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Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 31, 2018.

News Watch IRF GTE course in Georgia takes their rafting to new safety levels International Rafting Federation - In Georgia IRF course was held for 9 self taught raft Guides, so that they incorporate safety standards when guiding customers. The IRF Guide certification workshop also included a Rescue 3 Europe Whitewater rescue technician course. It’s good that the sport of Rafting is growing in Georgia with the country having hosted the IRF Euro Rafting Champs last year. The Best of SUP Gear from the Outdoor Retailer Expo - Denver, Colorado SUP Magazine - Outdoor Retailer is gear heaven. Hundreds of outdoor companies flooded Denver, Colorado for four days this week to show of their wares for the 2019 season. The SUP gear that caught our editor's eyes at Outdoor Retailer 2018. SUP Cross at the Country’s Oldest Whitewater Festival SUP Magazine - FIBark, the longest-running whitewater festival in the country celebrates its 70th year with ferris wheels, fried food and, of course, SUP cross. Zimzala Swim SUP Examiner - Swimwear for life’s adventures Georgia and Kendall are adventurers at heart. United by a passion for travel, the two met in the Canadian wilderness and after many bikini-clad adventures they were inspired to create something of their own. Bardsey Midsummer Jim Krawiecki - The island of Bardsey lies off the end of the Lleyn Peninsula of North Wales. From the mainland, Bardsey looks like a mountainous, craggy and forbidding place. However, the southern, seaward side has gently sloping pastures, a few houses and even a little woodland. American Anglers Urged to Make Voices Heard on Two New Laws Angling International - Keep America Fishing (KAM) – the grassroots advocacy arm of the American Sportfishing Association – is urging anglers to make their voices heard on two conservation bills being voted on by the US Senate Commerce Committee on August 1 st . Fantastic fish and how to catch them: tope Palm Blogs - Tope are right at the top of many UK kayak anglers wish list. This small species of shark provides incredible sport from a kayak and brings all the excitement and fear involved with catching a big fish with teeth. They are fairly easy to catch if present but location and timings can prove crucial in catching one. Early Summer 2018 Issue of Paddling Magazine Traversing - The Early Summer 2018 issue of Paddling Magazine is on the newsstands. Emily on the Grand Canyon Snap Dragon - This was the beginning of my recent adventure down the Grand Canyon. I wasn’t even home when the first wave of texts started coming in from the Holcombes. I Bill to Protect East Rosebud Creek Heads to President'S Desk Am. Whitewater - The Senate yesterday passed Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines and Congressman Greg Gianforte’s bill that protects 20 miles of the East Rosebud in south-central Montana as part of the Wild and Scenic River System.  Convert Your Old SUP Into a New Foil SUP SUP World Mag - The turtle box will allow you to turn your old SUP board into a foil SUP. SUP Surf Paddling Technique to Catch More Waves and Surf Better SUP World Mag - Good tips for catching more waves! Work on your J-stroke. Whiten Head Will Herman - "There can be few places in Britain that offer as remote and committing a day's paddle as Whiten Head..." says the Scottish Sea Kayaking guide by Doug Cooper and George Reid. A bold statement. But one which I can at long last judge from personal experience. Beautiful Blue - Tsarap Chu river - Ladakh, India unsponsored - Darren Clarkson-King is pleased to announce the publicaton of a new book – Beautiful Blue . This one is unique in the world of kayaking linking poems & prose to describe descents of the Tsarap Chu in Ladakh India. Amazon Unexplored - Expedition down the Amazon Unexplored by famous expedition kayakers Snap Dragon - The expedition down the mystical Apaporis River will take an international team of kayakers through one of the least explored territories in the Amazon basin, cutting through the heart of the Chiribiquete Mountains deep in the southern Colombian Amazon. The waterway snakes 700 miles through virgin rainforest, dropping over seven distinct waterfalls on its journey southeast towards the border with Brazil.

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in July 1. Kai Lenny 2. Dane Jackson 3. Sonni Honscheid Videos SUP Groms | Dave de Armas Rips in Panama (supzero) Pond Hopping for Skinny Water Largemouth Bass | Field Trips Delaware U23 & Junior Canoe Sprint World Champs Reflections Free Depth Finder with NEW Topwater PDL Pedal Drive Fishing Kayak | ICAST 2018 Pennsylvania Kayak Fishing Report - 7/29/18 Upcoming TRENT100 Challenge UK, England, Staffordshire, Aug 3 - Aug 4 Jordan River Festival Canada, BC, Revelstoke, Aug 3 - Aug 6 Slave River Paddlefest Canada, NT, Fort Smith, Aug 3 - Aug 6 Sunnyside Slalom US, PA, Bellefonte, Aug 4 - Aug 5 King Neptune Ocean Paddle US, NJ, Seaside Heights, Aug 4