Rafting
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Grand Aspirations: Running It Blind
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For most people, kayaking the Grand Canyon is challenge enough. Try running it blind. That’s what adventure Erik Weihenmayer is attempting, freshly back from a 12-day practice run he took part in to assess whether kayaking all 225 miles in another year is a real possibility or just a pipedream. “Now that I’m back and have had some time to reflect, I feel I have a good shot at pulling this off…” he says. Read more. |
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Maryland Funds Canoe Slalom World Championships
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The Garrett County, Maryland Board of Commissioners announced the approval of one million dollars in state funding to support the 2014 Canoe Slalom World Championships at the Adventure Sports Center International (ASCI). This news comes as organizers prepare to host the 2013 USA Canoe/Kayak Slalom Team Trials and Deep Creek Open on May 17-19. Read more. |
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Dagger Resurrects 17-Year-Old RPM
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Rerun the Production Mold. That could well be what Dagger’s RPM, at one-time the world’s best-selling kayak, stands for as the company brings back one of its most popular whitewater models, whose mold has been gathering cobwebs for 17 years... Read more. |
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In Her Own Words: Sheri Griffith
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Sheri Griffith, founder of Moab, Utah, rafting outfitter Sheri Griffith Expeditions, is celebrating more than 30 years of getting people out into the wilderness, which she cherishes as her company’s most important role. But her own role in the industry has been even bigger, from establishing one of the country’s first river guide training programs to testifying in D.C. to preserve our nation’s wild places. We caught up with her -- 60 and single save for her dogs and four horses – for a peak inside the paddling pioneer...
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EJ To Be a Grandpa
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Just when you thought the genetic lineage for freestyle kayaking couldn’t get any better – with Eric Jackson’s offspring Dane and Emily ripping it up on the world circuit – now it has, with former World Champions Emily and Nick Troutman seven months into making EJ a grandpa (now you young bucks will feel even worse losing to him). A few thoughts from Emily’s boating-and-birthing blog as she readies for the Team Trials at NOC…
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Rafting Trip of a Lifetime with Mountain Travel Sobek
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Lovers of river running now have a chance to crack beers and swap stories with legendary rafting pioneer John Yost on a worldwide tour of nine of the world’s best rafting rivers, celebrating the 40th anniversary of renowned adventure guides Mountain Travel Sobek. Read more. |
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Deschutes Brewery Debuts "River" Brew
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Finally, a beer that all paddlers can feel good about drinking (and one you can;t go wrong with bringing to the take-out). Underlining the importance of brewery’s namesake waterway, Oregon's Deschutes Brewery has unveiled a new "River" beer that's at home in every canoeist's and kayaker's cooler...
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Confluence Pens Tribute to Bomber Gear's Rick Franken
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As so many of you know by now, Rick Franken, founder and designer of Bomber Gear passed away this past weekend. We wanted to let you know that Rick’s family has confirmed that he died in his sleep due to respiratory failure while at the Alabama Mountain Games. His family is planning a celebration of life that will take place at the Animas River Days in Durango in June. They have also established the Franken Children’s Education Fund—please see how you can contribute at the end of this post. For now, we wanted to take a minute to remember the man that we all loved and valued. Click here for more... Read more. |
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Paddling World Saddened by Death of Bomber Gear Founder Rick Franken
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The paddling community was deeply saddened this weekend when hit by the bombshell of the death of Bomber Gear founder Rick Franken, who reportedly passed away in his sleep this past weekend while camping on a kayaking trip to Alabama with his son, Kai. Franken reportedly died in his sleep due to respiratory failure...
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American Rivers Stands Up For Wild and Scenic Protection of Merced River
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A bill introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) would remove long-standing Wild and Scenic River protections from a section of California’s Merced River, inundating almost a mile of one of California’s last, best, free-flowing rivers. The bill would also mark the first time a Wild and Scenic River is essentially de-designated.
