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Don’t Think Cali Runoff is Cranking? Check These YouTube Vids from His Daneness

With the state’s record snowpack finally running off, California is becoming Grand Central for expert whitewater kayakers looking to catch its classic runs at...

4 Top Rivers to Put on Your Canadian Bucket List This Season

Want to head to Canada, eh? Canadian River Expeditions, based in Whitehorse, Yukon, has a few classic recommendations for you, from tame to wild, all...

Multiple Records Broken by Australia Circumnavigator Bonnie Hancock

After 9,400 miles paddling her surf ski around mainland Australia, former ironwoman Bonnie Hancock is set to break multiple records for badassedness. While still being ratified,...

Finding the Jaguar Within: Kevin Cripps Goes Inside His Podcast #9, with Tribute to Andre Coto Robles

No cash? No problem for Costa Rican kayaker Andre Coto Robles, who recently set up his Jaguar Kayak School to get kids paddling in...

The Garbage Stick: Meet the Man Who Built a SUP from Ocean Plastic (and Is Racing the Seventy48)

The Seventy48is a race from Tacoma to Port Townsend, through the intricate waterways of Puget Sound. It’s the precursor to the legendary Race to Alaska...

Catching Up with Devon Barker-Hicks and Her Dare to Kayak Kids Program

Getting kids out paddling is key to growing the sport. And no one’s doing it better than Idaho’s Devon Barker-Hicks, whose Dare to Kayak...

Portugal The Man Releases New Album and Announces Tour, but Still Goes Pack Rafting!

Portugal The Man might have won the Grammy for their 2017 hit song “Feel It Still.” But they’d still rather be out on their...

Idaho Rivers Getting Ready to Rage; Bruneau/Owyhee (285%!) Leading the Charge

A massive snowpack season has created a banner season in store for paddling Idaho rivers this summer. Snowpack levels range from about 110 percent of...

American Rivers Announces Most Endangered Rivers List for ’23

AMERICA’S MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS OF 2023.  From dams and outdated water management to toxic pollution and development projects that would devastate river habitats, this report...

Beer Spills into Montana’s Clark Fork River!

Paddlers on Montana’s Clark Fork this spring might find a little welcome surprise bobbing in the eddies: beer. A freight train carrying beer derailed along...

Little White Salmon Race Wrap and Results

Fear of low-water, wood, access and insurance issues that have plagued many other extreme kayak races weren't enough to prevent organizers from staging a...

Instagram Coffee Chats with Adam Chechire Edwards

Photos by Logan Smith and Mitch Sheridan A licensed arborist, Dagger team member Adam Chechire Edwards launched his entertaining Instagram Coffee Chats on a whim...but they've...

The Case for 12-foot Kayaks: Dagger’s New Vanguard Notches 9 of Top 10 Spots in Little White Salmon Race

Top image by Logan Smith @kayakerdude Starting a hot discussion on Facebook, Dagger's new 12-foot Vanguard kayak notched a whopping nine out of the top...

What the Cali Snowpack Spells for Paddling Season

Epic Snowpacksville: How the Runoff Year is Shaping Up in Cali In early March, as part of California’s ongoing “atmospheric river” pummeling, the Kern River...

Canoeists Study “Environmental Kidneys” of Florida 

Expedition Team Studies Everglades, the “Environmental Kidneys” of Florida  As reported by Expedition News, a team led by a University of Florida scientist recently completed a 130-mile...

“They System is to Blame”: Landing a Coveted River Permit an Upstream Battle (By The Colorado Sun)

Want to float one of the West’s most popular rivers? You have roughly a 2% chance of getting a permit. (By Tracy Ross/The Colorado Sun) Nearly...

Canoecopia ’23 : Canoe Country Gear Video Roundup

Want the lowdown on what's new from this year's Canoecopia show? Our good friend and videographer Aaron Black-Schmidt stopped by 10 booths at Canoecopia...

Paddle Camping in Style: Tune Outdoor Unveils New Truck Canopy Camper

Paddlers have always employed whatever it takes to crash near their favorite waterway, from sleeping on the dirt and on friends' couches to cramming...

2023 U.S. Freestyle Kayaking Team Trials Results

The reign of Dane continues. Dane Jackson, at age 30, vanquished more than a dozen would-be rivals March 12 at U.S. Freestyle Team Trials...

“Funemployed” (By KAVU LIFESTYLER Spencer Beck)

KAVU LIFESTYLER Spencer Beck has a way of mincing words. Exhibit A: His new “"Funemployed" video and story, a kayaking compilation edit we wish...

Mexico Gets WW Park, Hosts 1st Slalom Race

Viva Mexico! That's what local slalom paddlers are feeling, as Mexico recently hosted its first national canoe slalom and kayak cross event on an...

Cowabunga Catawba! South Carolina’s Catawba Bypass Project Complete, Opens March 18

Water is flowing down the Long Bypass Reach of the Catawba River in Chester County, S.C. for the first time since 1907, bringing life...

Second Time’s a Charm: Aussie Richard Barnes Becomes 2nd Person to Solo Kayak Across Tasman Sea (Bonus Q&A!)

On his second attempt and paddling a kayak he built by himself, Australian kayaker Richard Barnes successfully paddled 2,000km across the Tasman Sea, between Australia...

NRS Releases “Chicas al Agua” Film Mar. 8

Premiering on International Women's Day, NRS debuts its newest film, Chicas al Agua, paying homage to many of the young women in Futaleufú, Chile,...

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Don’t Think Cali Runoff is Cranking? Check These YouTube Vids from His Daneness

With the state’s record snowpack finally running off, California is becoming Grand Central for expert whitewater kayakers looking to...
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SipaBoards Announces New Self-Inflating, Electric Stand-Up Paddle Boards

SipaBoards, a leading Slovenia-based innovator in paddle board technology and the creators of the world’s first e-driven, self-inflatable, stand-up...

Canadian River Expeditions Kicks Off Season with 2023 Outlook

Since 1972, Nahanni River Adventures/Canadian River Expeditions has been guiding adventure vacations on the top rivers in northern Canada...

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Don’t Think Cali Runoff is Cranking? Check These YouTube Vids from His Daneness

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4 Top Rivers to Put on Your Canadian Bucket List This Season

Want to head to Canada, eh? Canadian River Expeditions,...
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