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Playak News Flash - May 25, 2019
Playak News Flash - May 25, 2019
The world's latest paddling headlines.
Jackson Kayak Cold and Frustrated: Flood stage kayaking - Ottawa river
Jackson Kayak - This is how things look after the Ottawa river floods places, but kayakers can have a good time enjoying kayaking and pitching in to restore homes that are flooded!! ... A good thing about kayaking, is that when there is a flood, you can kayak and help out affected people, its happened before.
Jackson Kayak Reno River Festival: 2019 Recap
Jackson Kayak - Nestled in the desert on the southwest outskirts of Nevada sits the worlds biggest little city, and every spring kayakers flock to the manmade whitewater park in downtown Reno to test their skills in front of huge crowds in the snow melt waters of the Truckee River during the Reno River Festival.
The Paddler ezine Helly Hansen creates heads-up design with new kid safe+ PFD
The Paddler ezine - Helly Hansen has spent the last 140-plus years creating designs that enhance safety to ensure all ages enjoy their time around the water, whether a professional sailor or juniors just beginning to get their sea legs.
Traversing Take Your Newborn Camping With DriButts Reusable Outdoor Diapers
Traversing - DriButts has taken what they have learned making diapers for babies in harsh climates and created the DriButts Reusable Outdoor Diapers. Coming this Summer, these are the first reusable diapers aimed at outdoors families.
ICF The paddlers coming to Poland for the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup
ICF - A fisherman from Tahiti, tourist guide from Easter Island, and an athlete from Chile who had to rely on crowdfunding to get to Europe are among the paracanoe paddlers set to take to the water when the first ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup of 2019 kicks off in Poznan, Poland.
Jackson Kayak Behind the Scenes Part I: Hooked on Wild Waters, St. Marks River
Jackson Kayak - I had the huge honor to be invited by Drew Gregory to be his show guest and to fish and be filmed with him for episodes of his “Hooked on Wild Waters”. The filming took place in early March, 2019 in my backyard of Wakulla County, in the panhandle of north Florida. The two resulting episodes will include both saltwater and freshwater locations and they will air later this spring.
International Rafting Federation Announcing the Inaugural World White Water Rafting Summit
International Rafting Federation - Under the theme, Risk management for a prosperous future, the first-ever World White Water Rafting Summit (WWWRS) will be held at the National Conference and Convention Centre in San Jose, Costa Rica from October 8 to 13, 2019.
SUP International How to Pivot Turn a Stand Up Paddle Board
SUP International - The pivot turn or step back turn is a great maneuver to practice in flat water that will help prepare you for SUP surfing, SUP racing and down winders on a Stand Up Paddle board.
SUP International Getting that great picture when Stand Up Paddleboarding
SUP International - It’s fair to say, for as long as we've had paddle boarding we've also had digital photography. We’re now at a stage where we’re spoilt for choice with incredible optics on our phones, gimbals, affordable drones and DSLRs but a good photo won’t take itself.
SUP Examiner Here is all the hot and cool stuff from the world of paddling - Stay in Touch!!
SUP Examiner - Here’s what you need to know... Molokai to Oahu 2.0, aka the Surfski World Championships The fabled Molokai to Oahu OC-1 Solo paddling race may have been blown out earlier in May, but conditions are [...]
SUP International The Perfect Costa Rica Sup Surf Session
SUP International - Book your all-inclusive perfect Blue Zone SUP surf retreat with world-class coaching in world-class waves.
TotalSUP SUP enthusiast Georgie on Red Paddle Co Dragon World Championships - It’s coming!!
TotalSUP - Entries are now open for the Red Paddle Co Dragon World Championships 2019.! SUP teams from around the world can now register to have their spot at the world’s only dedicated team SUP competition. The two-day event will take place on the 15th-16th June on Lake Annecy, France.
supboardguide.com NIXY Huntington G3 Inflatable Paddle Board Review (2019)
supboardguide.com - Is this the biggest game changer for inflatable SUP’s for 2019? The 9’6″ NIXY Huntington G3 is the only compact board on the market in the mid-range price range.
ICF All Eyes on Poznan as Canoe Sprint Season Begins
ICF - A long list of Olympic and world championship gold medalists will mix it with Tokyo 2020 hopefuls when the 2019 International Canoe Federation canoe sprint season kicks off in Poznan, Poland, this week.
ICF Szeged Celebrates 100 Days to Go
ICF - May 15 marked 100 days before the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships, and the organisers held a media conference in the host city of the event, Szeged.
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