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Haw Sisters Throw Their Names into the Dusi Hat Canoe Marathon
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat: Celebrity Adventurer Colin O’Brady Rows Drake Passage
Colin O’Brady and his crew have achieved what was once considered impossible — crossing the treacherous Drake passage by row boat. After launching in early...
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Colorado team falls short in second speed record descent down Grand
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That was the paddling premise behind the U.S Rafting Team, which, despite a new raft...
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Mike Horn’s Pole 2 Pole Crossing with Alpacka Packraft
In possibly one of the most ambitious and historical circumnavigations in our present time, Mike Horn transversed the entire globe on the Pole2Pole voyage; a...
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Tradeshow Wars Continue: Hasta Luego, Paddlesports Retailer, Hola Big Gear Show
Just when you were getting accustomed to traveling to Oklahoma City (and padding its whitewater park) at the end of every August for the...
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Niche Report: APP Launches Inaugural Inflatable SUP World Championships
OK, so maybe it’s all getting a little “nichey.”
That’s our take, anyway, as just ahead of the 2019 World Championship Tour SUP Finals Dec....
Events
The Reign of Dane Stays on the Grain (Hey, we had to make it rhyme…)
It’s been a long time coming, but Red Bull kayaker Dane Jackson set a new course record on his way to a repeat victory...
Events
Sup World Titles Contested in China
Well, the International Canoe Federation promised, and it delivered on a stand up paddling world championships for the record books. More than 200 of the...
Events
Surfs’s Up at Red Bull Heavy Water in San Fran; Casper Steinfath of Denmark Nabs Crown for Second Time
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Brendel and Kover Among 200 SUP World Title Entries
Entries for this month’s ICF stand up paddling world championships in China are climbing towards 200, with three-time Olympic gold medalist Sebastian Brendel and...
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First-Ever IRF World Whitewater Rafting Summit Held in Costa Rica
With the focus on managing risk for a prosperous future, the first-ever World Whitewater Rafting Summit, presented by the International Rafting Federation (IRF), gave the...
Canoeing
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:...
Canoeing
Slalom World Titles and Olympic Quotas on the Line in Spain
Olympic spots are looming. The biggest field of athletes in more than 15 years will take to the waters of La Seu in Spain...
Destinations
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...
Events
River Cleanup to Bring 16 Countries Together to Clean 10 Rivers Across Europe
The international initiative invites citizens and organizations to clean ten rivers in Europe to draw attention to water pollution An international collective “River Cleanup” is...
Canoeing
Watch Jessica Fox’s Blistering World Cup Slalom Run Here!
Want to see paddling perfection? Check out Australian phenom Jessica Fox’s winning kayak run at the World Cup finals in the Czech Republic —...
Events
AIRE Celebrates 30th Anniversary (Rolls Out Puma Classic)
Blow out the candles (after you blow up one of their inflatables): AIRE, one of the world’s leading inflatable paddlecraft manufacturers, is celebrating a...
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First Sprint Medals Decided at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Advance of Olympic Quotas
Germany and Belarus picked up two gold medals each while Spain, China and host nation Hungary were also triumphant on the first day of...
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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...
Canoeing
New Sport of Extreme Slalom Making Waves
A record 36 nations competing in the extreme canoe slalom competition at the recent Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships underlined the meteroric growth...
Events
Down River Film Night
Watch an infamous river film with fellow boaters! Tony Glassman and crew will be showing some whitewater clips from their upcoming film: YAW! followed by...
Events
Results and Records from 21st Annual Yukon River Quest
The 2019 Yukon River Quest was one for the books. For 21 years running, the paddle marathon has attracted SUPers, canoers, and kayakers from...
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