Sea Kayaking
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Frolicking at Cheat Fest
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No one got cheated out of any fun at this year’s 17th annual Cheat River Festival, highlighted by the “Massacre-ence” kayak race on West Virginia’s Cheat River May 4. Marking the largest, mass start kayak race in the country with more than 155 boaters, this year above average (3.9 feet) water levels provided plenty of pandemonium... Read more. |
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NW Boaters Get Backyard Run Back
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Boaters in the Northwest got a backyard run back as, for the first time since Condit Dam was breached in October 2011, a public access is once again available downstream of Husum Falls on the lower White Salmon. Bonus: A new play wave upstream of the bridge... Read more. |
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First Descents Ball Raises...Wait For It...$450,000
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Talk about a fundraiser. While river festivals around the country try to raise funds for their respective waterways this spring, this year’s annual First Descents Ball, which raises money for the non-profit helping kids with cancer, raised a whopping $450,000.... Read more. |
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NOC Freestyle Shootout April 20-22
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Borrowing a line from Field of Dreams, the Nantahala Outdoor Center gears up this week for the 2012 NOC Freestyle Shootout April 20-22, the first official freestyle event to be held at the newly built Nantahala Wave, designed for the upcoming 2013 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships... Read more. |
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Fearless: One Woman, One Writer, One Year of Toil
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Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent is the story of Freya Hoffmeister, a 46-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman and Miss Germany contestant, who paddled alone and unsupported 9,420 miles around Australia in an adventure that virtually every expert guaranteed would get her killed. She was determined not only to survive the trip through huge, shark- and croc-infested seas, but to do it faster than Paul Caffyn, the only other paddler to have completed the circuit, 27 years earlier. PL catches up with author Joe Glickman... Read more. |
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Boardworks Launches National “Show Up and Blow Up” SUP Demo Tour
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Existing whitewater festivals throughout the country will get a new dose of SUP added to their line-ups this year. Boardworks recently announced a new 2012 Show Up and Blow Up SUP Demo Tour, featuring a fully stocked caravan of pros and boards touring the country offering free SUP demos, races, clinics and more... Read more. |
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Corran Addison Leaves Imagine Surf
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First it was Savage Designs. Then Riot Kayaks. Now industry stalwart Corran Addison is moving on from the third company he’s founded in the paddlesports arena, this time leaving stand-up paddleboard company Imagine Surf. Read more. |
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Outdoor Nation Awards $30,000 to Youth Paddling Programs
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A few more kids might be getting wet than normal this paddling season, thanks to a new series of grants offered by Outdoor Nation. The group recently announced the 13 winners of its Paddle Nation Project, aimed at connecting young Americans with their waterways through recreational paddling... Read more. |
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Ecuador Outfitter Small World Adventures Sold
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Small World Adventures, which runs uber-sweet kayaking trips in Ecuador from its lodge on the banks of the Quijos River, is entering a new chapter with the sale of Small World and Cabanas Tres Rios lodge to Guy Erb, of Spokane, Wash. Erb plans on joining the SWA team for the 2012/2013 season and is leaving the structure of the staff, trips and logistics the same. Having been there to sample its first-class whitewater wares, PL checks in... Read more. |
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Teva World Water Day
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Paddlers give up water? A tall order, perhaps, but that’s what Teva is asking paddlers to do on the eve of the 19th annual World Water Day... Read more. |
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U.S. Nails It: Qualifies C-1/C-2 Spots at Pan Am Games for London Olympics
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Talk about throwing down when you need to. At this past weekend’s Pan American Championships in Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, with the U.S.’s sole C-1 and C-2 London Olympic spots on the line, U.S. paddlers Eric Hurdand and Jeff Larimer took first in the Men’s C-2 final, and Benn Fraker took home the Gold medal in Men’s C-1, ensuring the U.S. will have Olympians in both the C-1 and C-2 categories at the London 2012 Summer Games. Read more. |
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Colorado to Possibly Get New WW Park Below Gore Canyon
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Kayakers tackling Class V Gore Canyon on the Colorado might soon be bringing playboats on their racks as well as creekers. Grand County is planning to build a whitewater park on the Colorado River below Gore Canyon, just above Pumphouse and at Inspiration Point. But the movement needs paddlers' help by March 7... Read more. |
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$27,500, for a SUP?
