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Single? Still Wear Your PFD! (New Safety Vid from Watersports Foundation!)

Profile shots, social posts, and Tinder swipes are all the rage for many people coming off a relationship to test the dating waters again....
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Athlete Stories

Geologist Paddles, Studies Mighty Stikine; Releases Film

For Rye Hester, the seventh time is the charm. That’s how many times the kayaker has been down Canada’s famed Stikine River, descending it...
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NRS Releases New “Futureproof” Marketing Campaign (and “World’s First Robotic Raft Guide” Video

To help celebrate guides and other champions “of the irreplaceable human spirit of the outdoors,” — and to show AI and robotics don’t really...
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Athlete Stories

Analyzing New Paddling Film Apex

There’s another Hollywood movie out putting whitewater in the limelight. Fifty-four years after the release of the Burt Reynolds movie “Deliverance,” and 32 years...
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New Film Hitoláayca Celebrates Resilience and Supports the Pandion Institute’s Indigenous Guide School Program

hitoláayca (Going Upriver), directed by Anna Lueck, follows Devin Reuben as he trains to become the first certified Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) whitewater guide of...
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Conservation

New Book Out on Idaho’s Selway: The Original Wild & Scenic River 

There’s a new book out on the Selway River, and like your oars in Ladle, Moose Juice, or Wolf Creek rapids, you won’t want...
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What We Can Learn: Safety Expert Charlie Walbridge Releases “Whitewater Rescues: True Stories of Survival, Bravery, and Quick Thinking” (Bonus: Exclusive Excerpt!)

One of the most recognizable names in paddlesports rescue, Charlie Walbridge (www.charliewalbridge.com) has served as safety chair for both the American Canoe Association (ACA) and American Whitewater...
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Athlete Stories

“Freeland: A Blackwater Story” Film Released on YouTube, Honors Steep-creekers, Pioneer Tim Gavin

It's never too late to honor someone you love. Such is the case with Justin Harris, an East Cosat boater who recently released a...
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Conservation

New Book: Pete McBride’s Witness to Water!

Longtime Colorado River Basin advocate and acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Pete McBride (whom you may recognize from Kevin Fedarko's recent book "A Walk in the...
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Conservation

NRS Films Releases “Common Waters” Film and Tour

Ever get harassed by landowners for floating or fishing in Colorado? NRS Films has released a new film by Rig to Flip Productions, “Common...
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Conservation

Hacienda Puchegüín: Vast Valley, Paddling Paradise in Chilean Patagonia Preserved

Kayakers and rafters looking for a new place to paddle in Chilean Patagonia can revel in knowing that 133,000 hectares have recently been preserved...
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Smitten with Sweep Boats? Watch NRS film Driving Sweep

For over 100 years, only a select few guides have held the responsibility—and required skills—of “driving sweep” down Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon...
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Conservation

“Yampa Yearnings” – A New Book From Award-winning Author Eugene Buchanan

A personal and powerful chronicle of the Yampa River, the last wild tributary to the Colorado River System STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO. (December 2, 2025) –...
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New Memoir Charts River Adventures in Canada’s “Valley of No Return”

Award-winning documentarian Austin Hoyt explores 20th century disappearances and more in The Haunting Nahanni.
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Athlete Stories

Susan Norman Releases “Risk: A Life Saved By the River”

Susan Norman is a fixture in paddling circles throughout the country. She began paddling at age 2, introduced to whitewater while canoeing in the...
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Canoeing

You Won’t Believe How Many Boats This Guy Has in His House: Watch Boat Museum Video from Charlie Albright Here

Spouse give you a hard time about how many boats you have laying around the house? That’s nothing compared to the quiver amassed by...
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Conservation

New Book “Yampa Yearnings” Heralds Colorado’s Yampa River (Pre-order Here!)

A new book by award-winning author Eugene Buchanan heralds northwest Colorado’s Yampa River, the last remaining free-flowing tributary to the Colorado River Basin. As...
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Athlete Stories

Tyler Bradt Releases Wizard’s Eye Film Series Aug. 15

Brace yourself. On Aug 15, Tyler Bradt—yes, of 186-foot Palouse Falls fame—releases "A High Seas Adventure— Unlocking the Nooks n' Crannies of the World,"...
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Conservation

Paddle Tribal Waters Team Touches Down in Pacific After 308 Miles Down Klamath

They did it. After paddling 308 miles from the headwaters of the Klamath River, 30 Paddle Tribal Waters youth formed a line behind two...
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New Book: “Water Borne: A 1,200-Mile Paddleboarding Pilgrimage”

Feel good about your paltry SUP paddle on your local lake? Not to dis it, but that’s peanuts compared to the exploits of Dan...
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Dory Dames: OARS Releases New Film “About Damn Time”

Showcasing the trailblazing dory women of Grand Canyon, outfitter OARS and conservation organization American Rivers have released a new film, "About Damn Time," highlighting the...
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Lights, Camera, Scotland! NRS Releases “Tide Life” Film, Featuring Scotland’s West Coast 

Get your tide-pooling and paddling passion on with this new 4-minute short film from NRS showcasing the beauty of Scotland’s West Coast through the...
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New “Bridging the Ice” Film Retraces British Arctic Air Route Expedition and Gino Watkins, Europe’s “Godfather of Kayaking”

Like sea kayak expeditions surrounded by ice and diving into classic exploration history? And those involving “Godfathers” of kayaking? Then you’ll love “Bridging the...
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Athlete Stories

RedBull Releases “Ice Waterfalls” Film

A year and a half after it sponsored a topnotch team that made waves in the world of whitewater by paddling a cave-filled river...
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