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Playak Weekly Digest - week 02, 2017
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 02, 2017.
Brittany Parker Don't Be Such a P*ssy
Brittany Parker - Peer pressure statements like this infuriate me, these statements can sometimes have fatal consequences.
Palm Blogs Flashback to the Whitewater XL
Palm Blogs - This November the new Vector Wero whitewater park in south Auckland hosted the world’s richest kayaking event yet, the Whitewater XL. With $60,000 prize money up for grabs, it promised to be interesting racing over four action pack days. Lots of international and local paddlers came down with wallets empty and hopes high! The Whitewater XL has been timed to coincide with the start of the Northern Hemisphere winter, and New Zealand’s finest spring weather.
Canoe Kayak How miracle material Royalex came to be used for white water canoes
Canoe Kayak - Before 1960, canoes came either in wood, aluminum or fiberglass. Then Uniroyal sandwiched an ABS foam core between thin layers of plastic. The tire maker called the new material Royalex and used it to produce generic canoes sold under a variety of brand names. Paddlers called them “Warsaw Rockets,” after the Indiana town where they were produced, and praised their durability but not their performance. The material was ripe for innovation.
Jackson Kayak The Life and Times of KC Jackson
Jackson Kayak - My third child, KC, is perhaps the happiest, most excited kid, I have ever known. He approaches some of the littlest things with the most enthusiasm. A big smile, loud, cheerful, uncontrolled screams of pure joy, followed by an adrenaline shot and him being ready for action.
Palm Blogs Cleaning up your Kayak Fishing and paddling Gear
Palm Blogs - I might be sponsored but that doesn’t mean I don’t like to look after my kit. Washing stuff down after a trip is all part of the process of kayak fishing as far as I’m concerned.
RAM Mounts RAM Mounts Introduces Rugged Device Cases and Standardized Docking Solutions for USB Type-C Devices
RAM Mounts - At the Consumer Electronics Show today, we are announcing the upcoming availability of two exciting new products. IntelliSkin for the HP Elite x3 mobile device and new GDS docks. The new vehicle and desktop docks have added support for USB Type-C™ enabled devices such as the powerful Elite x3.
Canoe Kayak Mammoth Proportions: Paddling through the Pleistocene in Channel Islands NP
Canoe Kayak - With a persistent drought hanging tough across a parched Southern California, all we wanted from our paddling trip was to find fresh water. I had paddled to this specific canyon on Santa Rosa Island several times in the past and it’s always been one of the more reliable water sources throughout the Channel Islands National Park. There are a couple of other things about this particular canyon though that will take one back to the Pleistocene Era, but only if you arrive by paddle.
Canoe Roots Top 10 Most Popular Canoeroots Stories From 2016
Canoe Roots - 15 Camping Mistakes and How to Avoid Them This roundup of the most epic mistakes people make while camping was a hit online.
Jackson Kayak Happy New Year
Jackson Kayak - 2016 was the most amazing year of my life so far; not only did I get to travel the world kayaking on some incredible rivers with awesome people, winning every event I entered including winning my first European Freestyle Kayak Championship Gold.
Am. Whitewater Colorado seeks $25 million for river health and stream planning.
Am. Whitewater - Colorado’s rivers need your support in securing State funds for the development of watershed management plans critical for maintaining and improving stream health throughout the State.
Am. Whitewater Agencies Consider New River Dries & AW Proposal (WV)
Am. Whitewater - Right now, West Virginia and federal agencies have a rare opportunity to restore water to the New River Dries, a beautiful 5-mile stretch of Class III-IV rapids that is typically dewatered by the Hawks Nest Dam.
unsponsored Immersion Research Shawty Drysuit – Review
unsponsored - It’s no secret that in the world of paddling, females are the minority. Therefore it is very hard for us to find comfort in most paddling kits, as they are generally tailored to a male figure.
Rafting Life Whitewater kayaking and rafting review 2016
Rafting Life - The past year has been a mix of ups and downs. Had a good year of paddling and rafting, managed to get in 140 days on the water between kayaks and rafts. Fantastic times at the Gordon Creek race and Cowichan Youth Kayak Festival in the beginning of the year.
PaddlingLight Ranting About Painters With A Paddle In It
PaddlingLight - Probably not best to start the year off with a rant as the first post, but maybe, just maybe, 2017 will be the year when this kind of thing stops. What do you ask?
Traversing Garmin Announces The inReach SE+ and inReach Explorer+
Traversing - Garmin (who made our list of top news of 2016 by purchasing Delorme) announced today the inReach SE+ and inReach Explorer+, the first Garmin devices with inReach satellite communication technology. 
Athletes with top online media coverage in 2016
1. Kai Lenny
2. Connor Baxter
3. Fiona Wylde
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