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$27,500 can buy a lot of shuttle gas money. Or, it can buy you a stand-up paddleboard. That was the price tag for the world's most expensive SUP, a Jimmy Lewis-designed board which recently sold an auction as a benefit for the Everglades Foundation in Palm Beach, Florida... Read more. |
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Extreme Sea Kayak World Mourns Loss of Eric Soares
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The extreme sea kayaking world lost one of its most ardent pioneers with the recent passing of Eric Soares, a founding member of California’s Tsunami Rangers, a kayaking club specializing in big-wave feats along the rocky California coast. Soares died unexpectedly on Feb. 1 at age 58... Read more. |
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Freya Hoffmeister South America Circumnavigation Update ("It was the worst decision-making mistake of my life...")
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In 2009 Freya Hoffmeister—a 46-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman, and Miss Germany contestant—paddled alone and unsupported 9,420 miles around Australia, breaking Paul Caffyn’s record set 27 years earlier. Now she’s at it again, this time nearly 150 days into her expedition to circumnavigate South America alone and unsupported. Click on for clips from her blog, which include surviving three brutal days on a deserted pile of rock called Isla Deceit while scratching her way to Cape Horn... Read more. |
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Confluence Watersports Boosts Marketing, Supply Chain and Accessories Teams
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Confluence Watersports is now operating in full from its new campus in Greenville, S.C., and recently announced four key new hires supporting Confluence’s sourcing and supply chain, marketing and accessories teams. All four new hire investments underscore Confluence’s commitment to offering innovation, leadership and a profitable partnership opportunity to its family of specialty outdoor and paddlesports retailers. Read more. |
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Tanya Faux, Aussie Gals Gear Up for a World’s First
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Sure, Freya Hoffmeister might have circum-navigated Australia. We’d like to see her keep up with the exploits of Australian Tanya Faux. This spring, Faux, a longtime creek and rodeo competitor and Australia’s2008 Adventurer of the Year, is leading a group of eight women into one of Australia’s most rugged and remote areas: a 30-day uncharted, unsupported, river exploration of the Kimberley region that aims to promote the Save the Kimberley campaign. Oh, and did we mention the Class V and crocs? Read more. |
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Get Yer River Permit Applications In!
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Okay, all you free-loading dirtbags. No more free lunch. It's permit season. So get off your duff and send in your applications for your favorite river trip instead of waiting to get asked along. Plus, that way you can invite who you want (which hopefully will include us). Here's all the info you need... Read more. |
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Trio Plans Trans-Canada Canoe
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Crossing Canada from the Pacific Ocean to the Hudson Bay under your own power would be a gruel no matter how you slice it, never mind trying it in a canoe. But that’s what Pete Marshall, Winchell Delano and Steve Keaveny are planning with their Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition from May through to September 2012. PL checks in to see how their planning is going... Read more. |
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USA Canoe/Kayak Relocates HQ to Oklahoma City
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More paddlers will name be able to claim they’re Okies, if not from Muskogee, at least from Oklahoma City. USA Canoe/Kayak, the national governing body for sprint and slalom, just moved its headquarters from Charlotte, N.C., to Oklahoma City. PL reports on the move, with a special Q&A with CEO Joe Jacobi... Read more. |
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Book Review: Flooding Granite
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River guides rejoice: finally a book you can all relate to. Former river guide Tom Mahony’s Flooding Granite (Casperian Books) details the plight of river guide Zack Pruitt, a college drop-out who abandoned his girlfriend and young son when things got tough and headed back to the Sierra Nevada to guide. But he gets more than he bargained for. PL catches up with the author for a quick Q&A, and gives it a thumbs-up for those jonesing for whitewater action this winter... Read more. |
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Keller, Levinson, Gragtmans Poach Previously Unrun Noccalula Falls
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The poach-fest continues. On Nov. 28, Southeast kayakers Pat Keller, Isaac Levinson and Chris Gragtmans dropped previously unrun 90-foot Noccalula Falls in Alabama's city-owned Noccalula Falls Park, causing park officials to scratch their heads and re-evaluate city ordinances. Bonus: Steve Fisher chimes in on a local news outlet's blog... Read more. |
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Turk, Boomer Earn Nat'l Geo Adventurers of Year Award
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Finally, some accolades for all those walrus attacks, kayak-dragging, freezing temps and kidney failures. After completing the first successful circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island this summer, kayakers Jon Turk and Erik Boomer have been recognized as National Geographic Adventurers of the Year for 2012. And you, as paddlers, can vote to help them win the coveted People’s Choice award... Read more. |
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From Everest to the Sea: The Ultimate Descent
