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Playak News Flash - October 3, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.

Featured New: Palm Glide Waist Belt PFD - 100 N floatation, instantly inflated when you need it. Perfect for stand up paddle boarding. Teams coming to the 2016 WRC in Al Ain International Rafting Federation - With team entries now officially closed and at 86 teams coming we can see that this is the largest number of teams we’ve ever had attending a World Rafting Champs. Last year was our previous largest at 71 and before that it was 63 in New Zealand (2013) and Netherlands (2010). Epic Expeditions with Kids Jackson Kayak - My adventures then moved east as I reunited with Jez and the kids and team at Falling Creek Camp for four epic weeks of whitewater. Those Spectacular Dog Days Jackson Kayak - The dog days usually make it tough finding fish. Typically, they go to deeper water and become lethargic. It takes tempting the bigger bass a lake holds with a jig or soft plastic worked very slow on deeper structure or finding suspended fish. That’s how it had been in the past on a local lake I fish regularly.    Looking Forward To Red Bull Heavy Water 2016 Victory Koredry - The anticipation is high for the most intense and challenging SUP event of the year the Red Bull Heavy Water Stand Up Paddleboarding 2016. 40 of the world’s best SUP athletes will battle on huge, relentless waves in a course that stretches from Ocean Beach to the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA. LiftSUP Handle A Proven Success For Top Paddlers SUP Connect - As the best stand up paddlers in the world come together to compete in the premiere SUP event of the year, the Pacific Paddle Games, top paddlers in the game, Annabel Anderson and Kelly Margetts, can count on the LiftSUP handle to help them achieve success. Nobody's River with Amber Valenti Armstrong and Krystle Wright InBetween Swims Podcast - Amber Valenti Armstrong and Krystle Wright of the Nobody's River expedition join Jeff over coffee, hot chocolate, and a crowded hotel cafe on this episode of In Between Swims. Starboard SUP Moving Towards Sustainability SUP Connect - In the 2016 Annual Starboard Dealer Meeting held during the first half of this week in San Diego, California, Starboard not only introduced their new products and what to expect for 2017 but also they showcased their move towards becoming a more sustainable company and to make their contribution to keeping our oceans and waterways clean. Public Process for Snake River Dams Underway Am. Whitewater - Federal agencies in the Northwest charged with protecting endangered wild salmon and steel head from the lethal impacts of federal dams in the Columbia and Snake rivers are holding fifteen Public Scoping Hearings this fall in Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Heat Draws for the Men’s Pro Surf Race on Friday Morning SUPracer - We’re just minutes away from the start of the biggest race of the year, the 2016 Pacific Paddle Games presented by Salt Life, and with virtually every single top ranked paddler on the planet here on the beach in Dana Point, California, we’re in for a big show starting at 10:30am today. Pacific Paddle Games: Watch the Biggest Race of the Year with the VMG Blades Facebook Live Stream on Friday Morning SUPracer - The 2016 Pacific Paddle Games presented by Salt Life kick off on Friday morning, and you can watch the biggest race of the year as it happens with our Facebook Live stream powered by VMG Blades, where you can catch all the action of the men’s surf race heats. Technical Races and Groms Aplenty SUP Magazine - Humans, oh, don’t we love to race? We race in traffic, we race on tracks, we race in pools. We race to check in and we race to check out. It’s a tendency inherent to mankind. And isn’t it great? Bart did it again – Muskoka River X 2016 SUP-Guide.com - Mr. Endurance Bart de Zwart again won the Muskoka River X Race. Here is what he said right after his victory. 3 Key Things to Keep in Mind When Shopping for a Whitewater Board rvr2rvr - There are three key points to keep in mind when shopping for a stand up paddle board specifically for running whitewater.