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Leisure Trends: Paddlesport Sales Surge 14% in 2012
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Okay, okay. We know you’d rather read about boating than business. But all that good weather we had in 2012? While it might have wreaked havoc on ski resorts, the balmy conditions proved a boon for boating business. Read on to see to how the year fared according to Leisure Trends Group…
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Oklahoma City to Get New Whitewater Park
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The City of Oklahoma City recently awarded S2o Design and Engineering the contract to design a new whitewater park, part of ongoing economic development that has revitalized the city’s seven-mile long downtown riverfront known as the Boathouse District, which already boasts flatwater offerings and other outdoor recreation. Read more. |
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Vail Summer Mountain Games Gains New Title Sponsor
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After this winter's pullout by Teva of the Vail, Colo.-based Mountain Games, which began more than 11 years ago as the Jeep Whitewater Festival, event organizers and GoPro have agreed to a long-term partnership, placing the company as the title sponsor for what has become one of the world’s premier celebrations of mountain sport, lifestyle and music.
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Extreme Kayaker Tyler Bradt Sets Sail for Five Year Expedition
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Sailboats may not be your typical shuttle vehicle, nor the fastest way to get to international put-ins, but in this case the journey is more important than the destination, as world-record holding extreme kayaker Tyler Bradt leads a rotating band of adventurers, artists and athletes around the world for the next five years. In March, the sailboat Wizard’s Eye will slip quietly out of the Bay of La Paz, Mexico, and begin a multi-year journey across the planet. Read more. |
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New Zealand Nabs Its First Whitewater Park
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Founded in 2003 by Scott Shipley, S2o Design and Engineering recently completed New Zealand’s first in-stream whitewater park, the Camphill Surf Park, near Wanaka on the South Island, and it is earning rave reviews by boaters of all abilities. Read more. |
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Rivers Lose Long-lasting Friend with Sec. of Interior Salazar Resignation
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With Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announcing his resignation recently, effective at the end of March, more than one river conservation organization will be mourning his loss. “Secretary Salazar has been a true champion for protecting and restoring rivers and his leadership will be missed by everyone who cares about healthy, free-flowing rivers,” says Bob Irvin, President of American Rivers.
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Vote Now for Nat’l Geo’s Adventurer of the Year; Steve Fisher in the Running
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Okay, all you paddlers. Here’s your chance to put one of your peers on the podium. National Geographic just released its candidates for its Adventurer of the Year, with kayaker Steve Fisher making the cut for its People’s Choice category for last year’s run of the Congo’s Inga rapids, as documented in his film The Grand Inga Project. So get off your duffs and vote…
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Rafting Archive
December 31st, 2012 • Anything Worth Doing: New Book Captures Spirit of Big Water Boating
December 17th, 2012 • Dane Jackson Wins Whitewater Grand Prix for Second year in a Row
December 12th, 2012 • 2012 Whitewater Grand Prix Update: Jackson, Levinson, Deguil Battling for Top Spot
December 4th, 2012 • Three-time Men’s C1 Olympic Champion Tony Estanguet of France Retires
November 29th, 2012 • Teva Pulls Out of Mountain Games
November 27th, 2012 • Bluesmiths: The Ultimate Board Short?
November 12th, 2012 • Whitewater Gran Prix Heads to Chile
November 8th, 2012 • Deliverance Celebrates 40 Years
November 5th, 2012 • Dawson Takes Home Green Race Crown with New Course Record
October 22nd, 2012 • Colorado River Ranger Among Victims at Denver bar Shooting
October 19th, 2012 • Sutton Takes Sickline Crown...Again
October 12th, 2012 • In His Own Words: Doug Ammons On Jeff West’s Death on the Stikine, Plus: His Take on Ben Marr’s First D of Site Z
October 9th, 2012 • Filming Underway on International Rivers Documentary
October 8th, 2012 • Running It Blind: Kayaking with Blind Adventurer Erik Weihenmayer
October 3rd, 2012 • The Conservation Alliance Releases Our Rivers, Second Video in worthWILD Series with Partner KEEN
September 28th, 2012 • Conservation Alliance Awards Record $700,000 in Grants; Several Wateway Organizations to Reap Benefits
September 25th, 2012 • CONGO: The Grand Inga Rapids
September 20th, 2012 • AW Northeast Stewardship Director (and Friend of PL) Alan Panebaker Dies Kayaking in New Hampshire
September 17th, 2012 • White(water) Wedding: Willie Kern Weds Tracy Bowerman
September 12th, 2012 • Jeff West Killed in Solo Attempt of the Stikine
September 10th, 2012 • 2012 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup Comes to an End
September 7th, 2012 • KEEN Promotes World Recess Day Sept. 14!
