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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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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Freakin’ Fluminkohala! Paddling the Big Island’s Irie Irrigation Ditch
While Hawaii’s Big Island might be known for its surf, snorkeling and lava flows, Class I paddlers also have an option in the 112-year-old...
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Paddling World Mourns Loss of Sea Kayak Pioneer Stanislav Chládek
The world of sea kayaking lost one of its most ardent practitioners, advocates and explorers with the passing of Stanislav Chládek November 25, 2020,...
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Extreme Slalom in the Olympics?
The International Canoe Federation is one step closer to adding extreme canoe slalom to the Olympic program. The ICF Board voted to include men’s and...
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National Rivers Project Lists National Wildlife Refuge Paddling Trails
Want to paddle one of the country’s 18 national wildlife refuges and 103 official water trails?
It’s easier than ever now, thanks to the National...
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National Rivers Project Details Info on Wild & Scenic Rivers
Want to paddle a Wild & Scenic or other picturesque river? It just got a whole lot easier.
Put out by the River Management Society,...
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Canoe Trip Thwarted by Bear
(By Jason Schoonover) The bear decided we'd had enough of lazing in the tent. After all, we'd spent the last 20 hours warmly, dryly, happily...
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Permit System Comes to Lower Gunnison’s Dominguez-Escalante Canyon
Flatwater aficionados in Colorado might see another one of their favorite non-permitted multi-day floats fall victim to regulation again (like Ruby-Horsethief on the Colorado),...
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New Wave of the Future: Virtual Racing? ICF, Yukon River Quest Host Cyber Events
Talk about a virtual wake. The first week of the International Canoe Federation’s 5-kilometer virtual paddle challenge has come to an end, attracting competitors from...
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BC Parks Closed to Boating
Planing/hoping to paddle British Columbia to escape the covid doldrums? Don't. British Columbia Parks had originally closed all of their campgrounds back on March 21st, but have...
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Case Study in Conservation: Tennessee’s Harpeth River (By Cate Burgan/AW)
To many people, Tennessee’s Harpeth River is yet another river they have never heard of, but to me it’s home. Growing up in Kingston...
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Inside Level6’s Duke Drytop
Our friends up in the great white north have been working on a three-season drytop the past few years...
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NRS Inks Deal to Use Gore-tex
Northwest River Supplies (NRS) has inked a deal with Gore-tex to bring the high-end waterproof/breathable fabric into a new...
First TIme’s a Charm: Dane Jackson Wins Oetz Extreme Race (Formerly Sickline)
Surprise? Not! We all knew it was coming. Jackson Kayak and Red Bull kayaker Dane Jackson showed he is still...
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Canuck Dianne Whelan Finishes 6-year Journey on Trans Canada Trail
Talk about a doozy of a paddling and hiking...
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...
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