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Playak Weekly Digest - week 43, 2017
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 43, 2017.
unsponsored Dagger Axiom vs Jackson AntiX vs Liquidlogic Braap vs Pyranha Ripper
unsponsored - Fancy a slicey river running play machine? Dagger Axiom Vs Jackson AntiX Vs Liquidlogic Braap Vs Pyranha Ripper.
Palm Blogs Fortify Yourself
Palm Blogs - Adventure sports are different to other recreational sports like football or tennis. Nature is the referee, and she doesn’t always share the rule book before dishing out the punishment. When you’re playing in the elements, you are part of a changing world, one that has not been prepared or softened. It’s not a case of winning or losing, its a matter of enjoyment, challenge and respect.
Palm Blogs British, Club & Euro Freestyle – the NSR for All Ages
Palm Blogs - On the last weekend of September, over 130 paddlers met in Nottingham for a three-in-one event; the British Freestyle Championships, Club Championships and the European Open.
GrindTV Great white shark knocks teen off kayak in South Australia
GrindTV - Sarah Williams , the 15 year old girl who went kayak fishing off the coast of Normanville in South Australia had a most terrifying encounter with a 16 feet great white shark. The girl was rescued by her family who were on water nearby but it was a narrow escape. Read on...
The Paddler ezine Peak UK River Guide PFD
The Paddler ezine - Peak UK’s top whitewater PFD the River Guide has been updated for 2018 but still keeps the original storage features of a large front pocket (with phone, sling and camera compartments), twin karabiner pockets and a knife pocket.
unsponsored Zet Introduces the Five
unsponsored - Having just been discussing the lack of new boats from ZET over the last few days it looks like they do have a new kayak for 2018. From the specifications it looks like the Five is designed to address the challenges from the new crop of short (sub 9ft) whitewater kayaks.
American Rivers Keurig Green Mountain doing river cleans up events since 13 years
American Rivers - River cleanups are fun ways to spend time with your coworkers and give back to the community. Learn how Keurig Green Mountain is doing just that in Vermont and around the country.
Trident Sports Connor Wins the Pacific Paddle Games The Super Bowl of SUP
Trident Sports - The 2017 Pacific Paddle Games was another huge success and an epic show. As always it took place at the infamous Doheney State Park in Dana Point California. It was a two day race on Saturday and Sunday with nonstop action.
Canoe Roots Andrew Szeto crafts wood paddles from recycled skateboards
Canoe Roots - Andrew Szeto is an Ottawa, Ontario resident with an affinity for all things stoke and his eye-catching paddles have stirred nothing less in the world of social media. Building two paddles week, each using four to five skateboards per paddle to get the colors just right, Szeto admits the paddlers are certainly a labor of love.
Ultimate Bass Weight Bass fish catches wins Dickneite FLW Series on Lake of the Ozarks
Ultimate Bass - Boater Andre Dickneite of Freeburg, Missouri, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 15 pounds even to win the Costa FLW Series Central Division event on Lake of the Ozarks presented by Evinrude. Dickneite’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 48 pounds, 4 ounces, was enough to earn him the win by a 2-pound, 8-ounce margin and the first place prize of $40,000.
Canoe Kayak Fear and Loathing on Montana’s Middle Fork of the Flathead - an Adventurous Group 'On the Social Security End of Things' Learns a Few Whitewater Canoe Lessons Deep in the Great Bear Wilderness
Canoe Kayak - Anxiety squatted over our preparations like a brewing storm – that special mix of exhilaration and dread before a daunting run.
Rapid Magazine Blog What's The Worst Job You've Ever Had?
Rapid Magazine Blog - I have worked 15 years at the Octoberfest in Munich serving beer to very thirsty people.
GrindTV 6 SUP brands that are getting serious about sustainability
GrindTV - Here’s a handful of companies that are putting the planet first with sustainable practices to make SUP boards you can feel good about riding.
Jackson Kayak How to Feewheele (Regular)
Jackson Kayak - A freewheele is one of my personal favorite parts about whitewater kayaking. It can be done regular or switch but regular is easier.
Jackson Kayak France Trip
Jackson Kayak - This summer was my 6th trip to France with Llandysul Paddlers, with a record number of around 100 paddlers going, including my mum. Getting there involved a 24 hour coach journey, including a ferry crossing from Dover to Calais. When everyone finally saw the sign to L’Argentière-la-Bessée, everyone got super excited.
Athletes with top online media coverage in October
1. Kai Lenny
2. Ryan McAvoy
3. Nouria Newman
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