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Proud of your summer paddling feat? That’s peanuts compared to Nepal's Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa’s Ultimate Descent, going from the highest place on earth to the sea in one continuous non-motorized descent, with kayaks playing the final role... Read more. |
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Isaac Levinson Wins Coveted Glass at Green Race
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Holy tie-fest. Marking an event with the most ties in its 16-year history, this year’s 16th annual Green Race on North Carolina’s Green River was once again as carnage- and competition-filled as ever, with Isaac Levinson winning the crown and coveted “Glass” trophy for the first time ever. And for the women, Adriene Levknecht three-peats with a new women’s course record of 4:57... Read more. |
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adidas Group to acquire Five Ten
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The adidas Group announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Five Ten, a leading performance brand in outdoor action sports, with the move possibly meaning increased attention directed toward the watersports division... Read more. |
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Cuba Shines at 2011 Pan-American Games
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The Cuban Team finished on top of the medals table with nine medals, including four Golds, while the Canadians grabbed seven medals at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Led by Carrie Johnson with two golds, Team USA claimed the third position on the medals table, earning two starting positions at the London 2012 Olympic Games... Read more. |
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Basque, UK Shine at World Surf Kayak Champs
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The U.S. might be slaying it in the stand-up surf scene with the likes of Slater Trout, but when it comes to surf kayaking, Basque Country and the UK are barreling to the top of the line-up -- and podium. That’s how things played out, at least, at this year’s World Surf kayaking Championships, which recently wrapped up at North Carolina’s Outer Banks.... Read more. |
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NOC Opens New Store in Asheville
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In a sign that the paddlesports retail world is, if not riding a wave at least creating ripples, on October 22 the Nantahala Outdoor Center opened the doors of its groundbreaking experiential retail and outdoor activity concept shop, NOC Asheville, inside Asheville, N.C.'s The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa.... Read more. |
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White Salmon Runs Free! (by Megan Hooker/AW)
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After nearly a century, Washington's White Salmon River in south central Washington is flowing freely again. Earlier today, a hole was blasted in the base of Condit Dam, and its reservoir - Northwestern Lake - began to pour through it. The reservoir is expected to be fully drained by sundown... Read more. |
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2011 Whitewater Hall of Fames Inductees Honored
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The International Whitewater Hall of Fame (IWHOF) moved to the banks of the South Fork American River Oct. 14-16 to honor members of the Class of 2011, including this year’s inductees: Explorer - Richard Bangs (USA); Champion - JP Burny (Belgium); and Advocate - Oliver Cock (UK)... Read more. |
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Sam Sutton is Sick
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Who’s the paddler to beat in the extreme kayaking world? Twenty-three-year-old Sam Sutton from Rotorua, New Zealand, who once again demonstrated his dominance by winning the fifth annual adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Tirol, Italy, for the second year in a row (and getting to soak in a hot tub with Miss Tirol 2009)...
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Colbys Purchase MTI Adventurewear
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After managing MTI Adventurewear for the Takashina family for nearly a decade, paddlesport industry veterans Lili and Gordon Colby purchased the company from them in February... Read more. |
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Kokatat Gets New Sales Manager
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Kokatat, the 39-year-old independent watersports apparel and accessories company, is proud to welcome Jeff Turner to the Arcata, Cali. Headquarters, as the new Sales and Marketing Manager, effective immediately.
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seakayaking Archive
October 9th, 2011 • Czech Mate: Czechs Take Slalom Crown at World Rafting Champs
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
• Freya’s At It Again
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
September 1st, 2011 • Turk, Boomer Complete Ellesmere Circumnavigation
August 31st, 2011 • 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 22nd, 2011 • Sprint Worlds Wrap-up in Hungary; U.S. Team Still Hopes for Olympic Spot
August 17th, 2011 • Paddle Council Receives $30K Grant from Nielsen
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 31st, 2011 • Paddlers Forced to Abort “Shetland Bus” Expedition
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 18th, 2011 • Boardworks to Manufacture Badfish River Boards; Plus, a PL Q&A with Founder Zack Hughes
July 13th, 2011 • This Man Will Crush You
July 12th, 2011 • Clean Sweep: Jackson Family Nabs Nationals
July 5th, 2011 • S2O Designs Reinvents Itself
• 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 20th, 2011 • International Whitewater Hall of Fame Calls for 2011 Nominees Through Social Media
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
• Team Teva Dominates US Rafting Association National Championships in Oregon.
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
May 3rd, 2011 • Open Sesame! WRC Secures Acess to Wallowa and Grande Ronde Rivers.
• Hitchcock Creek: Birth of a Blue Trail by Jeffrey Cheatham
April 26th, 2011 • Paddling in London: Sprint National Team Trials Help USACK Team Take Shape for 2012 Games.
