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Playak News Flash - February 8, 2017
Playak News Flash - February 8, 2017
The world's latest paddling headlines.
Kokatat Take a Kid Fishing
Kokatat - Fishing is a family outing for Rudy Tsukada and his fourteen year old daughter and ten year old son.
AirKayaks Aire Tributary Sawtooth Inflatable Tandem Kayak
AirKayaks - Well-known in the paddling world for top-notch quality, Aire has been manufacturing high-end inflatable rafts and kayaks out of their plant in Idaho for over 25 years ago.
SUP Connect SUP Foiling on the Big Island
SUP Connect - Donica and Abraham Shouse are a couple who love to SUP. They live on the Big Island of Hawaii and are avid stand up paddlers who love to share their passion for the water with everyone around them.
CKS Blog Cataract Canyon: a Kayaker’s Perspective
CKS Blog - In the 19th century, the Green and Colorado rivers had many rapids that were powerful and wild. Now many of those rapids are controlled by the Dams, however there is one powerful rapid it’s flow is on an average about 50,000 cfs and sometimes it exceeds 100,000 cfs. This rapid is the Cataract Canyon.
Kayak Session 2017 Nile River Festival – Report + Results
Kayak Session - The 2017 Nile River Festival was yuuuugggee! Not just in terms of stoke, but also with the biggest water levels and amount of competitors in recent memory. The festival brought together 72 boaters from at least fourteen countries for four days of high-level competition on the world’s longest river. There were events for everyone including non-paddlers with photography competition, ascot hat competition besides events for paddlers with freestyle, endurance race and many more things.
Am. Whitewater Upper Colorado River Access funded by Land & Water Conservation Fund - CO
Am. Whitewater - The Bureau of Land Management announced it is reprogramming $76,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire a key public access point to the Colorado River.
Jackson Kayak Starting the Year Off Right in Uganda – The Nile River Festival
Jackson Kayak - This January marked the 14-year anniversary of my first trip to Uganda – wow has time flown by! Never in a million years would I have imagined how that trip would have changed my life.
SUP Magazine The SUP Lifestyle- Breeze Turner
SUP Magazine - Breeze Turner’s path to SUP notoriety is a far cry from that of your conventional standup paddling pro. She’s never been in a SUP race, never SUP surfed and in fact, she’s only been flatwater paddling for two years. It all started with her dog, Marley and a selfie.
SUP Magazine Smart Paddle from Quickblade and Motionize
SUP Magazine - The Smart Paddle gives paddlers real time stats about their blade angle, distance per stroke, speed and GPS track. The post Smart Paddle from Quickblade and Motionize appeared first on SUP Magazine .
The Paddler ezine Peak UK New Marathon Racer Kit for 2017
The Paddler ezine - The Marathon Racer jacket is constructed from Peak’s new super lightweight X2.5 nylon, offering superb breathability and 20m waterproofing to keep you dry and comfortable even whilst working hard.
SUP Mag UK Road Sweeping – Tips for Choosing Your Correct Land Paddle
SUP Mag UK - In stand up paddle (on water) the merits of owning and using the correct paddle are extensive. SUPM has published plenty of articles and info relating to this very subject.
Performance Paddling AYC Leukemia Cup SUP Races
Performance Paddling - The Arizona Yacht Club proudly presents its Leukemia Cup & Birthday Regatta, a fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at the beautiful Lake Pleasant in Peoria, Arizona February 17-19.
Blue Paddle SUP Row Stronger
Blue Paddle SUP - Rowing has been a competitive sport for hundreds of years (and an official Olympic event since the modern Games began), and it consistently produces some of the world's fittest athletes (Steinacker 1993).
Jackson Kayak First Post-Injury Dive
Jackson Kayak - My last dive was in October and since then have been dealing with a painful knee injury (partial tear of the quadriceps tendon in the lateral patellar retinaculum).
Standup Journal 2017 Painkiller Cup Team-Relay- A BVI Adventure
Standup Journal - The BVI’s Painkiller Cup is rapidly becoming a favorite among the standup paddle racing crowd.  The 14-mi downwind run from Trellis Bay to the famous Soggy Dollar in Jost Van Dyke is a team relay, comprising three racers, one of which must be female. 
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