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Playak News Flash - July 2, 2019
Playak News Flash - July 2, 2019
The world's latest paddling headlines.
SUP International Meet Candice Appleby - Most Decorated Female Sup Boarder
SUP International - The most decorated woman stand up paddle boarder reflects on her success and giving back to the sport she loves by living her best life.
SUP Connect Steinfath's Midsummer Viking Challenge Was a SUP Game Changer
SUP Connect - The pier in front of the Kayaking Hotel in Copenhagen was packed with paddlers and Stand Up Paddle fans. The sun was burning hot and the broad smiles on the faces of the 150 paddlers who just finished the world’s only 24-hour SUP Relay could not possibly be wiped away. They were stoked.
SUP International Gladiator Paddle Board Review - Lite 10’6
SUP International - The Gladiator Lite with its stringer construction is the baby brother of the Gladiator Elite. You can inflate the Gladiator Lite to 20 psi to get the maximum rigidity out of it for heavier riders.
ICF Fox and Clarke remind everyone of their class at slalom world cup
ICF - Australia’s Jessica Fox showed she is close to returning to her incredible 2018 form, while speed machine teammate Daniel Watkins also impressed on the opening day of the ICF Canoe and kayak Slalom World Cup in Tacen, Ljubljana on Friday.
ICF Italians Break Through for Historic Golden Double
ICF - There were double celebrations for Italy on Saturday as Stefanie Horn and Roberto Colazingari both broke through for their first ever gold medals, triumphing at the third 2019 ICF canoe slalom world cup at Ljubljana in Slovenia.
ICF Thailand’s new slalom course is the venue for Asian Olympic Qualifiers of next year
ICF - Thailand’s Olympian Hermann Husslein has brought the sport of canoe slalom to Thailand. Now with the new slalom course on Thailand, that is going to host the Asian Olympic Qualifiers next year, everything looks bright for the growth of the slalom in Thailand and Thailand’s small paddling community certainly have big dreams on their slalom endeavors. Husslein who developed the slalom sport in Thailand stoked to aim to try for the Olympics again!!
SUP World Mag BOTE Presents - San Somewhere
SUP World Mag - After years of fame and the loss of his best friends, Ron moved to Mexico to make a new life – little did he know a new gang of street pups was on the horizon.
SUP International NSP O² Lotus Fs
SUP International - Travel with an easy-to-transport inflatable board that doubles as your fitness – or yoga mat at the next holiday retreat. Carefully assembled in NSP’s premium FS technology, the Lotus FS is portable and durable.
SUP World Mag Inflatable Stand Up Paddleboard for Yoga
SUP World Mag - Jeramie Vaine checks out the O2 Lotus from NSP SUP.
Rafting Life Students getting a hang of kayaking in these rivers this spring
Rafting Life - I teach the whitewater kayaking components and get to introduce the students to river culture. It is very fun working on the Campbell river, The Gold river, and the Nimpkish river with some variation there depending on river levels.
SUP World Mag My Big Wave Season Shot on GoPro
SUP World Mag - Video from Kai Lenny’s big wave surf season, all shot on GoPro Hero 7.
Nathan Pfeifer Mount Bailey (OR) - NE Bowl
Nathan Pfeifer - Mount Bailey is a great winter touring destination, especially if you’re able to reserve the Hemlock shelter and base camp out of it for a few days.
Jackson Kayak FLW/KBF Nickajack Lake kayak fishing tournament Recap
Jackson Kayak - The sport of competitive kayak fishing keeps getting bigger every year as does the competition. This year, the FLW partnered with KBF for their first Tournament on Nickajack lake during the FLW event on Chickamauga. We had 102 anglers gather on Tennessee River’s Nickajack lake.
Jackson Kayak Kayak fishing these days
Jackson Kayak - Fishing in 2019 often seems like something that George Orwell would have written about..]
Trak Blog Naming the TRAK 2.0
Trak Blog - It was only 2016 that I decided to give my boat a name. In the rare moments when I'm not on the water (I wish that were true), I am conductor of a youth orchestra.
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