September 6th, 2012 • Whitewater Symposium Heads to White Salmon, WA, Oct. 12-14
• Hance rapid Changed on Grand
September 4th, 2012 • International Canoe Federation’s Freestyle World Cup Round 2 Wrapped Up, Looking Toward NOC
August 27th, 2012 • Southeast Hosts Freestyle World Cup; Czonka, Emily Jackson in Driver's Seats
August 22nd, 2012 • Warm Springs Rapid on Yampa Rearranged
August 14th, 2012 • Freestyle Demo Debuts on Olympic Stage
August 8th, 2012 • Canoe & Kayak Magazine Bestows First-ever Paddler Awards at OR Show
July 24th, 2012 • Teva Founder Thatcher Hatches New Sandal Co.
July 23rd, 2012 • Johnson Watercaft to Close Bellingham, Wash., Offices
• REP Whitewater Challenge Wraps Up; Dane Jackson, Courtney Kerin nab top spots in series sponsored by Recreation Engineering & Planning and Bomber Gear
July 20th, 2012 • London Calling: Slalom Athletes Set for One of World’s Toughest Courses
July 18th, 2012 • Drought, Schmought: Shoshone Protocol Spells Higher-than-Average Flows in Upper Colorado
July 16th, 2012 • Czechs Dominate World Jr Slalom Champs in Wausau, Wis.; U.S.'s Powell earns Bronze for K1 Men
July 13th, 2012 • Freestyle Nat’l Champs Wrap-up at Kelly’s WW Park in Cascade, Idaho; Wright First for Men, Emily Jackson for Women
July 6th, 2012 • Stookesberry, Korbulic Bag Unrun Section of Cal's Kaweah
July 5th, 2012 • Whazzup at Wassau
June 22nd, 2012 • Festival Season in Full Swing: FIBArk, Lyons and More!
June 21st, 2012 • Czech's Lasko On Top at Teva Exteme Champs
June 18th, 2012 • American Whitewater’s Deerfield River Festival on Schedule
June 13th, 2012 • Local Ryan Casey Wins Coveted North Fork Payette Race
June 12th, 2012 • U.S. Olympic Slalom Team Named After Switzerland’s Cardiff World Cup
June 7th, 2012 • $5,000 REP Whitewater Challenge Off to Rapid Start; 3 Down, 4 to Go
June 5th, 2012 • Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma’m: MTV Star Bam Margera Runs “100-foot” waterfall with Steve Fisher
June 4th, 2012 • French Broad River Fest Sees Another Year of Growth
June 1st, 2012 • Foreigners First at Teva Games' Steep Creek Champs
May 29th, 2012 • Inside the Adirondack Paddlefest in Old Forge, NY
• Dane Jackson, Nick Troutman Tie at Paddling Life Open
May 21st, 2012 • The Hunger For Water Games; Teva Plans Alternatives for Low Flows
May 16th, 2012 • AR Announces Most Endangerd Rivers List; Potomac, Green, Skykomish Also Make List
May 11th, 2012 • Frolicking at Cheat Fest
May 9th, 2012 • NW Boaters Get Backyard Run Back
May 1st, 2012 • First Descents Ball Raises...Wait For It...$450,000
April 19th, 2012 • From Tricky Whu’s to Tricky Gates: Emily Jackson Makes US Slalom Team, Behind Caroline Queen, Ashley Nee; Parsons, Fraker Take Top Spots for Men’s K1 and C-1
April 18th, 2012 • NOC Freestyle Shootout April 20-22
April 13th, 2012 • Boardworks Launches National “Show Up and Blow Up” SUP Demo Tour
April 11th, 2012 • American Rivers launches River Ambassador Program for Outfitters
April 9th, 2012 • Zoar Hosts Berkshire Highlands Pentathlon
March 19th, 2012 • Ecuador Outfitter Small World Adventures Sold
• Outdoor Nation Awards $30,000 to Youth Paddling Programs
March 16th, 2012 • Teva World Water Day
March 5th, 2012 • Paddle4Peace Pairs Paddling with Philanthropy
February 28th, 2012 • Colorado to Possibly Get New WW Park Below Gore Canyon
February 27th, 2012 • FERC Dismisses Initial Pipeline proposal for Green River's Flaming Gorge Dam
February 6th, 2012 • Teva's Dawson Sets Up Worlds Toughest Slalom Course on New Zealand's Kaituna
January 31st, 2012 • Taylor Robertson Joins Werner As Southwest Sales Representative
January 19th, 2012 • Jordan Byrum recently added to Shred Ready Team
January 18th, 2012 • Meet the Fraker: Part II
January 11th, 2012 • Tanya Faux, Aussie Gals Gear Up for a World’s First
January 10th, 2012 • Get Yer River Permit Applications In!
