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Playak News Flash - June 4, 2017
Playak News Flash - June 4, 2017
The world's latest paddling headlines.
Jackson Kayak Nirvana- A Creek Boat for Rapid Decent
Jackson Kayak - When we began working on the Nirvana almost a year ago, we didn’t plan on it being as user -friendly as the Karma, but we did expect it to be super fast.
REI A Steelhead Quest- Q&A With Terry Myers
REI - Q&A with Terry Myers: On fish, family and why people should have more fun. Terry Myers seems to balance it all—marriage, motherhood, grand motherhood, working on a ranch, volunteering, and of course having fun.
SUP Examiner Sustainable Swimwear- Faherty Brand
SUP Examiner - Faherty Brand sustainable swimwear for men and women Twin brothers, Alex and Mike Faherty grew up in a quiet beach town, surfing and spending most of their lives in swimsuits and on the water.
SUP Examiner One Pair of Sandals Does It All
SUP Examiner - Exploring Utah in a pair of Merrell All-Out Blaze Convertible sandals Last month I took a trip to Utah with my brother.
Log of Ibi Lake Hefner, Oklahoma City
Log of Ibi - Oklahoma City has got a tag of being unsafe deterring public to avoid it. However, the City has great stuff in store for public to visit and one such thing is Lake Hefner. Good wildlife, and good lake to paddle. Here you can find encouragement, advice and motivation to visit the lake and paddle. This will help you plan a paddle trip to the lake and the City. Let's checkout the positive side of the City for a change and guide people to visit the City in a safe manner.
SUP Magazine Ironman Jackson Maynard Defies Death and Keeps Paddling
SUP Magazine - 24-year-old Australian Jackson Maynard has overcome cancer and two heart conditions to remain an elite paddler and surf ironman athlete.
SUP Connect Who To Watch At Mercedes-Benz SUP World Cup 2017
SUP Connect - Stop #4 of the 2017 APP World Tour is quickly approaching and excitement is building as the action moves on from Japan and over to Europe for the Mercedes-Benz SUP World Cup in the beautiful seaside town of Scharbeutz, Germany.
SUP Magazine Shore Ride Takes the Stress Out of Getting Your Board to Water
SUP Magazine - Shore Ride is a new product that attaches to your board and bike and helps you to carry your board long distances.
Tony Paradise More than an icecube
Tony Paradise - Last Friday five of us paddled out to three icebergs off of Topsail Beach.  Looking north we saw a gigantic iceberg some unknown distance away. 
Rob Casey Race to Alaska on SUP With 2 Seattle Paddlers
Rob Casey - On June 8th at 5am my Salmon Bay Paddle instructor Luke Burritt and his buddy Erdo will embark on a 750 mile human powered race to Ketchikan, Alaska.
SUPracer The King of Endurance Paddling: Bart de Zwart Sets New 24 Hour World Record
SUPracer - The long-reigning king of endurance paddling, Bart de Zwart, has achieved another major milestone in his extraordinary paddling career, setting a new 24 hour world record in Switzerland this week after overcoming a late-night storm and strong winds that almost forced him to abandon his quest.
Team Pyranha Wales National Parks and Rivers are threatened, understand how and let’s work to save them
Team Pyranha - The Welsh Government is considering to adopt The Future Landscapes Wales (FLW) that is a new report detailing how all the National Parks in Wales, UK would be managed. The report fails to mention the Sandford Principle that safeguards National Parks. If FLW passes than Wales National Parks have no legal safeguards to protect them from destruction from development activities like hydroelectric dams. Wales have great National Parks with rivers that provide paddlers great whitewater, we must safeguard them against these threats.
Rob Casey Surfing Waves in the Tidal Rapids of Deception Pass
Rob Casey - One of my favorite all time places to paddle is in the tidal rapids of Deception Pass State Park north of Seattle. With two ebbs and two floods per day (ie: flow changes direction 4x a day), there's plenty to work with.
standuppaddlesurf.net Connor Wins the 2017 Hossegor Paddle Games – Event Recap by Connor Baxter
standuppaddlesurf.net - Connor Wins the 2017 Hossegor Paddle Games. The 2017 Hossegor Paddle Games was a great event in a sick town here in France for my second stop on the Euro Tour.
unsponsored Palm Equipment Poncho Grande – First Look
unsponsored - Palm has designed changing rope for paddlers to wear that makes changing at the beginning or end of a paddle session a little more comfortable for both paddlers and bystanders. It’s a handy gear for paddlers, check it out. It’’s the Palm Equipment Poncho Grande...
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