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Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling links in week 10, 2016.

News Watch Celebrating 25 Years of Arkansas River Cleanups American Rivers - This year, National River Cleanup® (NRC) is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To help celebrate, we’ve asked Rose Bayless, program assistant at the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA), to share the story of her cleanup, which is also celebrating 25 years! Over the past quarter century, NRC and AHRA have been working together to help keep the Arkansas River clean for all to enjoy. Palm Impact Deck 2016 : First Impressions WWTCC - For the last couple of years the Impact was the premium whitewater option in the range and remains the toughest driest shockcord option from Palm, with the Orbit Deck also being introduced into the range this year giving a Rand option to those who want one. The 2016 refresh of the spraydeck line up has been keenly anticipated since first glimps from various industry shows and visits to the Palm HQ to see the new range. New Gear upgrade list for a creek boater… CKS Blog - Now is the perfect time to crack a beer, open up the gear locker, dust off the cobwebs and take inventory of gear. Making sure that everything is in at least semi-functional condition and nothing too important was lost in the off-season can be crucial. This list is for the beater creek boaters. If you’re still rocking gear that’s older than the average middle schooler, it may be time to upgrade. This list has everything from a boat to replace your Dagger CFS to shoes that can replace those old custy booties you’ve been using since 1997. Rvr 2 Rvr 'Ride The Mountain Swell Brittany Parker - As you may have noticed I've been a bit absent with my blogging lately. It's been a bit of a cram session since I got back to Costa Rica. We just launched the RVR 2 RVR website a couple weeks ago. Myself and my business partner Natali Zollinger couldn't be happier with the outcome. Big thanks to Jacob Quinlan for all his website design work. Sun Protection Zone Personal Flotation Device SUP Examiner - The popular outdoor apparel manufacture Sun Protection Zone has introduced a new Personal Flotation Device (PFD) to the marketplace as an accessory to their line of sun protective clothing and products. The device is a belt pack style PFD designed specifically for stand up paddling. Exploring an Underground World War II Nazi Fortress via SUP SUP Magazine - Size matters. For some aspects of life that means bigger is better, while in others, tininess is preferred. When it comes to exploring secret, underground locations via SUP, a smaller board has the advantage. Kayak Fishing in Denmark In rollercoaster of emotions - Part I Jackson Kayak - Now I sit here and reports on my fishing trip to Denmark , I have made ​​together with my girlfriend . Still I am completely overwhelmed by the mixture of emotions , which we were exposed. Racing to Secure The Future of Whitewater Rapid Magazine Blog - As an aging athlete sliding down the backside of my glory days, the role numbers play in claiming oneself an enthusiast in any activity is not lost on me. I have 15 years worth of recorded training data for bike and cross-country ski racing, including distance, time, heart rate and power output. These numbers, when tracked, indicate form and direct performance improvements. These numbers tell me where I am and where I need to go if I want to get better at my sport. The Wildwater Kayak — Versatile, Challenging, and Cool Waterlines Maine - The wildwater boat is sometimes viewed as a specialty boat, but in many ways it is more versatile than most of the boats on the market.  Imagine you wanted to combine the speed of a surf ski, the buoyancy of a creek boat, the turning ability of a slalom boat, and the toughness of a whitewater boat.  The  wildwater kayak is what you would end up with. Performance psychology for winning in canoeing and kayaking Playak Product News - Jonathan Males, a widely-published and highly-acclaimed Sports Psychologist, draws upon his lifetime worth of experience coaching elite athletes and as a canoe slalom athlete for Australia himself to answer some long-standing questions about the connection between what a paddler thinks and feels with how he or she performs. In the Flow gives practical advice on what recreational and competitive paddlers and their coaches need to do... Lake Powell winter paddle experience NRS Duct Tape Diaries - Struggling to compose myself, I realized I was not alone. I had been paddling off the front of the group, lost in my thoughts, pushing and pulling with purpose. Sitting silently, I realized I had company. Catching a spark from Brendan’s camera lens focused on me and cocked in front of him, Kalen waited silently in her blaze red kayak, looking a bit bewildered as my heart lie open. What was causing this unexpected reaction from the guy who thought of paddling 87 miles down Lake Powell in winter? How to Make and Install Half-Ribs in a Wood-Canvas Canoe Canoe Guy BC - About 130 years ago, fishing guides on the east coast of North America (most notably in Maine, New Brunswick and Quebec) started building wood-canvas canoes that they could use in order to take their clients up and down the shallow, rapid salmon rivers in the region. They used the local birch bark canoes as templates.  Bear Creek PFD Jackson Kayak - A really good paddler told me once, “To really test your abilities as a kayaker, you need to go paddle hard whitewater without a guide.” And while I don’t necessarily recommend this to new paddlers, there is something very fulfilling about looking at a rapid for the first time and picking out your line for yourself. It creates a inner struggle and a sense of honesty that you have to have with yourself and your own personal skills. How Stand Up Paddling in Destin got two people start their paddleboard business Bote - Here is how Corey and Magda Cooper ending up with BOTE, paddle board company. They moved to Destin, coastal place that’s great for stand up paddling and got the idea of starting a paddle board business. They loved Stand Up Paddle boarding but not the SUP boards that were there to paddle. Before this both of them had flourishing careers in their respective fields where Corey was engineer and Magda Cooper a accountant. Honduran activist who was fighting against Agua Zarca hydroelectric project gets killed International Rivers - Despite the challenges of her work — which included threats, intimidation, and multiple arrests — Cáceres continued to fight back against hydroelectric project Agua Zarca, the same fight that cost her colleague his life. In Honduras, which has one of the highest murder rates in the world, 111 environmental activists were murdered between 2002 and 2014. Cáceres was shot dead at her home, is it because she was fighting against big powers to protect our rivers?

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in March 1. Titouan Puyo 2. Ollie Houghton 3. Terrene Black Videos Adventurer Grant Rawlinson training on a Sea Eagle NeedleNose iSUP (choge) Mauli Ola Foundation Day - The Ultimate Waterman 2016 (LairdHamilton) LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body: Episode 289 La Snow Trek LDT 60 de Pelican (Lisa Senecal) Fishing's Future 2016 National Youth CPR Fishing Contest: Episode 290 Upcoming Noosa Festival of Surfing Australia, QLD, , Mar 5 - Mar 12 Beach’N Boards Fest US, FL, Cocoa Beach, Mar 11 - Mar 13 Canoecopia US, WI, Madison, Mar 11 - Mar 13 Marin Brewing Company San Quentin Break Out Paddle Race US, CA, San Rafael , Mar 12 Adler Paddler US, CA, , Mar 12