January 4th, 2012 • Meet the Fraker: C-boat Blogger Benn Fraker
December 13th, 2011 • USA Canoe/Kayak Relocates HQ to Oklahoma City
December 7th, 2011 • Book Review: Flooding Granite
December 2nd, 2011 • Keller, Levinson, Gragtmans Poach Previously Unrun Noccalula Falls
November 29th, 2011 • From Everest to the Sea: The Ultimate Descent
November 10th, 2011 • Isaac Levinson Wins Coveted Glass at Green Race
October 31st, 2011 • Basque, UK Shine at World Surf Kayak Champs
October 28th, 2011 • NOC Opens New Store in Asheville
October 26th, 2011 • White Salmon Runs Free! (by Megan Hooker/AW)
October 19th, 2011 • 2011 Whitewater Hall of Fames Inductees Honored
October 17th, 2011 • Mexico, Veracruz Partner with Jackson Kayak to Promote Adventure Travel
October 13th, 2011 • Sam Sutton is Sick
October 11th, 2011 • US Men, Women Take 7th Overall in World Raft Champs; Japan Wins Overall for Men, Czech Republic for Women
October 7th, 2011 • World Raft Championships Underway in Costa Rica
September 30th, 2011 • 2012 Whitewater Symposium Wraps up at Rock Island, TN, Oct 12-14
September 26th, 2011 • Pioneering the Black Canyon
September 24th, 2011 • Historic Dam Removal Underway in Washington
September 13th, 2011 • Slalom Worlds Wraps Up, Hochshorners, Lefevre/Gargaud Make History
September 9th, 2011 • Till Slalom Gates Do Us Part
September 8th, 2011 • Good—Make that Great—Gauley! Historic Releases This Fall
September 7th, 2011 • Irene Follow-up: Damage on the Deerfield
August 31st, 2011 • Road to London Leads Canoe Slalom Competitors to Bratislava, Slovakia
• Whitewater Pioneer John Berry Passes Away
August 26th, 2011 • Rock Creek Outfitters Rockin' Large with New Expansion
August 23rd, 2011 • Liquidlogic Investor Boyce Greer Dies on Idaho’s North Fork Payette
August 17th, 2011 • Paddle Council Receives $30K Grant from Nielsen
August 15th, 2011 • Deerfield River Festival
August 8th, 2011 • David vs. Goliath: Ludden’s First Descents Files Trademark Complaint Against Eddie Bauer’s First Descents
August 4th, 2011 • OR Gets Underway with On-water Demo
July 29th, 2011 • OR Paddlesports Preview
July 26th, 2011 • Oh Black Water, Keep on Moving
July 21st, 2011 • The Ladies’ Kayak Project
July 19th, 2011 • Kayaker Stephen Forster Dies on NF Payette; Body Found July 16
July 12th, 2011 • Clean Sweep: Jackson Family Nabs Nationals
July 5th, 2011 • Despite Hiccups, Montana Whitewater Championships Fly High; Point Series Now Heads to Cascade, Idaho
July 1st, 2011 • Bebbington on Winning the Worlds...Special PL Q&A
June 28th, 2011 • Old Man River: Corra Takes FIBArk Crown
June 27th, 2011 • Dane’s World: US Teen Dane Jackson Wins Three Golds; Great Britain’s Bebbington Takes Men’s Crown
June 22nd, 2011 • EJ Out at Worlds
June 17th, 2011 • World Freestyle Kayak Champs Come to Plattling
June 6th, 2011 • Gavere Claims Teva Mtn Games SUP Sprint Crown
• The Paddling Enthusiasts Tri-fecta: Vail, Glenwood Springs, Salida.
