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Playak News Flash - November 10, 2015
Playak News Flash - November 10, 2015
The world's latest paddling headlines.
Kokatat Blog Time for a New Personal Flotation Device?
Kokatat Blog - Many people are oblivious as to when their PFD has reached the end of its functional life. An easy indication of when you ought to get a new Personal Flotation Device (PFD) is when you can’t read the label on the inside. When the label starts to deteriorate to the point you can’t read it, the flotation has probably started to deteriorate as well.
Alpin Action Team Isonzo (Soca) Al Tiare Shopping Con Alpin Action Team Rafting, Kayak, Bellyak, Equitazione, Sup & More
Alpin Action Team - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November, the team will be at the Alpin Action Mall Shopping Tiare Villesse.
AS Watersports Bring Back The Flair- Tom Rainey
AS Watersports - I’ve only just returned from my trek across the Atlantic, but I’m already dreaming of my next paddle on the water.
SUP Connect The Process Behind Product Development with Bote Boards
SUP Connect - BOTE Boards have some of the most innovative and eye appealing stand up paddling products on the market. They took home two Supconnect 2015 Gear of the Year awards, one in the Technology category for their new Travelink System and the other in the Fishing category for the Ahab.
Jackson Kayak South Feather River, California-a New Personal First Descent
Jackson Kayak - As many of you may be aware of, California has been in a severe drought the last 4 years. Luckily, we have a large group of dedicated, river loving, American Whitewater volunteers that have been working very hard to get California rivers annual recreational releases.
GRG Blog Himalayan Whitewater Challenge 2015
GRG Blog - This years Himalayan Whitewater Challenge (Or Rodeo as it is affectionately know), hosted by NARA (The Nepal Association of Rafting Agents) will be held on the 27th-29th November on the banks of the Trisuli River. 
Simon Wyndham Immersion Research Arch Rival Dry Suit Initial Review
Simon Wyndham - I have had a bit of an on/off affair with using dry suits for paddling of late. The first suit I bought, and still have, is my Typhoon Multisport 3.
Ben Hawthorne Norge bye Norge last
Ben Hawthorne - So i seem to have not written any blog posts for a while! Whoops. Largely this is because i felt like i wanted to keep this mainly as a kayaking blog and since we spent last winter skiing (after 2 winters off the snow i was fiending for some sliding) i wasnt sure it fitted in. Hence ive waited til the end of our Norwegian season to get into it. All of which is a long way round saying i was lazy, and also this is going to be a long update...
Trash Paddler November Stabilized
Trash Paddler - Yesterday saw November trying to regain her balance after a week-long fling with being a summertime month. 
SeaKayakPhoto.com Prospects At The Three Priapic Pillars of Knockbrex
SeaKayakPhoto.com - From Ardwall Isle we left the confines of. Fleet Bay and started to make our way out towards the more open waters of the Solway Firth until we were stopped in our tracks by the priapic pillars of Knockbrex.
Distressed Mullet Ocean Paddling: Getting Out is All About The Angle
Distressed Mullet - This is a repost from a series written last year to help people paddle out through the surf by Katie Elzer-Peters. 
Werner World Champion-Rowan Stuart.
Werner - Rowan Stuart is one of the most talented freestyle paddlers in the world. If you not have not seen first hand evidence of her destroying features, the proof is in the medals.
Bote Standing on the Current
Bote - Having grown up spending countless childhood vacations on the Current River in Missouri, the Malkowicz brothers decided to get a glimpse of the place that holds so many memories from a new view--on stand up paddle boards.
Canoe Kayak Review: Ally Canoe 16.5 DR (Downriver)
Canoe Kayak - Everything about the Ally DR is tight! Boats of this class—from the old Klepper kayaks to various folding canoes—have to be tight fitting to function well, and the Ally is no exception. the good news is that being tight is a virtue once the canoe is together and on the water. The hull is remarkably rigid for a fabric boat, stable with a load, with plenty of capacity to handle an expedition.
SUP International Battle of The Rock
SUP International - A Stand up paddle competition held on the Island of Jersey in the Channel Islands. A 2 days event.
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