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Gear I Used on Peru’s Yavero River

What kind of gear do you bring down on a seven-day, Class III-IV kayaking/rafting trip on a river like Peru’s Paucartambo/Yavero? We took the trip from Colorado to find out.
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Idaho’s Main Salmon River: A Family Trip Done Right (Plus Gear That Helped!)

    With most private trips on a gem such as Idaho's Main Salmon River, your trip starts with an invite from a friend. After three...
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Wear Your PFD: Over-Geared Angler Forgets the Most Important Thing: His Lifejacket!

Kayak fishing requires a buttload of gear, from transducers, paddle holders, and fish-finders to rods, tackle, bait wells, apparel, and more. But by far...
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Level Six To Introduce First Coast Guard-Approved, Ultralight Level50 PFDs

Level Six has just unveiled a new line of ultralight PFDs built to the U.S. Coast Guard’s new Level 50 standard, which for the...
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The Perfect Post Paddle Apparel: Outerknown’s Sustainable Men’s Button-Downs, Built Around Iconic Kelly Slater Blanket Shirt

When eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater launched Outerknown in 2015, the idea wasn't to build another surf brand. Slater wanted to prove that...
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Level 50 Life Jackets and Kayak Fishing

Thanks to a new rule adopted by the U.S. Coast Guard a new type of PFD is coming soon, designed to change the way...
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Summit Paddleboard Hammock Mount Review

Hammock… on a SUP? When this popped up in our feed, the PaddlingLife crew collectively stopped scrolling. We’ve seen a lot of weird/fun paddle toys...
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PL Autumn Schwag-‘orama Rundown!

Who doesn’t like schwag? We here at Paddling Life certainly do, whether it’s as big as a boat or as small as a stove....
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Outdoor Media Summit Showcases Some of the Year’s Best Gear

At October's Outdoor Media Summit (OMS), a three-day event featuring keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, and networking tailored for outdoor writers, PR and marketing professionals,...
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NRS Launches “Straphack’ Contest

NRS Straps—we love them, you love them. Some might even call them iconic. These little life savers don’t just come in clutch when tying...
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A PL Peak at Riversmith’s New Convoy Collection Weatherproof Travel Bags

Anglers and paddlers rejoice. Colorado’s Riversmith, a longtime designer of fly rod racks and storage systems for vehicles and rafts, has rolled out its...
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YETI Panga® 75L Waterproof Duffel Review: A Premium Alternative to Traditional Dry Bags

In this YETI Panga 75L Waterproof Duffel review, we evaluate how this rugged duffel performs compared to traditional dry bags. Our PaddlingLife testers put the...
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PL’s Unequivocal Earplug Review!

Ear Plugs, Don’t Roll Without 'em in Cold Water. That's the take-home, after decades of kayaking in cold water. Surfers Ear (Exostosis, also known as...
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Head Games: Inside Sweet Protection’s Rocker Helmet

If there’s one piece of gear you want dialed-in when you’re whitewater kayaking, it could well be your helmet. After all, there’s nothing closer...
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Piece of Mind Fabrications’ “Crotch-Sac” Drybag Review

Keeping your essentials dry while navigating a frothy river has always been a key concern for boaters. Piece of Mind Fabrications of Southern Oregon...
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Two New PFDs from NRS Reviewed: the Ambient and the Vector!

Paddling Life got our hands on NRS's Ambient and Vector PFDs—complete with their new Every Body Design and Orbit fit system, a rethinking of how...
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Tumblehome Outdoors Review

Paddling Life caught up with Brett from Tumblehome Outdoors at this year’s Animas River Days festival in Durango, Colorado. Tumblehome Outdoors showcased an impressive...
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Teva Goes Closed-toe; Adds Dane Jackson, Evy Liebfarth to Adventure Team

Longtime paddlesports footwear brand Teva has gone closed-toe with a new addition to their Hydratrek lineup, the Hydratrek Closed- Toe Sandal ($100) as part of its...
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Alpacka, IR Debut Sixmile Packraft Skirt

Packrafters rejoice! Packraft maker and pioneer Alpacka Raft has partnered with longtime paddlesports apparel and accessories brand Immersion Research (IR) to introduce the new...
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Gear-o-rama! Down River Equipment Hosts Raftopia March 31-April 5

Rafters rejoice! Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Colorado’s Down River Equipment is hosting its annual swagorama Raftopia sale and extravaganza March 31-April 5, one of...
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Teva Signs Dane Jackson

Returning to its whitewater roots, footwear brand Teva has signed multiple World Freestyle Kayak Champion Dane Jackson as an official team athletes. "We are excited...
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Review: Astral’s Indus High Float Life Jacket

Want a PFD for flotation in bigger flows? The new Astral Indus is your ticket. As a longtime Astral fan, at times I would...
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Kids and Family Gear Ensemble

Camping with children is both challenging and rewarding. Nothing paves the way for an appreciation and love of the outdoors more than starting young....
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Fall Schwag Roundup!

Schwag-o'rama! It’s that time of year again—time to provide our two cents on gear we put through its paces this summer for our dear...
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Gear I Used on Peru’s Yavero River

What kind of gear do you bring down on a seven-day, Class III-IV kayaking/rafting trip on a river like Peru’s Paucartambo/Yavero? We took the trip from Colorado to find out.
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Idaho’s Main Salmon River: A Family Trip Done Right (Plus Gear That Helped!)

    With most private trips on a gem such as...
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Now there’s some solid subjectivity to who gets crowned the national freestyle champion. USA Freestyle Kayaking (USAFK) recently created a national point series tour for 2010, in partnership with six events across the U.S.
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Droppin’ Young Guns Knowledge

The Young Guns are the rave of whitewater kayaking these days. Maybe that’s because they’re going off the hardest? Whether it’s Tyler Bradt setting a world waterfall record or Anthony Yap inventing another new freestyle move, they're getting it done. And getting it all on film. Paddling Life recently caught up with producer Rush Sturges to talk about their new releases including Source and State of the Art.
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