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PL Special Book Excerpt: Amazon Woman
Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and a Quest to Kayak the World's Largest River from Source to Sea By Darcy Gaechter An extraordinary and inspiring chronicle of...
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American Whitewater Stewardship Highlights from 2019!
So the new year has come. What better time to look back and reel in the accomplishments of one of the country's top river...
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Uber Combo: Paddling Croatia Via Sailboat
Huck Finn once said, “Thar ain’t no home like a raft.” For our host Zeljko Kelemen in Croatia, there ain’t no home quite like...
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“One Portage, Two Swims” and the Biggest Rapid Ever Run? Dane Knocks off the Indus (and Comes Clean on his Swim)
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Raising Awareness for Ecuador’s Next Crown Jewel: The Rio Magdalena
Ecuadorian kayaker Joaquin Meneses is on a mission. It’s to protect his beloved Rio Magdalena, which he calls “one of the best creeks in...
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Using Paddling Events for Fundraising: Case Study — RiverTrek and Florida’s Apalachicola River
Story by Doug Alderson From paddling races to kayak poker runs, many nonprofit groups use events as engaging opportunities to raise funds. Starting with the basics:...
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Westwater River Runners Rejoice: General Store Opens in Cisco!
River runners paddling Utah’s Westwater Canyon can now rest easy if they forgot a costume for “formal night” or even the hot dogs. A...
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Boating to Bluegrass: Say Yes to the Yarmony Music Festival
Want to float into a music festival? It doesn't get any better than rafting into the rip-roaring Yarmony Music Festival, a three-day, hippie-filled, Hula-hooping...
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Cody Beach Wins as Gore Fest Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Life's a beach for Cody Beach, who bested all other boaters in the longboat class to take this year's coveted Gore Canyon race with...
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Madawaska Kanue Center Extends Season
Why let a good thing go? The folks over at Madawaska Kanue Center are having so much fun, they decided to extend their season an...
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Boise Gets Rockin’ Whitewater Park Expansion
Already close to some of the best whitewater in the country, Boise, Idaho, is now giving paddlers (and surfers) another reason to visit the...
Canoeing
Check Out This Little Known Whitewater Park in the Outdoor Mecca of Northwest Arkansas
While neighboring Bentonville, Arkansas, and its popular mountain bike trail system gets much of the national hooplah when it comes to recreating in Northwest...
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A Madawaska Kanu Centre Family Story
Essay by Adrick Brock Up until he turned 40, my dad received from my grandma a $50 bill for his birthday. He was bashful about...
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The Reign of Dane: Jackson Takes Freestyle Crown at GoPro with Next Stop at the North Fork
With a win in the GoPro games' notorious Homestake Creek Race already under his spray skirt, Jackson Kayak’s Dane Jackson again proved his mettle...
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Gopro Games Preview: Your Guide to the Paddling Events
The GoPro Games, coming June 6-9 in Vail, Colo., draws “pros and Joes” alongside each other to compete in everything from biking and climbing...
Canoeing
Paddlesports Museum Underway in Southeast
Want to see some classic paddlesports gear? Head to Asheville, N.C. While the town fell short in its bid to host the International Whitewater Hall...
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World Raft Champs Going Down Down Under: Brazil On Top After First Day’s Sprint; China Wins Men’s Head-to-Head
For the world's top rafters, it’s all going down Down Under. After the first day of competition of the 2019 IRF World Rafting Championships, powered...
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Come to Daddy’s: Tennessee’s Daddy’s Creek a Whitewater Haven
Daddy’s Creek meanders through Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau—most of the year. But, after heavy rainfall, it becomes one of the East Coast’s most exciting free-flowing...
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International Whitewater Hall of Fame to Headquarter in Richmond
Richmond, Va., and its James River, will soon be home to the International Whitewater Hall of Fame. After a nationwide search led by the IWHOF...
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Say It Ain’t So: Zambezi River’s Batoka Gorge Threatened By Dam
Now it’s getting personal. As if losing the awesome whitewater on Uganda's White Nile wasn't enough, now dam-makers have their sites set on Africa's famed...
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Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the John Wesley Powell Expedition, OARS Launches Hidden Canyons
In 1969, OARS became the first exclusively non-motorized rafting outfitter authorized by the National Park Service to run trips on the Colorado River through...
Canoeing
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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New Guide to Colorado’s Arkansas River Released
Duwain Whitis and Tom Martin have teamed up again to write a new guidebook titled Guide To The Arkansas River, Colorado. This is the...
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