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Playak Weekly Digest - week 32, 2019
Playak Weekly Digest
The world's top paddling news in week 32, 2019.
Palm Blogs Towing Sea Kayaks in Challenging Conditions
Palm Blogs - There are quite a few ways to put a towline to good use out on the sea and I always bring one or even two on more committing trips. The Palm Equipment Ocean Pro is a compact and easy to wear towline that works well for sea kayakers.
Jackson Kayak Lessons Learned on My Road to Worlds
Jackson Kayak - I recently fulfilled a long-time dream of mine: competing for Team USA at the 2019 ICF Freestyle World Championships in both the float and squirt boat classes.
ICF Jensen Takes First Steps to Defending Her Golden Sprint Treble
ICF - Exciting Canadian teenager Sophia Jensen has once again underlined her incredible talent with two strong performances on the opening day of competition at the 2019 ICF junior and U23 canoe sprint world championships in Pitesti, Romania.
CKS Blog The convenience of the Astral YTV PFD for this lady rafting guide
CKS Blog - As a Trauma Intensive Care Nurse for the last ten years, a private boater, and a commercial rafting guide, safety on the river is of the utmost importance to me. As a woman on the river, however, I quickly discovered not all gear is made with us slay-dies in mind. I struggled to find a PFD that fit “the girls”, was comfortable for all-day wear, and didn’t limit my paddle power and motion.
Jackson Kayak Family camping with some smallmouth bass fishing at Algonquin Park
Jackson Kayak - There’s a 7630 square kilometre (4741 square miles) protected area in the heart of Ontario known as Algonquin Park. This beautiful and remote area has over 1,500 lakes and 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) of streams and boasts some of the finest Brook Trout and Lake Trout fishing in the world. But, did you know that Algonquin Park also has a thriving Smallmouth bass population?
Alder Creek Kayak July 2019 Full Immersion Whitewater 1
Alder Creek Kayak - Almost exactly a year ago, I found myself in the same position as the eight students who joined us this July for a weekend of learning how to kayak in swift water. My own experiences led me to buy my own boat and paddle relentlessly all over Oregon and Southern Washington. One year later I found myself right back where it all began, paddling from Barton Park to Carver Park on the Clackamas River, but this time I got to be the one giving pointers to the new paddlers.
Angling International Profits for Top fishing brand decline due to US import tariff
Angling International - Johnson Outdoors paid $1.9m in tariffs on goods imported from China in the third quarter of the year.
ICF Nine Nations Share Ten Golds in Pitesti
ICF - Athletes from nine nations shared the ten gold medals on offer, with Canada’s Sophia Jensen picking up her second and Hungary’s Anna Lucz successfully defending her K1 200 title on the penultimate day of competition at the ICF junior and U23 canoe sprint world championships in Pitesti.
Frogma Quintessential Summer Paddle
Frogma - We ended up having some scheduling issues at the club that meant some changing up of plans for me today - but with an absolutely beautiful forecast today I did know that one way or another I wanted to get out on the water.
Paddle Making Blanchard'S 2019 Adirondack Auction Paddles
Paddle Making - Blanchard's Auctions is hosting their Adirondack Auction beginning August 9th. Their online listings of items includes a variety of canoes and paddles.
Frogma More Random Inwood Things
Frogma - Sunday was lovely, but Saturday was pretty darned good too. I just blogged about Sunday first because it was SO pleasant. Saturday was the 2nd leg of the annual races for the Joe Glickman Cup.
Jackson Kayak Game Of Throws - Casting techniques to catch fishes
Jackson Kayak - Bass anglers try flipping, pitching, the wrist roll, fly fishermen employ the double haul, there’s even a bow and arrow cast for shooting under docks, all of these and more are used to describe casting techniques.
Angling International Fishing World Celebrates 50 Years With Collector’s Edition
Angling International - The 164-page issue was packed with special features taking readers back over a half a century with classic stories, photographs and memories of the sport and detailing how it has changed over the years. On the front was a Fishing World 50 Year Anniversary Halco Rooster Popper 80mm collector’s lure which was given away with each newsstand copy.
International Rafting Federation IRF Proud Signatory to UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action Initiative
International Rafting Federation - We are proud to announce the International Rafting Federation have joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Sports for Climate Action initiative as a signatory to the Sports for Climate Action Framework.
SUP International Molokai 2 Oahu 2019
SUP International - Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard World Championships 2019.
Athletes with top online media coverage in August
1. Connor Baxter
2. Dane Jackson
3. Vinnicius Martins
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