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Playak Weekly Digest - week 25, 2019
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 25, 2019.
Palm Blogs Paddling Forwards – Why I’m Still Learning
Palm Blogs - Paddling forward (or trying to) was probably the very first thing you did in your kayak. But paddling forward is not something you learn once and never think of again, instead, it’s something to train whenever you go paddling.
Jackson Kayak Damn good whitewater at Haut Tarn, France
Jackson Kayak - French rivers are no Little White Salmon or North Fork of the Payette. I come from a country which doesn’t have many clean drops or big water. We have good cheese and real bread though ! Our whitewater isn’t the best and the paddling season is pretty short but we still have some amazing rivers.
Jackson Kayak Boaters are ready to kayak with the rivers running high in Sierra Nevada
Jackson Kayak - The rivers are high the weather is good, and we are ready to go kayaking. After a long winter in the Sierra Nevada’s, the mountains are coated in a thick layer of snow.
Northwest Rafting Company Best Shoes and Sandals for River Rafting Trips
Northwest Rafting Company - I'm often asked by guests about what type of footwear they should bring on their rafting trip. It's a good idea to have river shoes that stay on your feet and separate camp shoes that are comfortable for hiking or wearing around camp.
ICF Olympic Carrot Makes Life Tough for Slalom Teammates
ICF - The lure of Olympic qualification pitted teammates against each other on the opening day of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Lee Valley, London, with several of the biggest names in the sport having to work harder than expected to make their way through to weekend action.
Jackson Kayak Dear Kayak anglers, Lots of varieties of fish to fish in the bass world
Jackson Kayak - If I were to ask how many species of bass there are currently, what would you answer? Most people would answer three: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass. The truth is, there are around 19 taxonomic forms of black bass out there. This is a fancy way of saying that there are 19 different species, subspecies, or yet to be described species out there swimming around
Nathan Pfeifer Mount Jefferson (OR) - SW Ridge
Nathan Pfeifer - Mount Jefferson is simply one of the most spectacular wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest, if not anywhere. Although it is the second most visited wilderness area in Oregon (behind the Three Sisters Wilderness), its combination of dense vegetation down low and rugged alpine slopes up high makes it one of the more difficult Cascade peaks to access.
ICF Intense pressure for Athletes at the opening ICF world cup in Lee Valley
ICF - The opening ICF canoe slalom world cup of 2019 that took place in Lee valley put intense pressure on athletes as it was a part of the selection trials to make the Olympic team for many athletes of various participating countries. However, Mallory Franklin had a perfect start to win gold in the k1 slalom followed by gold in c1 slalom, which gives her confidence to compete the rest of the season.
ICF Impressive wins for Tasiadis and Mallory Franklin at Lee Valley ICF Slalom World Cup
ICF - Tasiadis is fighting Franz Anton contending for the selection in the C1 category to make the German Olympic team to compete at the Tokyo Olympic games next year. While Mallory Franklin is also fighting two athletes to get placed in the K1 women’s category to make the British team to compete in the Olympics next year. At the Slalom World Cup here at Lee Valley these two take gold and make some progress earning valuable points for selections to make the Olympic team.
Adventurous Experiences New Junior Fleet, Sea Pinks & Coasteering Goats
Adventurous Experiences - Spectacular conditions as Nigel Dennis hand delivers the NEW Junior Paddlesport sea kayak fleet, pics from Sea Kayaking beneath Sea Pinks, Coasteering Goats off Laxey.
Traversing Hunter and Harris Release New Hartley Bent Shaft Paddle
Traversing - Canadian paddle makers Hunter and Harris have released a new canoe paddle called the Hartley which is a bent shaft paddle.
Outdoor Industry Association Meet the First Four Thrive Outside Communities
Outdoor Industry Association - The Outdoor Foundation has selected four communities to pilot the organization’s new Thrive Outside Community program, an effort to inspire a nationwide outdoor habit by providing more kids and families across the country with repeatable, close-to-home experiences in nature in order to cultivate the next generation of outdoorists.
Outdoor Industry Association Testimony of Richard W. Harper, Jr., Manager of International Trade, Outdoor Industry Association on $300 Billion Annex to Section 301
Outdoor Industry Association - On behalf of Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), I am pleased to be here to provide testimony on the impact of the proposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on outdoor companies and their specific products.
Simon Wyndham Positive Posture and Anticipation vs Bracing
Simon Wyndham - Try as we might to try and kill it, the brace, particularly the high brace still gets taught as a primary technique. Usually any discussion of such things opens a hornets nest of opinion. But something to consider is that those of us who hate the high brace with a passion and think it needs to go the way of the fiberglass boat never say it’s an invalid technique. Just not a particularly good one. Here’s why.
SUP International NSP Stand Up Paddle
SUP International - NSP is one of the world’s largest brands in recreational surfing and stand-up paddleboards and the new NSP UK web store that has just been restocked with a range of paddleboards.
Athletes with top online media coverage in June
1. Eric Jackson
2. Nouria Newman
3. Dave Kalama
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