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Playak News Flash - March 8, 2020
Playak News Flash - March 8, 2020
The world's latest paddling headlines.
Outdoor Industry Association Top 5 Reasons to Join the Climate Action Corps
Outdoor Industry Association - Joining the Climate Action Corps isn’t a commitment your company can or should make lightly, and we encourage organizations to evaluate the opportunity thoroughly. As a business executive, your critical strategic operations are probably driven by quarterly P&L forecasts.
SUPracer Chased by the Midnight Sun: The Documentary About Canada’s 715km-Long ‘Yukon River Quest’ Is Finally Complete
SUPracer - It was 3am Tuesday. I’d been staring at the remote Canadian wilderness for 16 hours straight. I hadn’t slept much, and I was seriously questioning why I was doing it all in the first place. This was the Yukon River Quest, which at 715km is the longest annual paddle race on the planet. It’s a mind-bending experience that pushes the body to its limits and the mind well beyond.
Trident Sports Spectacular Start to the Season at 2020 Glagla Race – Lake Annecy, France
Trident Sports - Bluebird skies greeted the over 600 strong field of SUP racers as they entered Lake Anney’s frigid but glassy waters for the 2020 GlaGla Race, which kicked off the 2020 SUP racing season this past weekend in spectacular fashion. Starboard Dream Team riders flexed their muscle to show that they are in great form coming into the new season.
ACA Paddlesports Safety Facilitator Program FAQs
ACA - With the recent termination of the American Red Cross Small Craft Safety course, there are large numbers of summer camps, youth organizations, and outfitter & livery businesses that are actively seeking time and cost efficient paddlesports training and certification. The ACA Paddlesport Safety Facilitator (PSF) program is an approved substitute, and been recommended by the American Red Cross as well as other national recreation industry leaders such as the American Camp Association.
International Rafting Federation A New Member Joins the IRF Family – Ukrainian Rafting Federation
International Rafting Federation - Recognizing that we are stronger together, the Ukrainian Rafting Federation (URF), founded in 2009, are the most recent member to join the IRF rafting family. The URF joins the All Ukraine Rafting Federation (AURF) as our second provisional member federation from Ukraine. The IRF will be working with the two rafting federations to help unify rafting in Ukraine as we continue to unify rafting worldwide. We wholeheartedly welcome URF to the IRF Family.
Trident Sports Starboard’s 2020 Pro Surf Paddleboard Wins Supboarder Pro’s Head-to-Head Board Test
Trident Sports - Leading SUP magazine, SUPBoarder, invited all paddleboard manufacturers the chance to test out their performance SUP surfing shapes in the 85 to 95-litre range for their latest PRO video test series. SUPBoarder then selected 6 boards from leading brands & tested them head to head, highlighting their strengths & weaknesses to find the best intermediate to advanced surf SUP on the market.
Naish 2020 Naish Hover Crossover - SUP/WS/Wing Foiling
Naish - The waterman lifestyle is deeply rooted at Naish with backgrounds in Windsurfing, SUP and surfing. The Hover Crossover combines a multitude of boardsports with 4-in-1 performance – SUP Foil, SUP, Windsurf + Wing-Surf.
SUP Tonic Jay Davies and Harry Bryant Score Cyclone Waves in the Unlikeliest Corner of Australia - Taking Off
SUP Tonic - Broome, in the far north of Western Australia, is closer to Indonesia than its state capital of Perth. This country town is known for many things, from indigenous art, culture and heritage to pearl farming and Cable Beach, a glistening ribbon of sand famed for its spectacular sunset camel rides. Broome is also notorious for deadly jellyfish and crocodiles, so unsurprisingly, surfing has never been high on the list of must-do things for any visitor to Broome. But Aussie journeymen Jay Davies and Harry Bryant decided to roll the dice on a rare cyclone swell — the results were, umm, interesting.
SUP World Mag How to Paddle Out in Bigger Surf on a SUP
SUP World Mag - Clayisland showing in slow motion various techniques and strategies for getting through the rows of whitewash and the impact zone so we can ride more tasty waves. Breaking the technique down and describing how to do it, why, and when.
SUP Tonic Ny Sup Open Sprints Racing Higlights 2019
SUP Tonic - Check out the NY SUP open sprints racing highlights 2019, right here.
American Rivers Dams on rivers needs to be improved else risk grave spillway failure damage
American Rivers - t’s been three years since our nation’s tallest dam, Oroville Dam, partially failed, forcing downstream evacuations, environmental damage, and costly emergency repairs. In the wake of the main spillway failure, a host of environmental groups (including American Rivers), the public, and governmental agencies responded.
AirKayaks Sneak Preview: Red Paddle Co’s Ultra-Packable 11’0″ Compact Sport Inflatable SUP Package
AirKayaks - Red Paddle Co has introduced their new 11’0″ Compact Sport Inflatable SUP Package, the second in a series of super-portable, lightweight, packable inflatable SUP packages. The 11’0″ Compact Sport joins the 9’6″ Compact in the Red Paddle line up, offering a longer length and increased carrying capacity of 242 lbs.
SUP International Sup Pierre Girardeau Fevrier 2020
SUP International - Pierre Girardeau on a SUP Session Fevrier 2020.
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