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Playak Weekly Digest - week 46, 2018
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 46, 2018.
Palm Blogs Bren’s Park Jam – CIWW, Cardiff
Palm Blogs - Cardiff has quickly become one of my favourite whitewater centres to visit. A little bit of that is because I have learned some of the local free ride moves down the course, partly because the staff and the locals have created such a brilliant and welcoming atmosphere but mostly because I think Cardiff whitewater course has one of the strongest contingencies of mini senders in the world.
Palm Blogs Bren’s Park Jam
Palm Blogs - For the fourth stop, we traveled down to London to kayak at the Lee Valley Whitewater course. This park was the location used for the 2012 Olympics and as such the whitewater course is exceptional.
Palm Blogs Plattling Playspot Guide
Palm Blogs - Plattling is one of my most visited places in Europe. It’s always on my way when I’m going to paddle in West Europe. There is a great hole called Isarwelle.
Canoe Kayak C&K Wins National Media Award
Canoe Kayak - Canoe & Kayak claims 2018 FOLIO Eddie Award in Column/Blog category for a controversial op-ed on public lands protection; earns Honorable Mention nod in Analysis for story on the lure of Amazon paddling expeditions.
Jackson Kayak A Summer Without Work
Jackson Kayak - To some, a summer without work sounds normal. To others, a summer without work sounds impossible. To me, it was the light at the end of a long and dark tunnel.
unsponsored When It All Goes Wrong – Update
unsponsored - As well as making sure I have all the necessary safety kit (PFD, helmet, throw line , whistle , pin kit ) I like to have a range of kit with me that can be used in emergency situations.
Alder Creek Kayak Tatshenshini River
Alder Creek Kayak - Here we go again, my 7th trip to a wilderness river in Alaska. We've done the Charley/Yukon, Alsek, Happy, Hula Hula, Kobuk, Aniakchak and now the Tatshenshini river. This trip seems like a vacation after the wind swept and cold adventure on the Hula Hula last year.
MTI Adventurewear MTI Campaigns to Save Boundary Waters
MTI Adventurewear - MTI in the news, Excerpts below from SGB’s website. It was nice for little MTI to be on the stage with the likes of Patagonia at the Industry Breakfast at OR.
Traversing 2018 Canoeing Photo Contest
Traversing - As the 2018 Canoeing season starts to wind down we look back fondly through the trips we've taken... which means it's time for our yearly photo contest.
Alpin Action Team Bestard Canyon Guide & Canyon Guide Lady
Alpin Action Team - This new and revolutionary boot has been designed and manufactured specifically to offer maximum performance in adventure-sport activities where humid conditions and wet, slippery environments are the norm: caving, canyoning, tropical and monsoon-season treks and the like.
Canoe Kayak Expedition Planning: Gear Part-1, Shelter
Canoe Kayak - Let's set some terms first. What do we mean by expedition-worthy? And how much stuff is in the mix? Thinking about expeditions, the imagination conjures journeys that go remote and stay long.
Canoe Kayak Voices for Wild and Scenic: Curtis England
Canoe Kayak - Paddling guide and river activist Curtis England, instrumental in the petition to protect the Southeast's Nolichucky River Gorge, highlights the next installment in a four-part profile series of paddlers protecting and speaking for our Wild and Scenic rivers.
SUP Examiner Paddling’s Essential Element
SUP Examiner - Exploring the critical component of balance I am 52 years old. Ok, I've said it. My two teenage sons tell me that I’m really old and they could be right.
unsponsored Tyne Tour 2018 – Part III
unsponsored - Last weekend I sat just above Rescue Rock river left  to capture some images from the Tyne Tour 2018. 
RAM Mounts Garmin Spine Mount for Handheld Devices
RAM Mounts - With the new Garmin spine mount from RAM® Mounts, make any Garmin handheld device featuring an integrated spine connection RAM® Compatible™ – it’s as easy as slide, snap, and secure.
Athletes with top online media coverage in November
1. Sarah Hébert
2. Eric Jackson
3. Jeramie Vaine
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