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Kokatat Sold
After 50 years under the direction and ownership of its founder, Steve O’Meara, Kokatat has been purchased by the company’s Director of Operations Mark Loughmiller.“Before joining Kokatat Mark...
Athlete Stories
Tokyo Sneak Peak: The Top 5 Women Slalom Kayakers to Keep an Eye On
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Athlete Stories
Director’s Statement: Rush Sturges on the Premier of “The River Runner”
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Apparel
Summertime Kayak Fishing: What To Wear—A Primer from Level6
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Athlete Stories
Cool Running: Jamaica’s Solomon Maragh Makes Slalom History
Call it Cool Paddling. In the 1993 movie "Cool Running," a group of Jamaicans created history by qualifying for the bobsled competition at the...
Destinations
Rafting Season Strong Despite Low Snow, Pandemic
While snowpack levels are below average across much of the western U.S., rafting outfitters are anticipating a solid season coming up as COVID-19 restrictions...
Evergreen
Groover / Fish Photo Caption Contest Winners!
Well, the results are in from our most recent Photo Caption Contest, this time the witticisms relating to a guy on the groover while,...
Athlete Stories
A Klamath Undertaking: Trio SUPs Source to Sea on Cali’s Klamath
Feel good about your little 10-mile SUP day trip? That’s paddling peanuts. A threesome of adventurers has you beat, supping source-to-sea down 234 miles...
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Hasta Luego, PADDLEexpo
It was great while it lasted. But, like a river, all great things have to come to an end. Europe’s PADDLEexpo tradeshow series, also...
Paddling Industry News
New A-DASH Program Helps Address Sexual Harassment, Discrimination in the River Community
Hot bodies and cold whitewater rapids have been the recipe for river romance for decades. But what happens when sexual advances are not welcome...
Athlete Stories
Holy Beatdown! Level6 King of Alps Comp Goes Awwwfff!
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Athlete Stories
Tokyo Here We Come: Meet the 3 Whitewater Paddlers Representing the USA at the Olympics
All eyes were on US racers at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 11–13, as berths at...
Events
4X Champ: Jackson Takes North Fork Crown (Plus, POV of Winning Run)
Don’t think that a year off from racing because of COVID-19 slowed extreme kayakers down at all. Especially phenom Dane Jackson, who won again...
Inflatables
RMR Rafts Celebrates 10th Anniversary
While 10 years isn’t much in the lifespan of a river, it certainly is in the raft industry, with RMR popping the Champagne on...
Athlete Stories
Foiled Again: Chris Bertish Plans to Solo Wing Foil 2,750 Miles Across the Pacific
Watesports athlete Chris Bertish is at it again. In a venture dubbed the TransPac Wing Project, he plans to solo wing foil 2,750 nautical...
Athlete Stories
Middle Fork, Main and…Selway? A 310-mile Packraft/Ski Combo in Idaho
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Canoeing
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...
Multi-Sport
NRS, AW Release Paddle Wise “Responsibility Code” for Paddlers
NRS and American Whitewater have released a new responsibility code for paddlers. Called Paddle Wise, the program outlines what all paddlers should do to help be...
Athlete Stories
PL Q&A: Catching Up With “From the River” Author Joe Booth
Longtime kayaker and author Joe Booth recently released his new book “From the River: A Guidebook to Sobriety from a Lifetime of Lessons Paddling”...
Multi-Sport
Influencers and Ambassador Programs in the Paddlesports Industry: an Op-Ed from NRS’s Mark Deming
We got this note from our friend Mark Deming over at NRS last week, and wanted to share it with you here. We welcome...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Snapshot: American River’s River Card on Biden’s First 100 Days
Is the Biden administration delivering for rivers? In a story by staffer Matt Young, conservation group American Rivers addresses this in a look at...
Canoeing
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...
Events
Jackson Wins Little White Extreme Race (Bonus: Watch Vid of Top 4 Racers Side-by-Side!)
Dane Jackson came out swinging at one of the first extreme kayak races of the season, winning the 2021 Little White Salmon Race on...
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Kokatat Sold
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From oldest to youngest, the inside skinny on the top female slalom paddlers at this year’s Olympics. Spain’s Maialen Chourraut is the...
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