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Playak Weekly Digest - week 36, 2019
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 36, 2019.
Palm Blogs Kayaking on the Roof of the World
Palm Blogs - The birthplace of Zen, settled between the mountain ranges in the world, providing 45% of the worlds fresh water and shrouded in culture and mystery. Tibet is quite simply a place like no other.
unsponsored Knives To A Gunfight – Norway In River Runners
unsponsored - Bren and Adrian have a great time running the rivers of Norway.
International Rivers Students for Rivers Camp in the Balkans
International Rivers - The last free-flowing rivers of Europe are threatened by over 2,700 planned dams in the Balkans and a group of young grassroots activists is learning what to do about it.
Jackson Kayak No Attain No Gain
Jackson Kayak - This year I decided to make it a goal to paddle a longboat regularly for overall training and race as many events as possible. This is new to me because I’ve never really been a big fan of racing or longboats as opposed to more freestyle, creeking and just paddling for fun. I was intrigued by attaining because I’d never really done it much but knew it was a good all around training method and exercise. Especially when water is low for surf and seams. Encouragement and persuasion from friends definitely played a role which I am grateful for, they were right.
Jackson Kayak Kayak Night Fishing in calm and cool nights
Jackson Kayak - One of my favorite times of the year is the Late June to right now! Hot, humid and just miserable during the day. Nice calm and cool nights. 
ICF Cautious Funk Not Ready Yet to Talk Tokyo
ICF - Ricarda Funk is not ready just yet to celebrate earning a ticket to her first ever Olympics, even though something unbelievably drastic would need to happen to deny the 27-year-old German her plane ticket to Tokyo.
Jackson Kayak Going Against the Grain
Jackson Kayak - There are good fishermen and there are great fishermen, and there are those who rarely catch anything and say, Oh look a pretty sunset.
American Rivers Support the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
American Rivers - Since 2009, American Rivers has worked tirelessly protect the Waccamaw River. We’ve partnered with numerous organizations across North Carolina and South Carolina to provide greater access to the river and its recreation opportunities through the Waccamaw River Blue Trail. Much of the Trail flows through the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, a 55,000-acre stretch of critical riverside lands set aside to protect important wildlife like the swallowed-tailed kite, coastal black bear, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and a wide variety of rare plants.
unsponsored This year’s Ladakh River Festival on Indus River’s Lardo section
unsponsored - The Ladakh River Festival, Lardo, Indus. On the famous intimidating class 4 LARDO section.
SUP International Antonio De La Rosa Paddles Across the Pacific
SUP International - Antonio De La Rosa paddles across the Pacific in 76 days.
Traversing Bending Branches Announces First Sustainable Canoe Paddle
Traversing - Bending Branches have announced the Catalyst ST, their first sustainable canoe paddle. Handcrafted in Osceola, WI U.S.A., this paddle is made from a combination of basswood, roasted basswood, red alder, and maple remnants from their first-quality paddles.
PaddlingLight Photography and Paddling Mix in My New Video
PaddlingLight - The other morning, I paddled out to a location that I’ve wanted to photograph at sunrise for a couple of years. I paddled about 20 to 30 minutes in the dark and landed under cloudy skies. I thought it was going to be a big bust.
Down Hill Kayaking Summer 2018
Down Hill Kayaking - The summer of 2018 involved a lot more work and a lot less travel than I prefer, but I still managed to get in a 10-day trip to Colorado with a few friends.
unsponsored Liquidlogic’s latest fast longboat creeker - Alpha
unsponsored - If you are looking for a confidence-inspiring boat that can make your local run fun or take care of you on the hardest whitewater you paddle. Give the Alpha a try.
SUP Connect Why They Won - Supconnect Awards 2019
SUP Connect - With the 10th Annual Supconnect Awards wrapped up and the winners announced we here at Supconnect wanted to give you a bit of insight on the deciding factors that led to the choosing of this year’s winners. With over 100,000 views, 26,000 interactions, and countless phone calls, texts and emails with our advisory board and industry feedback, you’ll be able to understand why we selected the winners below.
Athletes with top online media coverage in August
1. Connor Baxter
2. Eric Jackson
3. Dane Jackson
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