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Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling links in week 21, 2016.

News Watch The Big Fail of Composite Creek Boats Michele Ramazza - The time is not arrived yet. In 2014-2015 everybody was very excited to see some composite creek boats developed for racing. These boats were acclaimed as the future of the creek boat construction. In my opinion the fail of this test is quite obvious. No body, or better, almost nobody is really using this technology and no boat has really been sold. Whitewater rafting Champions of Europe! Palm Blogs - The GB women’s whitewater rafting team are European Champions! Last week, the GB women’s rafting team battled in Tacen, Slovenia to maintain their title as European Champions after their success in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015. The GB women’s team started the competition in style; completing the fastest time trial sprint and winning all head to head races, ultimately beating the Czech Republic team in the final. Lower Deschutes River, Oregon Jackson Kayak - American Whitewater describes the lower Deschutes as Oregon’s most popular overnight float trip for good reason. Roadside accessibility, well-maintained BLM campsites with bathrooms and friendly whitewater make this an ideal first overnighter for kayakers comfortable paddling grade 2-3 wanting to get into self-support trips. Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016 Introduced Am. Whitewater - Senator Murray and Senator Cantwell introduced the Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016 to protect Washington’s Methow River from the impacts of industrial-scale mining. FCS Fin Test – Performer XL Front and GL Center PaddleWoo - Back in Costa Rica. Seven days of no surfing and zero athletic activity. For me, that’s unheard of, but the body needed a break. I was getting sore in the hip flexor area and the elbows and one week of downtime seems to have solved both of those issues. The downtime was and always seems good for my surfing. There’Re a Lot of Stories I’D Rather Tell Than This One, But This One’S The Only One That Really Matters The Roaming Dials - Our son, Cody Roman Dial, disappeared on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula in 2014. Cody Roman was conceived in a tent in the Brooks Range and born in February in Fairbanks. When he was six we walked across Umnak, a remote Aleutian Island, just the two of us, sixty miles in a week. Make Get More From Flat Water Training Palm Blogs - In the winter and early spring most of time I spend in my city – Wrocław. I'm still studying, so it is hard to travel far and it's too cold for paddling in my area. What’S The Origin of The Shaka Sign? TotalSUP - Whether you are familiar with Stand Up Paddling or not, you are likely to have seen that sign somewhere. The Shaka also known as hang-loose is used everywhere on the globe within the communities of surfers and now of Stand Up Paddlers. Justine Is in The House Kayak Yak - Well, not in our house, but in Paula and Bernie's house in Sooke. Yesterday, award-winning adventure filmaker/kayaker Justine Curgenven landed in Sooke on Day 26 of her solo circumnavigation of Vancouver Island, taking advantage of Paula's offer fof some home cooking and a place other than the ground to sleep on. Bass in The Grass – The Weed Eaters Jackson Kayak - In fishing there are a few constants. There exists four basic needs for gamefish, oxygen, food, cover and deep water close by. Oxygen to breathe and most basic function to sustaining life, food for nourishment and energy to live the life style of any species of fish, cover as for security as well as an ambush location and deep water as an escape route. Need to Know Episode 4 Canoe Kayak - The Canoe & Kayak team captures an introductory kayak adventure in the golden Pacific backwaters of coastal Southern California to spell out everything that a first-time paddler needs to know in order to launch a flatwater paddling trip of his or her own. That Actually Looks Fun Bellyak - We hear that all the time and we understand. New concepts are hard to grasp, generally resisted and often ridiculed. I know I’ve experienced it first hand. When I first launched Bellyak in late 2012 I thought that the world would embrace my new idea for the self evident truth of it’s own awesomeness. Expedition Follows Fabled Crossing From Greenland to Scotland Canoe Kayak - In an era when it’s harder and harder to knock off legitimate firsts in paddling, this summer two Brits are tackling a doozy. In June, British explorers Olly Hicks and George Bullard will attempt the first documented crossing from Greenland to Scotland by kayak.  Q&A With Noelani Sach SUP World Cup - Noelani Sach is currently the best german female Stand Up Paddler and because of that a valued guest of our “Questions and Answers” section. So turn on the opera music and enjoy the interview. Length of the Lake Kialoa - Thank you Tyrion Miskell for this submission of this lovely article by Wayne Still titled Length of the Lake.  Who wouldn’t want to join in after reading this?

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in May 1. Kai Lenny 2. Connor Baxter 3. Fiona Wylde Videos Video walk-through on how to access, understand and modify your weekly Paddle Monster training plans (supzero) Hobie Mirage Eclipse Time Trial Races (ingridn2) Spencer Brothers SUP Foiling (supconnect) Sea Kayaking the San Juan Islands (The Heliconia Press) Festival del Viento 2016 Downwinder Foil/Race Finish Line Video (supzero) Upcoming The Tiber Descent for Stand Up Paddlers Italy, Tiber River, Apr 23 - May 30 Devil's Isle Challenge Bermuda, , May 27 - May 30 WMCKA Symposium US, MI, Muskegon County, May 27 - May 30 Bigfork Whitewater Festival US, MT, Bigfork, May 28 - May 29 Nanaimo Paddlefest Canada,BC, Nanaimo, May 28 - May 29