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BLM has recently identified the Upper Colorado River as eligible for Wild and Scenic River status, which must be designated by Congress. This eligible...

The Freestyle Kayaking World Championships get started next week (April 29–May 5) and it’s back to the future with the competition being held on the Ottawa River’s Buseater. It’s the first time World’s has taken place on a worthy feature (wave) since New Zealand hosted the competition on the Full James Wave in 1999. Tune in as Paddling Life provides live coverage from the Ottawa. In the name of side bets and bookies, the Paddling Life staff including Eugene Buchanan, Nick Hinds and Joe Carberry are providing their fearless predictions.

Noah Kayaks founder Vladimir Vanha, who passed away at home in the Czech Republic this past December, was as visionary a designer as the paddlesports world has ever seen. From the Jetti to Stratoquatic, his kayaks were eons ahead of their time and changed the face of the sport forever. Click here for a special PL tribute...

We love rivers. We know gear. So here's our Spring Picks, including Pyranha, Dagger, Jackson and Liquidlogic WW kayaks; drysuits from IR, Kokatat and Palm; and a review of Yakima's SkyBox Pro. Every piece thoroughly tested. That’s why it’s here. We like it. If it was up to us, we’d own it all.

When Paddling Life joined Johnson Watersports on a trip to Baja in March, it meant field-testing sea kayaks and fresh fish tacos. A look at 4 marquee sea kayaks, plus a review of the coveted Spyder, Spike Gladwin's customized surf machine...

So you want to run the Grand? So does everyone else (note to trip leaders: invite us--we've got beer!). To help private paddlers run it, and get chundered in Crystal, River Runners for Wilderness has published a Lottery Information Primer online for the 2008 river season...

It’s officially on. Paddling season. Our lifeblood. And with it, some outrageous – but true - stories for Dr. Aqua to attach annoying punch lines to. It’s been one hell of a spring already.

In years past, competitors at the Teva Mountain Games’ Homestake Creek Race could have taken a leak (ladies included) above the course and tripled the run’s flow. In 2005, racers bounced down a paltry 25 cfs, leading to Tao and Jay Kincaid getting pinned, and in 2006 they made do with 50 cfs, which still scraped hulls and egos. This year, however, things promise to be different...