Kayak World Record
Kayak World Record
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Kayak Bass Fishing (Paperback) $31.24 The world record largemouth bass was caught in a makeshift wooden boat in otherwise inaccessible water. It makes sense. Finding trophy fish in a secluded bay should be easier than doing the same in a heavily pressured lake or impoundment. This is just one of many reasons why kayaks are one of the most effective and versatile platforms for catching bass and this book helps you choose, outfit and use the kayak to catch more fish. But this isn`t just about fishing from kayaks. This book is about improving your overall largemouth, smallmouth and striped bass fishing experience. Anglers of every skill level will benefit from the secrets and strategies that obsessed bass angler Chad Hoover has learned from years of catching trophy bass. The insight he`s gained by using his kayak to remain undetected and observe bass reacting naturally to different lure presentations, is invaluable and guaranteed to improve your effectiveness on the water. Whether you`re an experienced angler, new to kayak fishing, or simply looking for some valuable new insight about catching bass, Kayak Bass Fishing is an absolute must-read book that will help you catch `em where others can`t! |
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Kayak Girl (Paperback) $20.77 In Kayak Girl a young child learns to cope with serious loss by focusing on something larger than herself. After Jana`s mother dies, she becomes withdrawn. Her grandfather, a carver, pays the girl a visit and finds her unresponsive to his care. He carves a figure of a girl in a kayak and asks Jana to promise that she will watch for the figure after he releases it upriver. Through the following seasons, Jana goes to the river daily and finds strength in the positive memories from her short time with her mother, even as she imagines the distant kayak girl`s struggles. Eventually, they are reunited, and Jana`s spirit is revived. Throughout the book, watercolor illustrations take readers to a magical place along an Alaska river and demonstrate the power of memory and a sense of place in the natural world. |
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Encounters from a Kayak (Paperback) $25.01 What makes travel special? Perhaps the chill realization that a polar bear`s eyes are fixed on you. Maybe it is the chance meeting with a man who buries sharks in a beach, only to dig them up months later, not out of morbid curiosity, but for food. Perhaps it is the undulating wing-beat of a dark shell-less gastropod in the canal of a 17th Century French sea port, or the criminal history of a rusting ship with a tree growing from its hold.Encounters in a Kayak brings the reader along on the magical experiences that surround sea kayaking. It`s about the animals, people, and special places around the globe that have grabbed the attention of renowned kayaker and writer Nigel Foster. His irrepressible curiosity drives him to tease out the unexpected stories hidden behind his subjects. These nuggets from around the world are bound together by water and a centuries-old form of sea travel: kayak. The result is a book of broad appeal for those interested in kayaking, traveling, and adventure. |
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For the Record $7.99 <p>Luke is a gifted but awkward ten-year-old who is obsessed with world records, and is nervous about starting senior school a year early as ‘the swot with the dead dad’. When Luke’s tiny, unique Jersey village is in danger of being bulldozed to the ground to make way for a waste incinerator plant, the only way to stop it is by putting the village on the map: by breaking 50 world records in a week. </p><p> With the help of geeky adjudicator Simon and a colourful cast of oddball village characters, this is Luke’s chance to shine, to solve his mum’s relationship problems, and to face his biggest fears – with bizarre, extraordinary consequences.</p> |
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Tyler Bradt Highest waterfall in a kayak 189ft (World Record bigger than Niagara!)
Paddle for Pride
Philippine athletes bring glory and honour to the country not only when they take home medals, but when they prove to the world that amidst all the obstacles they encounter, or despite the insufficiency of financial aid, they continue to fight and prevail.
But the question being posited is this: when you have top-notch-slash-world-champion-athletes, is it not understood that you have to sustain them even more?
Primarily, the said assistance should come from the government who has supposedly appropriated taxpayers’ funds for them. And of course, no national athlete will not want to be supported by their kababayans. It should always be mutually inclusive. But in the Philippines where politics always seem to find its way into anything, even the field of sports is severely affected.
Athletes are being withdrawn from competitions, denied of allowances and suspected of cheating despite their globally-documented victories.
