ready to get on the water, and subsequently fall in a few times.
American Rivers Solving the Mysteries of Meadows
American Rivers - What’s happening here? I exclaim as I look at a large barren patch of dry ground surrounded by green corn lily, and steep banks leading down to the river channel.
SUPracer Post-Molokai Reflections From 35 of the World’s Best Paddlers
SUPracer - The boards are back on the rack, the boats are back in the harbour and the trophies are up on the mantelpiece. Molokai-2-Oahu is done for another season, however the memories from this year's epic will live on forever.
Jackson Kayak Kelly’s Academy
Jackson Kayak - Mark and Kristina Pickard own one of the coolest whitewater parks in the world in Cascade, ID. They also run one of the best river sport clinics around.
Tsunami Rangers Sport Taping for Sea Kayakers
Tsunami Rangers - Thanks to Taylor Furry for taping my shoulder with Kinesio Tape and taking the pictures. Thanks also to Robert Kendall for photographing the wrist wrap and helping me with that and thanks to Holly Hutchinson for the RockTape.
TotalSUP Lake Tahoe Is a Famous Spot for Bears
TotalSUP - It was a sunny and very hot day in Lake Tahoe. People like to go to this area between California and Nevada to swim, take a rest, or to have a good time with family.
SUP Mag UK Land Sweep Central – Land Paddling at Central SUP.
SUP Mag UK - Chris Kenyon and his Central SUP operation located in the Midlands have fully embraced land paddling as part of their overall programme this year. Here’s what Chris has to say about land paddling at the club.
SUPracer Mike Jucker’s Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Most Prestigious Race of the Year
SUPracer - Go behind the scenes of the fabled Molokai 2 Oahu race with this excellent video diary from Mike Jucker, which is filled not only with plenty of action from the middle of the Ka'iwi Channel, but also some off the cuff athlete interviews that make this the most comprehensive recap of M2O 2016.
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