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Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 42, 2016.

News Watch DirtBagging on the Left Side of the Road Brittany Parker - Our GPS was yelling something in Japanese as we followed the yellow line guiding us to Kyoto where we were to meet Tsuyoshi for a paddle the next morning. 7 Best Whitewater Photos From Red Bull Illume Rapid Magazine Blog - Red Bull has announced the winners of the 2016 Red Bull Illume competition. Photographer Lorenz Holder was crowned the overall winner for a second time for his photo of a cyclist crossing a bridge over a glassy, fall-colored lake.  Teaching kids? My top five things to carry Palm Blogs - During the summer I spent a lot of my time teaching kayaking. Which made me repsonsible to solve all the common problems you might encounter on the river or bank. Here are my top five most useful things I carry in my grab bag (a fifteen litre Aero dry bag). 7 Camping Essentials for Your Favorite Furbaby Canoe Roots - Keep track of your gear hound at night with the NiteDawg LED collar by NiteIze. The bright LED illuminates along its entire length for high visibility up to 1,000 feet away. Have a swimmer on your hands? The NiteDawg is water resistant for salty dogs that love to jump in the lake anytime of day. Adjustable and its 100-hour battery is easy to replace. Feather Fest 2016 Jackson Kayak - Wow! It feels like this year is flying by. We’re already in October and I just finished up with one of my favorite year end festivals in California, Feather Fest. It’s held on the beautiful North Fork of the Feather River, and is such a special place for me to go because it’s where I learned to creek boat. Palm'S 2016 PaddleExpo Wrap Up Palm Blogs - Paddle Expo is Europe's largest paddlesports trade show, bringing together brands, shops, and the paddling media to show off their wares. Sickline 2016- Best One Yet Jackson Kayak - North Fork championship is always the hardest whitewater, with a super tough gate setup, that is hard to hit on your race runs. Green race is one of hardest races because you are hauling in a long boat for 5 minutes, and its hard to nail all of the rapids in the one run you get. How To Canoe Across A Continent With Mike Ranta Canoe Roots - Canadian Mike Ranta completed a 7,500 kilometer canoe trip today in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Ranta began the expedition on April 1 of this year in Steveston, BC and used the journey to raise funds for Canadian veterans. PaddleExpo 2016 Fatyak - As you may or may not know, the Fatyak team recently undertook another adventure to Nuremberg for our 2nd year at the amazing PaddleExpo trade fair, and despite the rather chilly weather its fair to say it was a huge success. Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship at Ötztal valley Martina Wegman - The beautiful Ötztal valley in the heart of the Austrian Alps welcomed the World’s best kayakers for the 9th running of the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship. 175 athletes from 29 Countries battled to take the Sickline title. Over the course of 2 action packed days, that 175 was narrowed down to just 16 athletes for the men’s final and 5 for the women’s. The finals themselves are straight shoot-outs for time, with the competitors battling the clock and the 280-metre-long course. Different Tools To Have With You on Your Next Fishing Trip D Kayaking - At flannelfishermen.com, we believe that its better to have the tool and not need it, than to need it and not have it. We don’t mind carrying the gizmo even if we don’t have any use for it at the moment, than to end up cursing because we forgot to take what we need. For this reason, we carry our best walleye lures all the time. Mysteries of Missouri’s Eleven Point National Scenic River Canoe Kayak - Twilight was deepening as we descended the gravel road toward Cane Bluff. Oncoming headlights twinkled, so I pulled aside to let a van with canoe trailer squeeze past. The driver leaned out his window into the dim light reflecting off the roadway. Ear Bone Spurs: The Cold Water Kayaker’s Nightmare Rapid Magazine Blog - Repeated exposure to cold water can cause abnormal bone growth within the ear canal—and the removal process involves a drill. 7 Most Important Skills For Sea Kayakers Adventure Kayak - Here are listed some key skills to stay safe implement them and enjoy many sea kayaking adventures, in waves, fog conditions and more. The Pyranha 9R Large: My New Favourite Kayak Team Pyranha - I initially decided to give Pyranha’s 9R Large a go due to its massive rocker for the steeper runs in India; It has been an absolute dream paddling it on steep, low-water multi-day trips and not having to worry about the fact that it had a few days’ worth of overnight gear packed in its massive bootie. What surprised me about the boat however was how well it handles on big water; with less defined rails on the 9R,

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in October 1. Connor Baxter 2. Kai Lenny 3. Fiona Wylde Videos Matthew Laster with Lowrance explains networking the Lowrance StructureScan 3D module Durango crew does Big Banana (hoodriveryoungbuck) Werner Paddles-learn the story of our Logo. (WernerPaddles) Nucanoe Frontier 12 Dream Build Teaser RedBull Heavy Water - Post Event Teaser Edit (supzero) Upcoming The Clarence 100 Australia, NSW, Grafton, Sep 21 - Oct 23 Tofino Paddle & Surf Championships Canada, BC, Tofino, Oct 21 - Oct 23 Chattajack 31 Mile SUP/Kayak Race US, TN, Chattanooga, Oct 22 Jurassic SUP - Final UK SUP National Race and Prizegiving UK, England, Dorset, Oct 22 Bonita Springs RiverFest Autumn Festival US, FL, , Oct 22