Dyan Castillejo crusades to save the Philippine Dragonboat World Champions and to use Krusada as a venue where our struggling athletes could voice out their sentiments and be heard by the Filipino people.
The Philippine Dragonboat World Champions have emerged victorious among superpowers like USA, Russia, UK, Germany and China. They hold two world records in this sport where more than 70 International Dragonboat Federation (IDBF) members compete. This all-Filipino team boasts of having no foreign coach or training; but even international teams like Japan fly in just to train with them.
Their first world record was immortalized in 2007, when the paddlers won gold in the 200-meter premiere event of the World Dragonboat Championships held in Sydney, Australia. Finishing the race for only 41.91 seconds, they were called to be the fastest crew in the planet.
In 2009, they successfully defended their crown after beating their old record with only 41.91 seconds. Female paddlers also won a gold medal in the 200-meter mixed event, also setting their own world record.
But it was in that same event when they almost did not make it into the World Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. ABS-CBN had to raise their financial woes to the Philippine Sports Commission or PSC.
Whenever they are given the opportunity to join international competitions, they not only have to think about the contest itself, they also have to stress themselves out about where to get the money for their fare, to the food they need to bring. Oftentimes, they have to bring their own baon, like sardines and rice just to get by abroad. This has become the plight of many Filipino athletes.
Empty as their pockets are when they leave the country, they never fail to fill them with medals when they come back home.
Some of the Philippine Dragonboat team (PDBT) members were once athletes in the field of volleyball and swimming but most of them are actually fishermen from Bacolod.
While they still fish for a living, they are now also members of the Philippine Army, Navy, Airforce and Coast Guard. Above everything else, they are now all world champions.
But how will the athletes, in this case, the Philippine Dragonboat team, paddle for the country’s pride when the local sports officials themselves do not recognize their achievements and doubt their strength as a national team?
PDBT’s nightmare started when they were not allowed to compete in the 2010 Asian Games by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). The PDBT raised two contentions: the decision was not formally addressed to them, only reading about the resolution in a press release; and the said decision was solely based on the false report written by Retired Colonel Jeff Tamayo, POC’s head in monitoring athletes.
The said report questions the accuracy of their time trial. They were being accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Amina Annudin was both insulted and traumatized while Ramie Llano affirms the teams’ leadership in the sport without the use of steroids.
On the other hand, Col. Tamayo defends his stance by saying that the report should have been kept private and should never have been disclosed to the athletes.
Mike Haslam, President of IDBF, asserts that they should have been consulted regarding the time trials if there was any question pertaining to it. But he personally claims that the Philippine team is naturally capable of winning the Asian Games.
Another issue that broke out was the removal of the Philippine Dragonboat Federation’s status as a National Sports Association. It has been taken under the Philippine Canoe-Kayak Federationi based on the order of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).
Again, Haslam spoke on behalf of the PDBT, saying that IDBF is the one recognized for Dragon boating, not the International Canoe Federation, which is considered as another sport.
Unfortunately, the paddlers’ refusal to transfer into the Canoe federation led to the withdrawal of their allowance, including boats and docksite in Manila Bay.
But their desire to paddle for honour and prove once again that they are world champions is unwavering. They continue to train three times a day. Their target is to bring home the gold medal from the World Championships to be held in Tampa Bay, Florida next month.
Fortunately, Filipinos still embrace the bayanihan spirit. Club teams have contributed food while Manila Ocean Park gave them their new and improved docksite.
When Dyan reported that they needed funds to join the world championships in TV Patrol, help came from different parts of the world almost instantly. They no longer need to worry about round trip tickets, uniforms and even their board and lodging! IDBF organizers sent their invitation coupled with the assurance that they will have a place to stay when they participate.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) aided the paddlers in their much-needed permits. And when they posted a status on their Facebook page that they did not have top of the line carbon-fiber paddles, fans positively answered on their call for help.
Faith and perseverance—these fuel the Filipino athletes. Even with only the slightest spark of hope, they still fight for the country’s honour. It is important that we do the same for them.
There should be no room for politics in sports—only unity. This is Dyan Castillejo’s Krusada.
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