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Playak News Flash - October 8, 2016
Playak News Flash - October 8, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.
Brittany Parker PMS is Controlling Me
Brittany Parker - Hello Ladies, I'm looking for some help. Some of us don't feel the intense symptoms of PMS and I'm not sure if that's because you're superwoman, on birth control, or know some ancient practice to help mediate your symptoms. 
Palm Blogs The Hobie Predator Open
Palm Blogs - Something’s never go to plan having just got home from China, I had a week to prepare for The Hobie Predator Open at De Banaan, Ooltgensplaat, Holland. 
Jackson Kayak North America’s Largest Gamefish – The White Sturgeon
Jackson Kayak - The White Sturgeon is one of those fish that often makes an angler’s bucket list to catch at least once in a lifetime. It’s the largest game fish in North America and has been known to grow to 1,800lb and 20ft long.
International Rafting Federation Turrialba represented at the 2016 WRC
International Rafting Federation - The Turrialba Women’s Rafting Team, has been training hard since the beginning of this year to get to where we are now. We won the Costa Rican National Championship on the Sarapiqui River in May and recently achieved one gold medal and three bronze medals in the World Cup in Yushu China.
Canoe Kayak Please Lend a Hand, or Get Out of Our Way
Canoe Kayak - Some people wander into the magnificent landscape of the North Coast as trust-fund vagabonds, some purposefully drive up as leisure-seekers fueled by bulging retirement accounts, a few are billionaires who  choose to slum in the countryside.
TotalSUP Double V Distribution Appointed Exclusive NSP Distributor For France
TotalSUP - NSP has just announced through its Facebook page the appointment of French company Double V Distribution as the new and exclusive NSP distributor for France, starting November 2nd 2016.
Indigenous Boats A Very Early Maori Canoe
Indigenous Boats - A sizable component of a large canoe found in New Zealand gives clues to the type of boats used to settle the islands, which probably occurred sometime between 1050 and 1250 CE. Found at Anewaka, on the northwest coast of South Island, the artifact has been dated to around 1400.
Distressed Mullet In The Pack for Chattajack
Distressed Mullet - This is a first in a Distressed Mullet Series on Chattajack Prep. Additional columns will focus on landmarks and navigation on the river and the all-engrossing issue of bio breaks when you paddle for 32 miles.
SUP International In the Mouth of the Bull
SUP International - There’s always a first time.
Jackson Kayak XI Freestyle Kayaking Polish Championship
Jackson Kayak - Third time in a row Polish Championships took place in Krakow. There is very nice kayak slalom course where special for this event the organizers created freestyle feature. Unfortunately every year this playspot is working only for a couple weeks so we didn’t have much time to practice there.
Boarders Magazine Rio Grande SUP Expedition - 100 Miles in One Week
Boarders Magazine - When preparing my trips I like to plan and research, but not to the point that I know too much and lose the adventure. I may have taken that theory a little too far this time.
SUP Magazine From the Mag Premium Portugal
SUP Magazine - How to paddle while you travel. There are few things in life more fulfilling than travel. Seeing the world. Learning to understand different cultures in all their beauty and mystique.
Trash Paddler Contoocook's Powder Mill Pond
Trash Paddler - On this past sunless and moody Sunday I launched into the Contoocook River in Greenfield, NH and paddled downriver beneath the covered bridge (at left) connecting Hancock and Greenfield. 
SUP International Surf Snowdonia Free Starboard Sessions
SUP International - The time is rapidly approaching when Starboard SUP UK will unveil their brand new 2017 range.
Starboard SUP Connor Baxter and Michael Booth take top honours at PPG 2016.
Starboard SUP - Connor Baxter won back to back overall victory at this years Pacific Paddle Games while Michael Booth took second place overall compared to his 11th place result from last year.
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