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Playak Weekly Digest - week 10, 2019
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 10, 2019.
Alpin Action Team Waka Steeze First Impressions
Alpin Action Team - So here, is what Waka guys say about it, Waka kayaks are excited to present our newest and perhaps most amazing creation to date.
unsponsored How to Boof a Kayak – 3 Components to a Basic Boof
unsponsored - In this video the Aquabatics Calgary team present an easy to understand 3 component progression to learn how to boof on your local Class II/III run.
unsponsored Liquidlogic Prototype
unsponsored - Judy Ranelli spotted this Liquidlogic kayak at the  Mulberry Fork Race.
unsponsored VE Paddles – Custom Squirt Blades
unsponsored - Spotted at this year’s National Student Rodeo was this set of VE Paddles. The blades are formed form the Aircore blade and then shaped so that they are more suitable for squirt boating.
Palm Blogs Galway Fest
Palm Blogs - With only a week to go to before Galway Fest, I thought I would write a guide on how to get to Galway! With hundreds of competitors and some of the world’s best paddlers attending, Galway Fest will sure be some show.
International Rivers As Beijing Looks to Lead on Biodiversity, China-Backed Hydropower Threatens to Wipe Out the Rarest Great Ape on Earth
International Rivers - In 2020, China will host the biannual meeting of the Assembly of the Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), a multilateral treaty that commits its signatories to developing strategies to conserve and sustainable use the Earth’s biological diversity and genetic resources.
Jackson Kayak River Clean Ups Are Good Fish Karma
Jackson Kayak - How many times have you brought a friend or client to a favorite area to fish and it’s been recently trashed? Empty coffee cups, beer cans, styrofoam worm containers, household trash, appliances, tires are what I see often.
Adventure Kayak Humpback Whale Lands on Kayakers
Adventure Kayak - Two kayakers were on a whale watching tour with Sanctuary Cruises when a large humpback whale breached the surface and landed on top of their kayak.
Outdoor Industry Association U.S. Extends Trade Talks With China
Outdoor Industry Association - Higher Costs on Outdoor Products on Hold President Trump announced last Sunday that he will extend the deadline for the United States and China to resolve outstanding concerns about China’s intellectual property practices.
RAM Mounts Mount of the Month: Wheelchair Mounts for Seat and Armrest Tracks
RAM Mounts - As RAM® Mounts continues its commitment to accessibility mounting solutions, a range of just-released wheelchair seat and armrest track kits is an obvious choice for our latest mount of the month feature.
Jackson Kayak River Safety Experiment: Underwater Color Visibility
Jackson Kayak - After being around a few, and reading reports of many whitewater entrapment accidents, I noticed something. Rescuers regularly report that they struggled to see the trapped paddler underwater, even when they were within a few feet of them.
Jackson Kayak Get Skinny
Jackson Kayak - As anglers, we always tend to research certain variables that are approaching us before spending our day on the water.
Paddle Making Sportman'S Exhibition, New York, 1897
Paddle Making - An earlier post mentioned the gallery page of artworks by Edwin Tappan Adney currently being  featured on Art.com through an association with the Mariner's Museum.
ICF Important Rule Changes Announced Ahead of 2019 Season
ICF - The 2019 international canoe season is shaping as a blockbuster, with eight separate world championships, as well as Olympic and Paralympic qualifiers.
PaddlingLight Totally Lame GoPro: Setting a Kayaker on Fire
PaddlingLight - Someone posted the below video to my social media feeds today and made the comment, There are thousands of good reasons and good ways to paddle, this is not one of them.
Athletes with top online media coverage in March
1. Casper Steinfath
2. Fiona Wylde
3. Aniol Serrasolses
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