April 22nd, 2011 • 1st Annual Northwest Paddling Festival- June 25&26 Jack Block Park, West Seattle
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.
April 7th, 2011 • Mississippi Madness By Michael Gutschenritter
April 1st, 2011 • Two Women About to Make Paddling History
March 28th, 2011 • Paddling Community Mourns Loss of Canadian Canoe Museum Founder Kirk Wipper
March 23rd, 2011 • Putting Its Money Where Our River Mouths Are
March 22nd, 2011 • Rally HO!: The National River Rally set for Charleston SC June 3-6
March 16th, 2011 • New River Dries Goes Off
• Mark Kalch's
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
• Looking Back Upstream: Eight Clean Water Success Stories from 2010
February 26th, 2011 • 28th National Paddling Film Festival Wraps Up Feb. 25-26
February 23rd, 2011 • Solo Catting Cotahuasi
February 20th, 2011 • Para-Canoeing added to roster for 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio
February 18th, 2011 • Obama Backs Rivers
February 15th, 2011 • 2011 Whitewater Symposium Slated for Oct. 12-14 at Rock Island, TN
February 11th, 2011 • Fluid Kayaks Donates 25K In Memory of Coetzee
February 8th, 2011 • One More Time...With Feeling
February 4th, 2011 • Doba Does It! Madman Completes Solo Transatlantic Kayak Crossing
January 31st, 2011 • Pack-rafting Tasmania’s Franklin River
January 28th, 2011 • Zoar Outdoor Walks to Work, Drops 880 lbs!
January 14th, 2011 • Crossing the Pond: A. Doba attempts solo transatlantic kayak crossing
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 22nd, 2010 • Online Auction Makes Holiday Shopping For Outdoor Gear Easy
• NOC 2010 Paddlesports Manufacturer Awards
November 19th, 2010 • Paddler Replaced by Rapid
November 16th, 2010 • Seeking Nominations for Swiftwater Rescue Award
November 15th, 2010 • Team Dagger and First Descents Team Up For a Good Cause.
November 8th, 2010 • Dawson Nabs Green Race Crown and Brings Home The Glass
• Colorado Residents Signatures Needed for “Save Our Rivers” License Plate
November 6th, 2010 • Kayaker Ben Stookesberry Inducted Into Hall of Fame
November 1st, 2010 • Filmaker and Class V Kayaker, Brook Aitken on filming
October 20th, 2010 • Cali Burn Fest
October 18th, 2010 • $10 Million Devon Boathouse opens in Oklahoma City
October 15th, 2010 • Fluid Kayak Reveals
October 13th, 2010 • Trio Knocks off Stikine in One Day
October 12th, 2010 • Czechs, Brazilians dominate Pre-Worlds in Costa Rica
October 8th, 2010 • This ain’t your daddy’s special edition Explorer.
• Necky and Ocean Kayaks Support the Breast Cancer Fund
October 6th, 2010 • Kiwi Connection: Sutton wins 2010 adidas Sickline Crown
October 4th, 2010 • Feather Fest Tests Livers and Lines
• A Couple of Beers Can Go A Long Way to Save the Colorado River
• Ka-CHING Redux: Danny Ching Makes it a Clean Sweep in California
September 29th, 2010 • Rivers Orgs Clean-up with Conservation Alliance Grants
September 28th, 2010 • Third Time’s a Charm?
September 24th, 2010 • Good Gauley
• Canoe & Kayak Magazine 2010 Reader's Choice Results
September 16th, 2010 • Babushkas, Borscht, and...BOATS!?!?!
September 13th, 2010 • Feature-length WW FIlm, Raven Fork, Debuts
September 10th, 2010 • Shimoda to Head River Management Society
• Int'l WW Hall of Fame Induction Set for Sept. 25
September 7th, 2010 • Flash Flood Closes Mineral Bottom Road; Affects Canyonlands Canoeists
September 1st, 2010 • Great Guns, It’s Gore Fest
August 23rd, 2010 • The Heat Is On! IFC Canoe Sprint World Championships
August 19th, 2010 • Bad Week for Sharks and Sea Kayaks!
August 17th, 2010 • Water Flows at London Olympic Course
August 12th, 2010 • The Kamchatka Connection
August 4th, 2010 • Laird Hamilton Puts On A Clinic at Outdoor Retailer Tradeshow
August 3rd, 2010 • Super-size Me
July 20th, 2010 • The Booty Beer Scandal of Summer 2010
July 2nd, 2010 • 4th Annual Chicago Shoreline Marathon
May 24th, 2010 • Heliconia Releases Award-winning Kayak Fishing Film on DVD
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