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Pandemic Throwback: Sun Valley’s Buey Grossman Kayaks North Fork’s Juicer Rapid…Blindfolded (with Updated Vid)
Kayaking the North Fork of the Payette scares the living daylights out of most boaters. But during the pandemic, Sun Valley, Idaho, local Buey Grossman...
Evergreen
Tips for Paddling Photography
Want to shoot great paddling shots? Take a few pointers from Paddling Life contributing editor Aaron Black-Schmidt, a former photo editor and staff photographer for...
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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...
Canoeing
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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
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...
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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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
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...
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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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
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...
Canoeing
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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
“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...
Canoeing
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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
“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...
Paddling Life Exclusives
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...
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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...
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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...
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Whitewater Park Builder Scott Shipley Merges S20 Design with Calibre Engineering
Like rivers merging to optimize their power heading downstream, Lyons, Colo. whitewater park design firm S2O Design & Engineering,...
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Inside France’s Paddle Sports Show: New Gear and Video Recap by Bren Orton!
You might have had a hard time getting ahold of company heads and designers at the end of September...
YETI LOADOUT GOBOX 30 GEAR CASE GIVE-A-WAY
YETI and Paddling Life have teamed up to give away a new LOADOUt GOBOX 30. Enter daily for your...
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Inside France’s Paddle Sports Show: New Gear and Video Recap by Bren Orton!
You might have had a hard time getting ahold...
Tahiti Host 30th Annual Hawaiki Nui Va’a (Outrigger Canoe) Race Nov 1-4
Get your outrigger on. Tahiti’s 30th annual Hawaiki Nui...
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