June 2nd, 2011 • Czech Mate: Lasko Ties Dawson in Teva Mtn Games' Homestake Creek Race
May 31st, 2011 • Dane Jackson Nabs Top Honors in Pro Debut at Paddling Life Invitational
May 25th, 2011 • The Perils of Big Plunges: Jesse Coombs Collapses Lung on Abiqua, Tyler Bradt Healing from Broken Back
May 24th, 2011 • Diamond Anniversary: 10th Annual Teva Mountain Games June 2-5
• Spotlight: Ocean Kayak Founder Tim Niemier
May 17th, 2011 • Olympic Whitewater Course for 2012 Games in London Open to the Public
• Whitewater Grand Prix Wraps Up with Dane Jackson on Top
May 14th, 2011 • The Rocky Mountain Surf Festival: New Name, Same Great Competition.
May 12th, 2011 • From Uganda to the Tetons: Catching Up with Steve Fisher
May 11th, 2011 • Record Water Year in Store for West
April 18th, 2011 • Announcing the Inaugural Great Russian River Race, May 7 2011
April 12th, 2011 • 2009 Junior World Freestyle Kayak Champion Jason Craig Injures Spine Running Waterfall, Continues to Heal. Plus: How You Can Help
April 8th, 2011 • AIRE Announces Video Contest for 2011.
March 23rd, 2011 • Putting Its Money Where Our River Mouths Are
March 22nd, 2011 • Damming More Than a River, A Lifestyle
• Rally HO!: The National River Rally set for Charleston SC June 3-6
March 17th, 2011 • Klickitat Rafters Remembered (story by Sue Hansen)
March 16th, 2011 • New River Dries Goes Off
March 14th, 2011 • AW Conducts Flow Survey for Yampa Basin
March 11th, 2011 • Idaho Rivers United Files Suit Against Forest Service over Clearwater, Lochsa rivers
March 2nd, 2011 • Silverback Swallowed
February 18th, 2011 • Obama Backs Rivers
February 15th, 2011 • 2011 Whitewater Symposium Slated for Oct. 12-14 at Rock Island, TN
January 31st, 2011 • Pack-rafting Tasmania’s Franklin River
January 7th, 2011 • It's Permit Time
January 4th, 2011 • Jackson Gets All Techy
December 21st, 2010 • Confluence Buys Bomber Gear
December 15th, 2010 • PL Exclusive Q&A with USACK ED Joe Jacobi
December 9th, 2010 • Death on the Congo; Stookesberry Team Member, Hendri Coetzee, Killed by Croc
December 7th, 2010 • Another One Bites the Dust
November 19th, 2010 • Paddler Replaced by Rapid
November 16th, 2010 • Seeking Nominations for Swiftwater Rescue Award
November 8th, 2010 • Dawson Nabs Green Race Crown and Brings Home The Glass
November 1st, 2010 • Chaco Debuts ToeCoop, PedShed; Awards Kayak Instructor Accolades
October 28th, 2010 • A Song from the Grand
October 20th, 2010 • Cali Burn Fest
October 13th, 2010 • Trio Knocks off Stikine in One Day
October 6th, 2010 • Kiwi Connection: Sutton wins 2010 adidas Sickline Crown
October 4th, 2010 • Feather Fest Tests Livers and Lines
September 29th, 2010 • Rivers Orgs Clean-up with Conservation Alliance Grants
September 28th, 2010 • Third Time’s a Charm?
September 24th, 2010 • Good Gauley
September 16th, 2010 • Babushkas, Borscht, and...BOATS!?!?!
September 13th, 2010 • Feature-length WW FIlm, Raven Fork, Debuts
September 11th, 2010 • The 2010 Whitewater Symposium prepares for
September 10th, 2010 • Shimoda to Head River Management Society
• Int'l WW Hall of Fame Induction Set for Sept. 25
September 1st, 2010 • Great Guns, It’s Gore Fest
August 17th, 2010 • Water Flows at London Olympic Course
August 12th, 2010 • The Kamchatka Connection
August 3rd, 2010 • Super-size Me
July 20th, 2010 • The Booty Beer Scandal of Summer 2010
May 20th, 2010 • Thompson River University Adventure Guide Diploma Program builds leaders on and off the water
• Philanthropists Unite to Save the Colorado River
• TEVA Mountain Games Announces 2010 Whitewater Events
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