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Playak Weekly Digest - week 18, 2019
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 18, 2019.
PADDLEexpo Ocean Plastic Rubbish Turned Into Kayaks
PADDLEexpo - Blue Planet UK How ocean plastic rubbish is turned into kayaks Presenter Steve Brown visits Plymouth to meet Rob Thompson, the ocean activist working with Islander kayaks to clean up the seas.
PADDLEexpo Tiderace New Brand Manager Ivan Lawler
PADDLEexpo - You will have seen some big changes at Tiderace recently, with the new factory venture with Nelo Kayaks, along with some new designs and Nelo’s seamless construction.
Jackson Kayak Road to Worlds With Team Jackson
Jackson Kayak - How does the level of competition at World Championships compare to any other freestyle competition? Well, simply put it is the best freestyle athletes and competitors from around the world. So, its pretty much the hardest event to win.
PADDLEexpo 425pro Launches a New Line of Production in Europe With Prestol
PADDLEexpo - 425pro, the high-performance Stand Up Paddle company owned and managed by Tahitian CEO Jerry Mihimana announces a new collaboration with latvian watercraft manufactuer Prestol.
Jackson Kayak Ecuadorians Waterfalls
Jackson Kayak - Last weekend we went to the Ecuadorian coast to paddle some rivers and waterfalls, it was the last day of Arthur Bernot for his trip and we enjoyed it. Look at those 2 nice drops at 2 hours from Quito.
Kokatat Kalob Grady - Reflecting on 2018
Kokatat - 2018 was monumental year for Kalob Grady as he journeyed to amazing places, experienced new cultures and learned valuable lessons along the way.
Canoe Kayak Spring Fixits for Paddles and Gunwales - Keep Your Woodwork in Great Shape
Canoe Kayak - Keep your woodwork in great shape with these tips to prepare your canoe paddles and wooden gunwales for the season ahead.
unsponsored Check out the Pyranha 9R MKII that’s out in Go Kayaking North West
unsponsored - Unsponsored was able to get a closer look at a prototype of the new Pyranha 9R MKII earlier this year. You can check those images out by clicking here .
PaddlingLight Crackpot Kayak Dude
PaddlingLight - Every now and then some crackpot contacts me, and it irritates me enough to post the conversation. I get a ton of these types of emails and sometimes share them on my private FB profile, because they are humorous. But a few deserve to see the light of day. Here’s one of them.
Jackson Kayak After “Brave Wave” went, kayaker's searched for another such powerful wave to play on
Jackson Kayak - One of the most prominent and used features at Rock Island, Tennessee from 1999 until 2009 was Brave Wave.    It is a wave I named the first time I got on it, which was after a big flood in 1999.      The eddy service is awesome, but you have to be fast to [...]
Outdoor Industry Association Notes From the Hill - Earth Day Action
Outdoor Industry Association - For almost a half century, America has celebrated Earth Day on April 22. What started in 1970 as a response to an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara has become not only an annual call for environmental protection but a global movement.
International Rafting Federation What’s coming up on the IRF events calendar?
International Rafting Federation - This is always a very busy time in the IRF with the Northern Hemisphere season kicking off, and this year we add to that by having our World Champs and our Congress in May! The racing season picks up pace and there are plenty of GTE Workshops to choose from stretching around the world.
Canoe Kayak Going Beyond the Bay - New Crowdfunding Campaigns Targeting Paddlers
Canoe Kayak - A look at British Filmmaker Hannah Maia's project documenting a canoe tripping experience the Keewaydin way with nine women who represented the two decades since the venerable, 125-year-old Ontario-based summer camp launched a girls program.
ICF Success of this European whitewater slalom camp showed in the results
ICF - A talent camp held in Skopje, Macedonia had ten athletes from six different countries train in white water paddling and canoe slalom disciplines. The results were great as these athletes performed well in the IKAS Open slalom event and European white water sprint cup. It is nice that such camps are held, growing the spot of canoe slalom and whitewater paddling.
unsponsored 5 Most Common Kayaking Mistakes
unsponsored - Just a quick one to try and highlight some common mistakes and how to fix them!
Athletes with top online media coverage in April
1. Eric Jackson
2. Dane Jackson
3. Michael Booth
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