Posts Tagged ‘white water kayaking’

GAP Featured in Breathe Magazine!

Girls at Play is featured in the most recent issue of Breathe, a magazine dedicate to inspiring active women. Check out the article and photos!

Interested in doing more yoga, or merging yoga with kayaking?  Check out our new Yoga for Kayaking DVD!  Also remember, all of our clinics and trips to Mexico and Idaho incorporate [...]

Filed under Kayaking Tips, Latest News, Yoga for Kayaking : Comments (0) : Jul 22nd, 2011

The Ladies’ Kayak Project

Have you ever wondered what a kayak specifically designed for women would look like? A kayak that wasn’t just a smaller, narrower version of an existing design – a boat that was truly designed to fit and perform for a woman’s body? We have wondered and we’re very excited about an upcoming project that has [...]

Filed under Inspiring Articles, Latest News : Comments (1) : Jul 14th, 2011

East Coast Summer Tour Adventures

While Emily and Mary Frances were touring the West Coast Cindy and Anna hit the East Coast for their own paddling adventures!  Here is a recap of the first half of the trip narrated by Anna and Cindy so you get an idea of the trip from their unique perspectives…
Anna:  The fun started with a [...]

Filed under Anna's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Jun 29th, 2011

Summer Tour hits Vail Colorado with Alpine Quest Sports

After a long and breathtaking drive from Crested Butte through the Kebler Pass to Glenwood Springs and Vail, we touched base with the friendly folks of Alpine Quest Sports. They recommended the rivers we should take out ladies on for our clinic and we then drove to States Bridges and Rancho Del Rio where we [...]

Filed under Latest News, Mary Frances' Blog, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Jun 28th, 2011

Colorado Update – Getting Joyful in Crested Butte

By Em Shanblatt
The Girls at Play summer tour in Colorado has officially found the most beautiful place yet.  As Mary Frances and I rolled into the town of Crested Butte over Monarch Pass, we were blown away and speechless at the immensity and grandeur of the mountains and scenery that lay before us.
We met up [...]

Filed under Emily's Blog, Inspiring Articles, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 24th, 2011

Colorado Update – Exploring, Racing, Dancing…FIBARK!

By Em Shanblatt
Early this week we rolled into Salida, Colorado, home of the famous FIBArk festival (First in Boating on the Arkansas).  The Festival has  been going on for 63 years, and this small town has really come alive!  It’s the oldest paddling festival IN THE WORLD!
Mary Frances and I spent our first day in [...]

Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 20th, 2011

Girls at Play in Durango with 4 Corners Riversports

The 4 Corners Riversports clinic in Durango was a huge success! We started the Saturday beginner clinic with wet exits in the pool behind the store. Our eight participants did great in the pool before we continued on to Lake Pastorius only about 20 minutes away. The view was amazing! Snow capped mountains in the [...]

Filed under Latest News, Mary Frances' Blog, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Jun 17th, 2011