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Paddling stories from professional athletes. Get stoked with tales from those pushing the boundaries of today’s kayaking, stand up paddling, canoe, and whitewater rafting.

Athlete Stories

Evan Garcia Opens WW Store in White Salmon

There’s finally a new whitewater shop in White Salmon, Wash. Owned and operated by well-known whitewater kayaker Evan Garcia, Whitewater Bodega opened October 25...
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Three Brothers About to Complete Record Solo Row Across Pacific

Row, row, row your boat...That little ditty is likely being bantered around plenty by Ewan, Laughlin, and Jamie Maclean, three brothers from Scotland who,...
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Watch Footie of Dane Jackson’s Beatdown on Quebec’s Misstassinni, Resulting in First Swim in 5 Years (But You Would’ve Waaaay Sooner)

We're all between swims. Even kayaking's superstars. No one knows this better than Red Bull athlete Dane Jackson, who recently quipped on IG: "After...
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Tyler Bradt Releases Wizard’s Eye Film Series Aug. 15

Brace yourself. On Aug 15, Tyler Bradt—yes, of 186-foot Palouse Falls fame—releases "A High Seas Adventure— Unlocking the Nooks n' Crannies of the World,"...
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Corran Addison Learns Entrapment Lesson on PWC in Lachines

Longtime kayak designer and paddler Corran Addison of Soul Waterman (inventor of the world’s first planning hull, in fact) recently had a brush with—and...
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Darcy Gaechter, Don Beveridge Kayak Colca Canyon

What do you do in your offtime if you're Darcy Gaechter and Don Beveridge of Amazon Woman and Small World Adventures fame? Well, if...
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Kiwi Canoeist Inks Global Sponsorship with Kiwifruit Marketer Zespri

New Zealand’s most decorated Olympian, Dame Lisa Carrington, has signed a deal to become the inaugural global brand ambassador for Zespri, the world’s largest...
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New River Running Must Read: Bridget Crocker’s “The River’s Daughter” (Plus: Special PL Author Q&A!)

There’s a new book to put on your river running reader’s list: Bridget Crocker’s “The River’s Daughter.” If ever a book was able to...
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PL’s Unequivocal Earplug Review!

Ear Plugs, Don’t Roll Without 'em in Cold Water. That's the take-home, after decades of kayaking in cold water. Surfers Ear (Exostosis, also known as...
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3 Hillekes Place in Top 25 in Colorado’s Oh Be Joyful Race

Who says extreme kayak racing is dead? While the GoPro Games’ Homestake Creek Race and Idaho’s North Fork Championships might be toast, it’s certainly...
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Oui, Oui! Biking and Packrafting France

Rugged cliffs, deep gorges and crystal-clear water—that's what y you'll find on a bike and packrafting tour in the south of France around the...
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Listen to Podcast of “The Longest Paddle”: A Woman’s Attempt to Circumnavigate the Great Lakes in One Year

In the summer of 2015, Traci Lynn Martin’s mom was in the final weeks of a battle with cancer. A hospice bed was set...
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Extra, Extra: Dane Jackson Swims for First Time in Nearly 6 Years (But You Would’ve Waaaay Sooner)

As all of us in this fickle sport of ours know, we're all between swims. Even kayaking's superstars. No one knows this better than...
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What the…Skiing Whitewater? (Leave it to Rob Gaffney and Shane McConkey to Pioneer “ExStream” Skiing)

A recent IG post from filmmaker Scott Gaffney brought back to light a long-forgotten era of running whitewater...on skis. And the drumroll, please... "Spring has sprung...
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Teva Goes Closed-toe; Adds Dane Jackson, Evy Liebfarth to Adventure Team

Longtime paddlesports footwear brand Teva has gone closed-toe with a new addition to their Hydratrek lineup, the Hydratrek Closed- Toe Sandal ($100) as part of its...
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Aniol Serrasolses Unplugged: (Exclusive Podcast Transcript!)

Miss, or don’t have time to listen to, the Tales from the Cripps podcast with legendary kayaker Aniol Serrasolses? Fear not. Below, we bring it...
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RedBull Releases “Ice Waterfalls” Film

A year and a half after it sponsored a topnotch team that made waves in the world of whitewater by paddling a cave-filled river...
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Teva Signs Dane Jackson

Returning to its whitewater roots, footwear brand Teva has signed multiple World Freestyle Kayak Champion Dane Jackson as an official team athletes. "We are excited...
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Former World Freestyle Kayak Champion (and Current Silver Medalist) Nick Troutman Recovering After Heart Attack

Current World Freestyle Kayak Silver Medalist and former Champion Nick Troutman, 36, (who won the title in 2009 by defeating his father-in-law Eric “EJ”...
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Frenchman Solo Packrafts Sierra Leone’s Rokel River (Country’s Longest)

A Frenchman recently returned from solo packrafting 365 km down Sierra Leone’s Rokel River, the country’s longest waterway. According to Explorer’sWeb, Tom Mariee took...
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Stookesberry Crew Hikes Back In to Retrieve Kayaks After 3 Years on Ecuador’s Rio Chalupas

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's the stick-to-it-ness Ben Stookesberry and his team is applying to Ecuador's Class V-VI Rio...
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Boat Hoarders: Q&As with Two of the Quirky Niche’s Kingpins

While it might not make a TV reality show for Hollywood, “Boat Hoarders” does make for a good story. Unless, of course, you’re the...
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A Guide to Africa’s Zambezi (By Kevin Cripps)

In a classic African match-up of who can destroy their world-class section of whitewater the fastest, Uganda has taken a clear lead, erecting the...
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Red Bull Releases Ivindo River Video

A new film from Red Bull TV is out featuring kayakers Adrian Mattern, Dane Jackson, Kalob Grady, and the late Bren Orton (RIP), running...
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Historic Flooding Hits Ocoee River Region, Shattering Water-Level Record It's not just the desert Southwest of the Rockies getting record...
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TikTok Influencer Paddles 450 Miles Down Congo (And Creates Meme Game for Followers!)

Welsh explorer Ash Dykes spent weeks telling his TikTok followers he...
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Surf’s Up at Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival

Tasty waves and tasty wipe-outs, brah. That seems to be the theme of this years 24th annual Santa Cruz Surf kayak Festival, which has kicked stand-up surfers off the beach at Steamer Lane for nearly a quarter of a year to let kayakers enjoy a day in the limelight. PL checks in...
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Confluence Hires New CEO

The interim is finally over. Friday, Confluence Watersports announced Sue Rechner would take over for Interim CEO Tom Nathanson, who has been at the helm since June.
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