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Cast Away at These Classic Kayak Fishing Destinations
You really can’t beat kayak fishing for several reasons. One, you don’t have to tow a boat around and storage is a lot easier....
Destinations
The Longest Raft Race in the World? Sounds Karnali…
An outfit in Nepal is out to help save the Karnali River while racing on it for five days, in what's being billed as...
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Paddling in the Wake of Anne Frank
(By Devon Barker): My journey to paddle in front of the Anne Frank house started in 2011 when I first read The Diary of...
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Alabama’s Montgomery Whitewater Park Grand Opening July 1-2
Get ready for the country’s fourth recirculating whitewater park. Montgomery Whitewater, an outdoor recreation and entertainment facility situated on the banks of the Alabama...
Canoeing
This Man Will Crush You: Canoe Sailing the Tahiti Pearl Regatta
How many races do you know where it takes 57 hours of paddling and sailing just to get to the starting line? That’s what...
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Chickamauga, Cain Creeks Tennessee’s Most Recent State Scenic Rivers
American Whitewater reports that North Chickamauga and Cain Creeks have become Tennessee’s most recent state Scenic Rivers, as of May 18, 2023.
According to AW's...
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Canadian River Expeditions Kicks Off Season with 2023 Outlook
Since 1972, Nahanni River Adventures/Canadian River Expeditions has been guiding adventure vacations on the top rivers in northern Canada and Alaska. The rivers traveled...
Canoeing
Upstate New York Launches 3-Trip, Scenic Paddle Challenge
Chasing the gnar isn't the only way to be challenged on the water. For whitewater paddlers, the area in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New...
Destinations
Paddling Ontario’s Dog River…Woof, Woof! (By Jonathan Rugh)
During the early days of COVID when we were all stuck at home, I spent some of the downtime dreaming of river trips and...
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Behind the Scenes with the founders of GoRafting and Far Out River Maps
Hasta luego, soggy paper river maps and huhlooo a new digital app alternative with the FarOut App from GoRafting, a maker of river maps...
Destinations
Power of the River Worldwide Broadcast Premiere Sunday, Jan. 8 (Plus Streaming News)
Himalayan River Adventure to Play Free on Rocky Mountain PBS and Stream Online
An adventure documentary filmed on Bhutan's wildest river is poised to release...
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Preserving Waters and Land through Arkansas River Community Preserve Partnership
The new Arkansas River Community Preserve (ARC Preserve) will protect two miles of riverfront and 271 acres of land between Leadville and Twin Lakes.
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From Coal to Surfing: Craig, CO, Gets $3.3 Million EDA Grant for River Park Project
With the Yampa River running through town, Craig, Colo., is going about making its transition from coal to river recreation as a driving force...
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Dam Modification Spawns New Whitewater Park on S.C.’s Catawba River
In Chester County, S.C., near the North and South Carolina border—an hour’s drive south of the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C.—a new...
Destinations
Boating and Bears: PBS’s Expedition with Steve Backshall Tackles Kamchatka’s Kronotsky
Modern-Day Explorer Ventures Deeper into the Unknown
Season Two of PBS’s popular documentary series, EXPEDITION WITH STEVE BACKSHALL, has returned this summer with six episodes, uncovering even...
Destinations
Holy Eye Candy! AquaBound Releases Norway: A Kayaker’s Playground Video
Want to see what it’s like to kayak Norway?
AquaBound has you covered with its new video release Norway: A Kayaker’s Playground. But a word...
Destinations
The Year of the Wenatchee: An Insider’s Guide
Go ahead and call it the Year of the Wenatchee.
That’s what paddlers in Washington are saying as the marquee day run outside Seattle is...
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Paddling Scotland’s Glasgow to Edinburgh Canoe Trail
By Corey Buhay
“Hiya, where you goin’ thar?” a man shouted from the shore. I looked up from my paddling and spotted him—a perplexed-looking, middle-aged...
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Kayaking Ecuador: 7 Class IV Jungle Rivers in 7 Days
I’ve learned a new word in Spanish: “Nudillos.” It means “knuckles,” and that’s exactly what the sloth is extending us, or at least three...
Destinations
Breaking News: Ocoee Whitewater Center Burns to Ground
Site of the 1996 Summer Olympics—and its Olympic flame—the Ocoee Whitewater Center, located along the banks of the Upper Ocoee in Ducktown, TN, was engulfed...
Destinations
Bird’s-eye View of the “New” Barrel Springs on the Colorado
While 2020’s Grizzly Creek fire wreaked havoc on the Colorado River’s Glenwood Canyon outside of Glenwood Springs, CO, the resulting mudslides also did the...
Athlete Stories
Special Excerpt/NRS Duct Tape Diaries: 10 Ways to Die on the Blue Nile River
“Welcome to Africa my river people. You must begin to exercise your flexibility in all ways: mentally, physically and spiritually. When we push off...
Destinations
River Surf Town USA? Glenwood Wins Water Rights for 3 New WW Parks on Colorado
It already has the uber-sweet, river-wide Glenwood wave, which has proven a mainstay for river surfers (even if the eddy service is a tad...
Destinations
Small World Match: Outfitter Pledges to Match Donations to Ecuadorian Rivers Institute by 4/15
Outfitter Small World Adventures is putting its money where its river mouth is. The company announced that for all donations to the Ecuadorian Rivers Institute made by...
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Tahiti Host 30th Annual Hawaiki Nui Va’a (Outrigger Canoe) Race Nov 1-4
Get your outrigger on. Tahiti’s 30th annual Hawaiki Nui Va’a race will take place in the Islands of Tahiti, from ...
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NRS, Pyranha Form Strategic Partnership: Combine Sales, Marketing in Europe
Northwest River Supplies(NRS), a leading supplier of equipment and apparel for water recreation, safety and rescue, has announced a...
Dick’s Closing Moosejaw Stores
Paddlesports consumers are losing another brick-and-mortar chain where they used to be able to buy boats and other gear...
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Cast Away at These Classic Kayak Fishing Destinations
You really can’t beat kayak fishing for several reasons....
The Longest Raft Race in the World? Sounds Karnali…
An outfit in Nepal is out to help save...
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