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CKS Top Gift Ideas for Rafters
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Inflatable Kayak – Everything You Need to Know About IKs
Inflatable Kayaks are the easiest way to get on the water.
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Baffin or Bust: An Alpacka Packraft Paddle and Climb Expedition
Where can an Alpacka packraft take you, you ask? How about to Baffin Island, for a paddling and climbing expedition? Read on for just...
Inflatables
Catching Up with AIRE Co-founder Alan Hamilton
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Inflatables
Supalicious: 5 Top Inflatable SUPs for Every Occasion
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Paddlesport Sales Skyrocket 56 Percent in June
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Inflatables
Top 10 Best Inflatable Kayaks from Paddling Life
Top 10 Best Inflatable Kayaks
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Accessories
Duh, Why Didn’t I Think of That? Witness the AIRE “Cataroller”
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Destinations
Meet Alpacka Packraft Stud Stanley Mulvany (with Podcast!)
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Look no further than New Zealander and avid...
Inflatables
How To Buy A Whitewater Raft
Selecting The Right Whitewater Raft For Your Rafting Needs
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Inflatables
The Evolution of Inflatable Kayaks – A New Drop Stitch IK Comes to Market
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Inflatables
Paddling World Mourns Loss of Shredder Inventor Tom Love
The world of R2ing will never be the same.
Tom Love, the inventor of the beloved Shredder inflatable made by Airtight Inflatables, died on June...
Destinations
A Packraft for All Occasions
Packrafts are taking the paddling world by storm…
...for good reason. They’re stable, maneuverable and tough, and light enough (some weighing under 5 lbs.) to...
Inflatables
Alpacka Raft and Randy Newberg Team Up to Unlock Public Lands
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Inflatables
Advanced Elements Ambassador Dale Simmons Moving the Needle for Inflatables
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Hyside Sells, Headquarters Moves to Utah
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Chasing Scale: A Tale of Two Advanced Elements Ambassadors on the Fly
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Pack and Roll: The AIRE BAKraft
The reports are in: The AIRE Hybrid BAKraft has your back when what it comes to getting you out in the boonies — and...
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Review: Rocky Mountain Rafts’ Latest Design, the PEAK 16
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RMR Rafts Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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