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Learn These Outlandish Dirtbag Desert Dweller Recipes in New Book by Morgan Sjogren
Perfect for raft guides on their days off or looking to try something new on the river, adventure writer and land activist Morgan Sjogren...
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Get Kids Paddling for a Lifetime with New Avid4 Adventure Camp Expansions
Paddling parents looking to pass on their passion for watersports, while maintaining their summer sanity, look no further. We all want to do our...
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Strokes for all Folks: Canoecopia Goes Big in Mad Town
Don't be surprised is your local waterways were a little less crowded last weekend. On March 7-10, more than 20,000 paddlers of all strokes descended...
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It’s Official: President Signs Lands Package with New Wild And Scenic Designations
River lovers rejoice! With the stroke of a pen, more than 621 miles of new Wild and Scenic River designation are greeting paddlers as...
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Hell or High Water Author Peter Heller Releases New Novel: The River
Longtime whitewater kayaker and author Peter Heller is well known amongst paddlers for such non-fiction works as Hell or High Water, depicting Scott Lindgren...
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Boundary Waters Reservation Glitch Delays Permitting
Planning to paddle the Boundary Waters the summer? Get in line. The reservation system used to issue permits to the BWCA...
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Paddlesports Retailer Opens Registration for 2019
Paddlesports Retailer, the official national trade show of the paddlesports industry, has opened registration for the 2019 show, welcoming exhibitors, retailers, working media, independent...
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Duo Carries Canoes to Everest
Oxygen bottles, climbing ropes, tents…those are the things usually carried to the basecamp of Mt. Everest. But in true Canadian fashion, brothers Tom Schellenberg...
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Two Chinese Canoeist Receive Two-Year Bans After Failed Drug Test
In April, after failed out-of-competition drug tests, Chinese female paddlers Shengfang Tian and Huan Men receive two-year bans from the International Canoe Federation (ICF). Shengfang...
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Paddlesports Retailer Commits to Oklahoma for Two More Years
Paddlers better start watching the movie Oklahoma, because Paddlesports Retailer, the official national trade show of the paddlesports industry, just announced it will remain in...
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Paddling Life Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Best Gifts for Paddlers and Outdoors Lovers
The holidays are, basically, here, and it's not too late, or too early, to shop for the paddler and outdoors lover in your life....
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Salute to Slalom: Remembering U.S. Slalom Coach Jay Evans
When Jay Evans—the first coach of the U.S. Whitewater Team, from 1969-1972—passed away last spring, it touched the hearts of U.S. slalom paddlers every...
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Dousing and Makin’ Deals: Paddlesports Retailer Demo Day at Oklahoma’s Whitewater Center Goes Off Largetime
Holy Demo-day of all-time, Batman. When Paddlesports Retailer moved its annual tradeshow to Oklahoma City this year, it did so primarily for access to the...
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NOC Stories: New Book on Antics at Nantahala Outdoor Center
From shooting Deliverance to shooting the chutes at Nantahala Falls, a new book out compiled by former Nantahala Outdoor Center president and board chairman Payson Kennedy...
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New Documentary “7 Generations” Joins the Battle to Protect Public Lands
Outdoor filmmakers Tom Deschenes and Andrew Bydlon have taken to Kickstarter to help push the completion of their new documentary, 7 Generations. The documentary will...
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Rebirth of Calgary’s Harvie Passage Whitewater Park
Whitewater park design firm Recreation Engineering & Planning has big news: Five years after being destroyed by a devastating flood, Calgary's Harvie Passage river...
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Hobby Help Presents the Ultimate Beginners Guide for Paddlers
We get it. For the uninitiated, getting started in paddlesports can be intimidating. But it doesn't have to be. In order to help more...
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Yak Fest River Celebration set for June 15-16, 2018
For one weekend out of the year the small town of Tornado, West Virginia, doesn't seem so small when over 1,000 kayakers participate in...
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Tight Race at Last Week’s Paracanoe World Cup
The 2018 ICF Paracanoe World Cup in Szeged, Hungary, was a game of inches. Paralympic and World Champion Curtis McGrath barely won the gold in...
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Wild Women Expeditions: Empowering Women in the Paddlesports Community
More than 120 female kayakers, canoeists, and stand-up paddle boarders are expected to gather on the banks of Lake Huron June 8-10 to participate...
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Hungarian Hungry: Five-time Olympic Champ Kozak set to Return to Canoeing Competition This Year
The Hungarian is hungry. Watch out, fellow women sprint paddlers: Five-time Olympic gold medalist Danuta Kozak of Hungary is set to make her much...
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Grass Sticks Unveils Bamboo Canoe Paddle
Bamboo Canoe Paddles
If it works for ski poles, why not canoe paddles? That’s the theory behind a new line of bamboo canoe paddles manufactured by...
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Madawaska Kanu Centre’s Week of Rivers
Want to paddle Canada’s rivers without the hassle of arranging the shuttles, meals, and accommodation? Join the Madawaska Kanu Centre’s Week of Rivers Program,...
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Celebrate Mother’s Day at the Second Oldest Organized River Race in the Country
We knew that paddlers love only one thing more than boating, and that's their moms. And to celebrate, we recently learned that the second oldest,...
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Teva Launches First TevaForever Recycling Program
In 1984, Teva created the world’s first sport sandal on the banks of the Grand Canyon, and spurred a...
Op Ed: NRS Marketing Director Mark Deming on Lower Snake River Dam Removal
Paddling Life checked in with NRS Marketing Director Mark Deming as he shares his thoughts on the restoration of...
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Breaking Down the C-1 Crossbow Draw (with Video!)
So you’re already a cartilage-missing miscreant who enjoys paddling...
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...
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