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Playak Weekly Digest - week 40, 2016
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 40, 2016.
Brittany Parker Japan Essay Series But First, 7-Eleven
Brittany Parker - In spirit of my article ‘Spirited Away’ being published in SUP the Mag about my time in Japan, I’ve decided to do an essay series on all the things I wasn’t able to squeeze into the article.
PaddleBlogs Vietnam Adventure Paddling : Vietnam travel guide
PaddleBlogs - The country used to be on the headlines everyday with brutal battles in the jungles, with the incredibly resilient people, with the victory or the failure. After the war, Vietnam was closed to the world for a long time, and has always remained a mystery to the travelers world.
Palm Blogs The experience of an athlete with the ICF Slalom World Cup 2016
Palm Blogs - We have rounded up the last ICF Slalom World Cup of the 2016 season. It has been another wicked journey chasing the concrete whitewater courses. It was a bit different compared to last year when everything was new and exciting! But I really enjoyed getting to know people better and try to focus more on delivering good training and racing.
Palm Blogs Kayak Fishing tournament experience - Grafham Water
Palm Blogs - Grafham Reservoir is a bit of a holy grail for lure fishermen in the UK. When I heard that the WPC England Qualifier was going to have a kayak division and it would be at Grafham. I handed over the entry fee immediately. The event itself came around a bit quick for me in the end, I had to shoot back from Cornwall, unload the car, reload with two Hobie kayaks, fishing gear, food and camping gear, then have a quick sleep before heading off to pick Lars Lundberg up from Heathrow Airport on the way to the event.
Canoe Roots How To Light Paint For Spectacular Canoe Trip Photos
Canoe Roots - A few years ago a friend and I jumped at the opportunity to spend a few days in the backcountry of Algonquin Park on Thanksgiving weekend.
Rapid Magazine Blog Top five places to work as a river guide this winter
Rapid Magazine Blog - Turquoise water, tropical canyons, an international trip lined with world-renowned rivers—it’s what whitewater dreams are made of. If you’re like most raft guides, however, a vacation on the other side of the world probably isn’t in the budget. So, try getting paid for it instead. When temps cool in North America, we recommend looking for work in these five gorgeous and balmy locales.
Am. Whitewater Ohiopyle Falls (PA) Festival Postponement to Oct 15
Am. Whitewater - Ohiopyle Falls (PA) Festival Update there is some significant rain forecasted for Thursday night and beyond. So much that the Corps of Engineers is predicting high flows on the Yough through the weekend.
Jackson Kayak Epic Expeditions with Kids
Jackson Kayak - My adventures then moved east as I reunited with Jez and the kids and team at Falling Creek Camp for four epic weeks of whitewater.
Am. Whitewater AW Volunteer of the Month Presented by Kokatat - Matt Anger
Am. Whitewater - We would like to thank Matt Anger, our volunteer of the month for helping set a new precedent this year at Gauley Fest, American Whitewater's biggest fundraiser of the year.
Canoe Roots From NYC To Mexico—In A Canoe
Canoe Roots - Pat Daley is a little more than one month into a canoeing expedition from New York City to Mexico. Starting in mid-August, Daley departed Manhattan for this estimated ten-month trip. The route totals 2,600 miles and follows the Intracoastal Waterway, ending at the Texas/Mexico border.
Canoe Kayak North Coast Series Village by the Sea
Canoe Kayak - Dark and early at 6 a.m., John Weed and I rolled from our sleeping bags in the waterfront shack of the Lost Coast Rowing Club that had provided us with a welcome refuge. Then we strolled outdoors and gazed out to sea through the Noyo harbor channel to read our proximate future.
Funhog Blob Down the river with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
Funhog Blob - The creek gurgled softly, reflecting a trembling light on an overhanging roof of limestone. Here we sat, backs resting on shelves of the polished gray rock while contemplating Ed Abbey’s words, the river, the cliffs that soared beyond our view, the whole river trip experience.
Paddle Making Sassafras Tripping Paddle: Part 2
Paddle Making - I've begun the decoration phase on a new tripping paddle made from sassafras. Since this was going to be the first attempt with the shou-sugi-ban technique for paddles,  thought I would just scorch the grip area only and see the results.
Hala Southeast Rivers to white water paddleboard
Hala - I have been fortunate enough to paddle several beautiful rivers this summer across the U.S. I have enjoyed the rapids on the rivers here in the southeast the most. I wanted to share my favorite rivers for those looking for a place to whitewater paddleboard traveling through the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. Here are my Top 5 southeast rivers to whitewater paddleboard.
Jackson Kayak Those Spectacular Dog Days
Jackson Kayak - The dog days usually make it tough finding fish. Typically, they go to deeper water and become lethargic. It takes tempting the bigger bass a lake holds with a jig or soft plastic worked very slow on deeper structure or finding suspended fish. That’s how it had been in the past on a local lake I fish regularly.   
Athletes with top online media coverage in October
1. Connor Baxter
2. Michael Booth
3. Annabel Anderson
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