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After a Category 4 tornado demolished Wisconsin’s 25-acre, 10-building paddlesports and adventure resort Bear Paw Outdoor Adventure on June 7, another tornado warning hits the area on July 10...

Let me be the first to welcome myself back. Dr. Aqua has a bad habit of trying to make a living: hence the recent absence. You’ll have to excuse him (me). I’ve actually had a bunch of requests for a new column. Not because people are dying to read my prose but because the subjects of my last one were ready for it to go away. All’s well that disappears. Take it up with me next time we’re on the water.

Canadian Logan Grayling, 19, recently matched Tao Berman's Waterfall Record by plunging off 98-foot Johnston Falls in Banff National Park, first--and only--run by His Taoness in 1999. Chiropractors are standing by...

Monsoon rains finally arrived on Inje, South Korea's Naerinchon River, allowing the crown jewel Downriver Race to be held on the raging Upper Naerinchon River. The Czech Republic won the event, but overall honors went to Brazil. For the U.S., it's back to training for the next World Championships in Bosnia, with the men finishing 9th overall and the women 6th...

With high water on the Arkansas, the U.S. men's and women's raft teams successfully defended their titles before flying to Korea to test their mettle at the Worlds...

As spring runoff turns to late summer float and bloat, we couldn’t help but rant about one of our favorite team-building river toys: Eskimo’s Topo Duo. These double-decked machines are old favorites but Eskimo remodeled the classic in 2005. Also, see details about Paddling Life's Topo Duo Photo Contest.

The tiny town of Lyons hosted the not-so-tiny-anymore Lyons Outdoor Games on the South St. Vrain River June 9-10, drawing competitors from around the country to an event fast making a name for itself in the world of river festivals...

As eccentric and filled with thrashings as ever, a new Wiliam Nealy title is out to whittle away the hours on your next shuttle