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Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 42, 2017.

News Watch Kayak Fishing The Devil's River Kayak Angler Magazine - Mt. Everest is the ultimate test of a mountaineer's skills. Waimea Bay is famous for pushing the edge of paddle-surfing. For kayak anglers, the Devil's River in West Texas is the ultimate litmus test of kayak fishing skills and gear. Extreme kayak racing experience at Adidas Sickline World Championships Palm Blogs - Throughout kayaking’s history, many races have come and gone but there is one that has been around almost from the beginning of extreme kayak racing and has maintained its position as one of the top races in the world – the Adidas Sickline World Championships. Action stories from the Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championships 2017 Canoe Kayak - The exciting 10th edition of the Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championships at Austria took place at the Wellerbrücke rapids which had higher water levels. There was fierce competition with former Sickline champions, Olympic slalom kayakers, freestyle world champions, and top expedition paddlers competing but it was a Kiwi who walked away with fourth title. Freestyle Action and more in Natural Games 2017 Palm Blogs - For the 10th year in a row, the Natural Games in Millau (France) took place on the first weekend of July. It is a very big music and outdoor sports festival. Besides freestyle kayaking, there is also boater-X... What Would It Take to Go Sub 4 Minutes in the Green Race? Jackson Kayak - Every year for the past 22 years, at 12pm on the first Saturday in November, hundreds of kayakers and thousands of kayaking enthusiasts gather to be a part of what claims to be The Greatest Show in Sports. Some Lessons Learned From a Swim unsponsored - There’s something incredibly humbling about having a bad swim. Yes there’s the realizing the river’s the boss, however much control you think you are in – but more in recognizing the support from those paddlers around you – some of whom you may not have even met before. Exo T-Rex – Review unsponsored - The T-rex is the new creek boat from Italian boat manufacturer Exo kayaks . My first impression of the was that it is pretty big and has a lot of rocker. Definitely a little larger volume wise than the last two boats I owned (Toro and a Tuna). It is also a little rounder than a lot of modern designs, not fully a displacement hull but without any extremely sharp edges. Grey Owl Paddles New C-1 Paddle Traversing - Grey Owl Paddles newest release this year is the C-1 Paddle. The Shaft is made from 3 ply laminated ash and basswood, while the blade itself is 7 ply laminated butternut, walnut and basswood with a double layer of 4 oz fibreglass cloth overlay on each face. It also features an oiled walnut mushroom grip, and intended for tough and lightweight for use in moving water and class 1-3 white water conditions. SUP surfing tips on positioning to catch waves GrindTV - Now that you can get through the whitewater, have conquered the parallel surf stance and learned to observe where the waves are breaking in the lineup, we can get to understanding the best positioning. Surfski paddling Safety Notes – Two Failures of Safety Gear surfski.info - Recently in Cape Town, the seas were having wild conditions with enormous swells coming though, it was in these conditions that two emergencies took place all because of gear failure. The paddlers made it well by swimming however, such gear failures are a concern and thus this article. Infinity Green Label SUP Line of Boards Announced SUP Magazine - Shred & Speed, LLC and Earth Technologies LLC, announced today a partnership designed to accelerate the growth of environmentally friendly, sustainable surf board and Stand Up Paddle (SUP) manufacturing. The Frontier of River SUP- Spencer Lacy in Chile SUP Magazine - The Colorado-based paddler takes on Chilean rapids that seem impossible to stick in this never-before-seen edit of extreme whitewater SUP. Revo Foil increases speed but what about manoeuvrability? surfski.info - The Revo Foil is a standard Revo R3 surfski equipped with a hydrofoil on a single mast attached to the boat by means of a Tuttle Box. In theory if you get the boat speed high enough, the foils lift the hull out of the water, radically reducing drag and increasing speed ... Sullivan Falls – Tidal Reversing Falls Extraordinaire Jackson Kayak - For several years I had heard about Sullivan Falls from different sources – first it was Phil Urban, Dustin’s father, and then from Brett Cicotelli from the Atlantic Salmon Federation. A Bottom Scrapin' Sudbury Trash Paddler - Launched into the Sudbury River from River Road in Wayland yesterday afternoon and headed upriver.  The weather looked like it was either about to clear or about to rain and shortly a brief shower ensued.

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in October 1. Kai Lenny 2. Ryan McAvoy 3. Aniol Serrasolses Videos Homemade Kayak Rack Canoeing in High Traffic Areas | Rules of the Road (The Heliconia Press) Surfing Longboards in Ventura, California | Facing Waves (The Heliconia Press) Body Glove - Siroko Wetsuit (JohnChenciner) Body Glove - Voodoo Wetsuit (JohnChenciner) Upcoming Ocean Film Festival UK, , Sep 5 - Oct 21 National Paddlesports Conference US, NC, Wesser, Oct 18 - Oct 22 Tofino Paddle & Surf Championships Canada, BC, Tofino, Oct 20 - Oct 22 Autumn Gales US, CT, Stonington Borough, Oct 20 - Oct 22 Paddlington Kayak Polo Tournament UK, England, Cheshunt, Oct 20