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Pimp My Canoe: New Canoe Gear Accessories From Level Six
Level Six releases new takes on classic gear items designed to make your next canoe expedition noticeably easier and more comfortable, no matter what you're carrying or how far it has to go.
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Tracing an Ancient Mayan Canoe Route Through Belize on the 25th Annual La Ruta Maya
The Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge is renowned canoe marathon typically considered the biggest sporting event in the country of Belize, running now for the last quarter century with a two-year hiatus for COVID.
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Passing the Torch: Bending Branches/AquaBound Sold; Ed Vater Retires
Bending Branches/Aqua Bound owner Ed Vater has sold the company to an in-house team and is retiring, the company reports. Based in Osceola, Wisconsin,...
Canoeing
The Dusi: A Doozey of a Race
Chaos, carnage and camaraderie ruled at this year’s Dusi Canoe Marathon 2022 in South Africa, with champions crowned but others struggling to cross the...
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ICF Announces 2022 Canoe Super Cup and World Cup to Move from Russia to OKC
The move comes in response to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) directive to move international competition out of Russia in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Canoeing
Canoecopia Back on Track Mar. 9-11
It's baaaacckkkk! After cancelling the show at the last minute when the pandemic first hit in 2020, and changing last year’s in-person show into...
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Loony Laws Concerning Canoes
Prohibited from sitting in a canoe while reading comic books? Banned from using a feather duster to tickle a girl in a canoe? These laws and...
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Watersports Up: Johnson Outdoors Reports Record Sales, Earnings for 2021
Racine, Wisc.’s Johnson Outdoors Inc., owner of Old Town Canoe, announced higher revenue and earnings for the fiscal year ending October 1, 2021. Continued...
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NRS Launches Latest Canoe Inspired Documentary “Wood on Water”
The latest film from NRS rolled out online with the premiere of Wood on Water, “a story about a traditional, slow, strenuous, and all-female...
Canoeing
Oly Champs Descend On World Champs
Call it medal mania. All four Tokyo champions will look to create history this weekend when they attempt to become the first athletes to...
Athlete Stories
Canuck Dianne Whelan Finishes 6-year Journey on Trans Canada Trail
Talk about a doozy of a paddling and hiking trip. In July, Canada’s Dianne Whelan became the first person to complete both water and land routes of...
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Germany’s Funk Wins Women’s Slalom Kayak Gold, Australia’s Fox Nabs Inaugural Women’s C-1 Honors
Germany’s Ricarda Funk buried the heartbreak of missing selection for the Rio Olympics with an error-free run to win gold in the women’s kayak...
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Sprint Paddlers Aren’t Done After Tokyo; Next Up: Oklahoma’s ICF Canoe Sprint Super Cup
After racing in the Olympics in Tokyo, the world's best sprint paddlers won’t be done. The paddling continues at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint...
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Cuba Calling: Caribbean Country Garners 5 Golds at ICF World Cup Sprint Event
Forget the cigars...Cuba is making itself known for sprint paddling. Boding well for competing in the Tokyo Olympics, the country emerged as serious medal contender...
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Catching Up With Author Natalie Warren on Her Book, “Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger— those are a few of the hurdles overcome by Natalie Warren and...
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A Tribute to Slalom Coach Nate Lord (RIP 4/12/21)
(By Tracy Hines) When one thinks of the ideal vision of a superhero, a caped crusader fighting for justice and rescuing damsels in distress comes...
Athlete Stories
Breaking Down the C-1 Crossbow Draw (with Video!)
So you’re already a cartilage-missing miscreant who enjoys paddling a single blade more than a double. We won't hold that against you. Half the...
Canoeing
70th Dusi Canoe Marathon Kicks Off (80-year-old Races for 10th Time!)
The COVID-19 pandemic isn't stopping South Africa's coveted Dusi Canoe Marathon from its 70th edition, as of the MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon sets off from...
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Charlotte, NC, to Get Yet Another Whitewater Park
The kayaking and rafting in Charlotte, N.C., is about to get even better. Thanks to Duke Energy, the region is about to boast another major...
Canoeing
Canadian Teams Invited to Register for COVID-adapted Yukon River Quest June 23-26, 2021
The “Race to the Midnight Sun” will take place in 2021, with registration opening last week for iconic Yukon River Quest and new Half...
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Canoecopia Goes Virtual March 12-14
After having to cancel last year’s venerable Canoecopia consumer tradeshow in Madison, WI, due to the pandemic, organizer Darren Bush is planning a virtual...
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COVID Claims Life of ICF Exec
The International Canoe Federation is mourning the passing of long time board member and passionate canoe sports advocate, Joao Tomasini Schwertner, who died jan....
Canoeing
How One California Outfitter Has Weathered 4 Fires (and now COVID)
For river outfitter Russian River Adventures, located in the heart of Sonoma Valley wine country in Healdsburg, Calif., adversity has come with the territory...
Canoeing
Nation’s Top River Sojourns
To "sojourn" is "to dwell in a place temporarily." If you throw in the word "river" beforehand, and then treat sojourn as a noun,...
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Entering the World of Wood: A Review of Shade Tree’s Custom Bent Shaft Kayak Paddle
With my getting older I thought it was time to treat myself to a custom wood paddle design by...
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Skate Yak: The Movie!
Well, it's that time of year again in the Rockies when skate skiers head to the hills in the...
NRS Releases Brainwaves
Kayaking is all about fun, right? Not all the time. The newest film from NRS and Matt Devlin (@western_pix),...
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Tracing an Ancient Mayan Canoe Route Through Belize on the 25th Annual La Ruta Maya
The Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge is renowned canoe marathon typically considered the biggest sporting event in the country of Belize, running now for the last quarter century with a two-year hiatus for COVID.
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