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Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 03, 2019.

News Watch Mindfulness for Kayakers in the GoPro Age Palm Blogs - Over the last few months, I've been focusing on how to be more present in many aspects of my life. One of them, obviously, is kayaking. How to Progress Your Kayaking Jackson Kayak - I think one of the most common questions my friends and I get from other people is how to progress their kayaking. Everyone wants to get better at boating and progress their skills to be able to boat bigger and different rivers. Five Reasons the Patagonia Multisport Adventure Will Be Unforgettable Canoe Kayak - Experience the big-water paddling of Chile's Rio Futaleufú, and experience all the Patagonia region has to offer in this nine-day dream adventure. Shoshone NYD 2019- the First Day of the New Paddling Season Jackson Kayak - My wife Kathy keeps telling me this is ridiculous. We are driving away from the winter paddling Mecca of the South Eastern US to the frozen river winter wasteland of Colorado to go kayaking on New Years Day. Desperate Times Call for Leave No Trace Measures Mark Tozer - You've read the disturbing stories reported from our national parks, now that the partial government shutdown has moved into January. Soul Custom Kayaks and SUP, A Sad Story Alpin Action Team - Winter 2017, around November, after the long (and nice) 2017 Summer season, and long looking at Soul website, i decided that it would be great to have some custom made kayaks and SUP for myself, I like what I can find on the market but with some little changes i thought i will get the perfect kayaks and SUP, so, chat with Corran that was really helpful and fast designing what i wanted, I got 3 fantastic plans for, one River Runner, Dagger Axiom style but longer and with more rocker and volume, one Creeker, following Soul Chaos Monkey design but with some more volume and a great flat water cruising SUP. The reason why this kayak angler loves a lightweight kayak like the Jackson Liska Jackson Kayak - I love my Coosa FD but at times the weight of this kayak does not allow me to launch at areas that are not very friendly for a heavy kayak. The Subaru that took McQuoid on many whitewater adventures survived the fire outbreak!! Canoe Kayak - It was amazing news for the expedition kayaker-photographer McQuoid that the Subaru he left behind when he evacuated his home in Paradise, Calif as his area was under threat of the rapiding spreading Camp Fire, actually is fine even though his house and other neighbouring houses have burned down. It’s a special Subaru as he used the car to go places and have countless kayaking adventures. The North Face Announces Futurelight, a New Breathable Waterproof Material Traversing - The North Face unveiled Futurelight at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. It is a new breathable waterproof material developed using innovative Nanospinning technology, that they hope will revolutionize the future of technical fabrics. Life and Times of Mr. Canoe Canoe Kayak - As a boat-builder and entrepreneur, historian, expedition paddler and guerrilla organizer, Ralph Frese earned the moniker Mr. Canoe. Colville River in Alaska Threatened by Oil Drilling American Rivers - Earlier this year, American Rivers released its 2018 America’s Most Endangered Rivers® report, which included Alaska’s Colville River, or Kuukpik in the Iñupiaq language. This remote Arctic river is one of the wildest in the country. Flathead River Tributaries Get Protection for Christmas (MT) Am. Whitewater - Wild rivers and their enthusiasts got some good news with the release of the new 15-20 year Forest plan for the Flathead National Forest.  2019 WPA-Salt Life Champion Paddler of the Year World Paddle Association - Salt Life Apparel, in association with the World Paddle Association and the Pacific Paddle Games will crown the Champion Paddler of the Year of the 2019 Salt Life Cup.  Paddling the Rio Quijos river - Ecuador Rafting Life - The Rio Quijos has a total of 7 different sections comprising of almost 60km of whitewater. Going from class 5 up at the top down to a variety of class – 4 and Class 3 sections downstream. This river was the staple of paddling in Ecuador. Lacamas Creek Mt. Hood H2O - With a take out less than 30 minutes from downt own Portland, Lacamas Creek is excluding Willamette Falls and the not quite class V Oswego Creek the closest class V whitewater to Portland, OR.

Factor Athletes with top online media coverage in 2018 1. Eric Jackson 2. Kai Lenny 3. Drew Gregory Videos Kayak Fishing for Peacock Bass in the Amazon | Part 1 (The Heliconia Press) NUCANOE CUSTOMS: Kayak Fly Fishing Setup in the Pursuit (blakenucanoecom) How to Tie Down a Kayak on a Car with One Strap (KarenWoodard) C1 Noemie Fox 2019 Canoe Slalom Nationals Surfing with Clackamas River Outfitters (PaulClark) Upcoming La Ventana Classic Mexico, Baja, Jan 16 - Jan 20 GlaGla Race France, Lake Annecy, Jan 18 - Jan 20 Drak Challenge South Africa, KwaZulu-Nat, Underberg, Jan 19 - Jan 20 Painkiller Cup Caribbean, BVI, Tortola, Jan 19 Auckland Paddlefest Event #7 New Zealand, Pauanui, Jan 19