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PTC Collab Scrambles After Montgomery Whitewater Center Announces “Temporary Closure” Before Oct. 14-16 Event

The Paddlesports Trade Coalition is scrambling for an alternative venue after Alabama's Montgomery Whitewater Center announced it is "temporarily closing" less than a month before...
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PTC Collab ’26 Hits Montgomery Whitewater Center Oct. 14-16

A lot can get done over a beer and a paddle blade. The Paddlesports Trade Coalition is holding its PTC Collab '26 October 14–16, 2026,...
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Apparel

Kokatat’s Custom Stoke Drytop

This is one drytop you’re going to be "stoked" about. Kokatat’s new Stoke Hydrus Custom Drytop, available in both men’s and women’s sizing, lets you...
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Switchback Spring Wraps Up in New Orleans…Is Switchback the New Outdoor Industry Gathering Place?

Switchback, the education and business gathering for the outdoor industry, opened its doors last week to more than 300 retailers representing 1,300 retail doors...
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NRS Purchases Downriver Equipment

Moscow, Idaho's NRS and Denver, Colo.'s Down River Equipment, two locally rooted outdoor companies known for their deep ties to paddling and river communities, have...
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Business

Switchback and Outdoor Market Alliance Announce Partnership 

Switchback, the education and business gathering for the outdoor industry, and the Outdoor Market Alliance (OMA), a collective of 25 independent sales and marketing...
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Apparel

The Wing Group Acquires Kokatat

The Wing Group, a portfolio of marine and outdoor brands including Wing Inflatables, Mustang Survival, FabTek, Henshaw, and Patten, today announced the acquisition of...
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Business

Rutabaga Shutting Doors

In a blow to the paddling community nationwide, as well as an indicator of today's brick-and-mortar retail environment, longtime, venerable paddlesports dealer Rutabaga of...
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Business

Pelican Int’l Restructures, Giving New Life to Confluence Paddlesports Brands

Pelican Intl Inc., a newly formed entity, has announced the successful acquisition of the assets, excluding GSI Outdoors, of Pelican International Inc. and Confluence...
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Business

Pelican International, Owner of Confluence Brands, Files Bankruptcy, Insolvency Notice

Pelican International, which owns Confluence Watersports brands Wilderness Systems, Dagger, Perception, Advanced Elements, Boardworks, Mad River Canoe, and GSI Outdoors, is filing—and fighting—to keep...
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Ken Sleight, River Guide Who Inspired Edward Abbey’s Seldom Seen Smith, Dies at 97

Ken Sleight, the river guide who inspired Edward Abbey's Seldom Seen Smith in "The Monkey Wrench Gang," has died...
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Films & Books

Dustin, Scott Lindgren Work Water Magic to Film New “Redemption River” Video

There’s a new vid out highlighting Cali’s American River, billed as a faith-based survival thriller. Filmed among the rugged canyons...
Events

That’s a Wrap: Our Man in the Field Reports Gauley Fest is “Beautiful Chaos”

That is Gauley Fest: a little intimidating, a little ridiculous, incredibly loud and absolutely unforgettable. Beautiful chaos on the Gauley.

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