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Playak Weekly Digest - week 24, 2012
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling links in week 24, 2012.
Dagger Blogs Huck: The Risks and Rewards of a Life Driven By Freefall
Dagger Blogs (Sunday 10th) *** - ...I'm incredibly fortunate that my paddling career transitioned perfectly into a career in filmmaking...
kayak4play Testing the new FLUID Bazooka - Norway
kayak4play (Monday 11th) *** - So im one of the lucky few to already have my hands on a brand new FLUID KAYAKS Bazooka already over here in Europe. At first a little scared of having to learn a new boat in a big unfamiliar environment,
Dagger Blogs Another week in the Columbia River Gorge....with a helicopter!
Dagger Blogs (Saturday 9th) ** - I can't think of a weekend this whole year where I didn't go on some sort of adventure, from back country skiing in the Northern Cascades to kayaking trips across the Pacific Northwest. I know it's a bit late, but here's a post from a few weekends ago.
Palm Blogs Griff’s adventure in Aberystwyth (or why we’re not in Pakistan yet)
Palm Blogs (Wednesday 13th) ** - Joe Rea-Dickins, James Smith and Chris Griffiths from Aberystwyth University were scheduled to begin their 5 month expedition to Pakistan, India and Nepal last monday. Here’s why they didn’t.
Jackson Kayak Eric Bartl: Boatercross Tips and Strategies
Jackson Kayak (Monday 11th) ** - In light of the annual Cheat race last weekend, and with strong urging from Anna, I thought I would share a few of my racing tips with you.
Dagger Blogs Lower Rauma
Dagger Blogs (Tuesday 12th) ** - After some good days of kayaking around the Sjoa area we are finally heading to the mecca of whitewater in Norway, Voss. The rivers are bigger and pushier here. I got to run the lower Rauma today and it was full on, short section of 2 km. that has some amazing drops and slides!
CORE Paddles Kirri Reviews Trickling In
CORE Paddles (Sunday 10th) * - After much work and anticipation the initial reviews on the Kirri WW stuff is starting to trickle in.  We had a lot of production trouble over the past 7-8 months but the reviews I am receiving are vindication for the work we have put into the new sticks. Awesome.
Jackson Kayak North Fork Championship
Jackson Kayak (Thursday 14th) * - The North Fork Championship lived up to the hype, becoming one of the wildest whitewater kayaking events to ever happen. For those of you that haven’t heard, the North Fork Championship (NFC) is a first year event on the Payette River. Friday’s event takes place on the lower three miles of the North Fork Payette, and is the qualifier race for Saturday’s race.
unsponsored Pin/Rescue Kit Part II – Throwbags
unsponsored (Friday 8th) * - Carrying and being able to use a rope effectively/safely are key skills that every paddler should have and practice. First things first, if you intend on carrying/using a throw bag or a rope then you should also be carrying a knife. That knife should be capable of cutting through your throw line ...
Misc. Steve Fisher & Jackass Huck 100ft in Oregon
Misc. (Tuesday 12th) * - Jackass star Bam Margera and pro kayaker Steve Fisher recently plunged head first down a 100-foot waterfall in a tandem kayak. Margera got injured and hospitalized for hernia surgery after the fall.
Inflatable Kayaks & Packrafts Water shoes tested: Teva Omnium and Vibram FiveFingers TrekSport
Inflatable Kayaks & Packrafts (Saturday 9th) * - See also: Packrafting shoes or boots Not much packrafting going on here in southern Utah, but a little hiking and easy canyoneering (or maybe just ‘canyowading’ in the fabulous Zion, Canyonlnds and Escalante NPs. I’ve had a chance to try … Continue reading →
Palm Blogs Lyon Playboating
Palm Blogs (Monday 11th) * - Last week I was running a FlowFree Playboating Development Week in Lyon. We had lots of fun and managed to catch Hawaii-sur-Rhone in good conditions as well as a couple of local slalom courses. Here’s a couple of pics from the week: One of the students on the course has written up a report [...]
Palm Blogs Teva Mountain Games and Eporedia Active Days
Palm Blogs (Thursday 14th) * - Having a very busy kayak school season this spring I finally made it back to some races in June. I left Innsbruck end of May heading to Munich Airport and taking off to Vail, Colorado for the Teva Mountain Games.
A whole bunch of Ing's Bodies in bags and other surprises
A whole bunch of Ing's (Friday 15th) * - Fishing boats and huge containers of petrol. Symbols of the past and present in here in Newfoundland. From poor "have not" fishery province to rich "have" province due to the development of the oil rich banks just off our beautiful coast. Leaving Long Pond to back track and finish a swath of coastline I've been told by other paddlers it was "not a great paddle". to be honest I had reservations of "wasting" such a beautiful day on what was explained to me as a dirty "urbanesque" paddle past subdivisions and industry. None the less it laid undone as part of my ongoing journey around the peninsula.
Exploring Elements Event: Teva Mtn Games ’12 (Part 1 of 2)
Exploring Elements (Sunday 10th) * - I drove up from BV to Vail on Tuesday, after the CKS Paddle Fest and Class V Mtn Bike adventures, to have a look at Homestake Creek and help out with modifying the rodeo hole. The serious racers where all out at Homestake rallying laps trying to figure out the quick lines with the extremely low water.
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