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Playak Weekly Digest - week 44, 2016
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 44, 2016.
Brittany Parker I Didn't Surf Skook
Brittany Parker - When your body tells you no and you listen to it. It takes a few mistakes of ignoring your bodies wisdom before you shut up and take it seriously.
Brittany Parker Stand Up Paddling the crazy Zambezi river for the future of rhinos
Brittany Parker - I’ve proposed many adventures in the past and what always seemed to be lacking in those proposals was purpose. This trip is different. This trip has a cause, I’m throwing myself down one of the most notoriously rowdy rivers to save the rhinos. The point is that this attempt to paddle the Zambezi is so nuts (the craziest thing I’ve ever agreed to do) that it’s bound to get some attention. Our mission is to use that attention and direct it towards something bigger—the poaching crisis in South Africa.
Canoe Kayak Kayaking Through Soo Locks Near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Canoe Kayak - The Great Lakes make up more than 20 percent of the world’s fresh water by volume, providing a seemingly endless number of options for kayaking trips from spring paddling through the melting ice to micro-brewery tours on kayaks.
Palm Blogs Four Reasons to Love Oranmore
Palm Blogs - I leave college at five after my last lecture, meet friends at the boat shed, put my freestyle boat on the roof and get out of the city. After only thirty minutes drive, I'm in Oranmore.
Art in surf Check out the Nicole Pacelli´s new video !
Art in surf - Watch new Art in Surf team rider, Nicole Pacelli, best moments of the 2015/2016 season video.
Canoe Kayak New Documentary Examines Clothing Industry’s Impact on Rivers
Canoe Kayak - RiverBlue narrated by actor, director and long time water supporter Jason Priestley and led by paddler and river conservationist, Mark Angelo is a new documentary that chronicles an around-the-world river adventure by Angelo, who ends up uncovering and documenting the dark side of the global fashion industry.
Kokatat Austria Adventure Part 4 - South Tirol and Tirol
Kokatat - After Salzkammergut and East Tirol in Austria, and the Soca Valley in Slovenia, our group ventured over into North Eastern Italy to the South Tirol region. South Tirol is best known for the Dolomites, and wasting no time, we camped at their base the first night in the region.
International Rafting Federation Live Streaming of the 2016 World Rafting Champs
International Rafting Federation - We are very excited to announce that Wadi Adventures have secured live streaming for the races tomorrow. We start off with Sprint, which will start at 8am and take about one and a half hours.
SUP Connect A Waterman’s History in Stand Up Paddling
SUP Connect - Dave Kalama is one of the legends of our sport and is considered, along with Laird Hamilton, to have helped popularize stand up paddling (SUP). Kalama is an avid waterman having moved to the island of Maui at a young age and taking to the watersports lifestyle and has since been a leading figure in progressing the sport to what it is today.
Goal Zero Carabiner Coffee – Erik Gordon
Goal Zero - Climber, biker, boarder, van-lifer & founder of Carabiner Coffee – Erik Gordon shares his views on life, love and why coffee? So there I was. In 2nd gear going twenty miles an hour with my flashers on, praying Ol Blue would make it over the continental divide in late October on our first official date together.
Jackson Kayak World Cup in Freestyle Kayaking 2016
Jackson Kayak - First time in history of our sport World Cup series took place in South America. Previous plan was to start World Cup in San Juan and to finish it with big final in Rio De Janeiro.
Frogma Happy Halloween - Fairport NY Style
Frogma - I was out and about in the East Village tonight, but unfortunately forgot to take my camera, one should always have a camera when strolling about about in the Village on Halloween.
Jackson Kayak How to Hack Someone’s Telephone?
Jackson Kayak - If you are studying this post, you should have looked for a approach to hack people’s phones. We won’t inform anyone. The majority of folks would like to seem at their spouse’s/child’s/employee’s/parent’s SMS or calls background.
Kayak Base Buck Photobombing A Kayaker Is The Latest Viral Story
Kayak Base - Joan Zeller BoninIf the human is allowed to get internet’s 15 minutes of fame, then a buck also deserves it.
SUP Connect Excitement Builds For 6th Annual Corinth Canal Paddle Crossing
SUP Connect - The most fascinating race of the year, the Corinth Canal Paddle Crossing is about to start. On Sunday, October 30th 2016, the naval traffic of the canal will be stopped for over 200 Stand Up Paddlers, Canoers and Kayakers to compete at the straightest race of the world.
Athletes with top online media coverage in October
1. Connor Baxter
2. Kai Lenny
3. Zane Schweitzer
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