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2024 R4 World Rafting Championship Coming to Bosnia-Herzegovina

Get your Bosnia cowbells out. The International Rafting Federation has announced that its 2024 R4 World Rating Championships will be held on the raging...
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And This Year’s Best Christmas Card Award Goes to…

We get a lot of Christmas cards here at the Paddling Life office, and many also to the homes of its founders (hey, what...
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NRS Films Presents: Rods, Rolls & Reality on the Soča

Paddling isn’t always about canyons, rapids and campsites. For many, it’s also about fishing. Such is the case with this latest installment from NRS...
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The Road to Paris: US Olympic Slalom/Cross Team Trials Come to Alabama, Oklahoma

Drum (not Eskimo) roll, please…The road to Paris for U.S. Canoe and Kayak Slalom athletes is going through Alabama and Oklahoma. Stop number one for...
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Blade Beta: Hard Core Paddles Mangu Straight Shaft Review

Started by Kiwi brothers, Mike and Andy Nash in 2017, who were looking to build a paddle with a combination of great performance and...
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Aniol, Who? Glacier Kayaking’s Got Nothing on Skate Yak: The Movie!

With Aniol Serrasolses making headlines recently with his amazing Red Bull-sponsored feat of kayaking a glacial waterfall in Norway, we couldn't help but take...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

New Self-inflating, E-jet-powered eSUP from Sipa!

Cue the George Jetson music. SUPs are entering the world of e-power. While companies like Bixpy are pioneering E-powered fins for Sups, SUP company Sipa is taking...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

PL’s Cuddle Up to Cozyville Book List: “Completely Mad…the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic”

Ready for a cozy wintertime paddling read? Heat up a cup of tea and snuggle into Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic...
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Paddles

Taylor Robertson on Werner’s New Stealth/Covert Paddle Line

With Werner’s recent release of its new Stealth and Covert paddles, designed and tested by some of the best paddlers in the world, Werner...
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Destinations

Sea Kayaking Cypress Island

(By Ken Campbell) Washington's San Juan Island chain is made up of almost 200 islands and reefs, some of them not much more substantial...
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Destinations

NRS Releases “Something is Changing” Film on Spain’s Rio Ara

Arriba! NRS has released its newest short film, “Something Is Changing,” highlighting Jan Larrue and Mikel Sarasola’s three-day race against the snowmelt to paddle Spain’s...
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Athlete Stories

Holy Icy Eye-Candy: Aniol Serrasolses Drops 20-Meter Glacier Waterfall

Svalbard, Norway - In a historic feat, Catalan adventurer and elite kayaker Aniol Serrasolses has conquered the world's highest glacier waterfall drop in the...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

Detroit Loses Paddling Advocate and Philanthropist

Let's just say the world needs more people like Missy Kinyon. And so does the paddling world. As reported in the Detroit Free Press, Musician...
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Events

Northern Forest Canoe Trail Silent Auction Nov. 15-30!

Forget Black Friday. Score great paddling gear and other products while supporting the greatest paddling trail in the country by visiting the Northern Forest...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

Richard Bangs Releases New Book: “The Art of Living Dangerously” (with Special PL Q&A)

In 1973, Richard Bangs founded Sobek Expeditions, the original and now largest adventure travel company in the world, with over a million clients guided...
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Athlete Stories

Paddling Rigs: Hard Core Paddles Owner’s Chevy Express Van Conversion into an Adventure Rig

The Adventure Rig Mike Nash is known throughout the greater Seattle area and Northwest as a fabricator, paddle machinery designer, creator, kayaker, honey badger, and...
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Destinations

Sea Kayaking Deception Pass

(by Ken Campbell) Deception Pass is home to the wildest salt water in Washington State. There are other places that boast strong currents, to be...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

One Down, Three to Go: First Dam Down on Cali’s Klamath (A Report from American Whitewater)

An Important Milestone on the Klamath – Removal of the Copco 2 Dam Complete! By: Thomas O'Keefe Crews spent October putting the final touches on the...
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Accessories

Random Paddler Costume Photos!

In all our scrolling and trolling through social channels over Halloween, we couldn't help but come up with the following sampler of costumes kayakers...
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Competition

Family Affair At the NRS Green Race: 1st Mother/Son Duo, Multiple Father/Sons, and Friedenson Bests Jackson

It was a family affair at this year's coveted NRS Green Race on Asheville, N.C.'s Green River, with multiple parent/sibling pairings showcasing boaters paddling...
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Canoeing

This Man Has 130 Kayaks at His Home: Kayak Museum Curator Charlie Albright

Spouse give you a hard time about how many boats you have laying around the house? That’s nothing compared to the quiver amassed by...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

Hala Pits Its Boards Against Cowboys in Marketing Campaign

Want a firsthand look at how tough Hala Gear SUPs are? Now you can say they're cowboy tough. Witness their unique marketing campaign, Hala...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

Forget Canton: IWHOF Releases 2023 Whitewater Hall of Fame Video

At its induction ceremony hosted at this summer’s Paddle Sports Show in France, the World River Centre, on behalf of the International Whitewater Hall...
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Camping

TESTED : SylvanSport TraiLOFT Rooftop Tent/Trailer Combo: Campalicious!

With fall happening in the Northwest, the perfect time to do a few trips, Paddling Life had the opportunity recently to test out the...
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Hurricane Helene Wreaks Path of Havoc and Destruction in SE; Swells Rivers to Record Levels

Some events put recreational pastimes like paddling into perspective. Such is the case with Hurricane Helene, which made landfall...
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Pisco Sours, Coca Leaves and Paddling Peru’s Marañón, the “Grand Canyon of the South”

“Buenas lineas,” says Luigi. “Good lines.” Seconds later, Luchin passes me a bag of coca leaves and I cram...
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5X World C-1 Champ Jon Lugbill to Retire from Richmond’s Sports Backers

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Paddlesports Trade Coalition Colab Event Huge Success in OK City

The Paddlesports Trade Coalition Colab, billed as a new type of...
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The Klamath is now running free. The largest dam...
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MTI Adventurewear Anounces Partnership with ACA.

MTI Adventurewear a Supporting Partner of the ACA Longtime PFD manufacturer MTI Adventurewear has signed on as a special supporter of the ACA. As an added benefit to purchasing new MTI lifejackets, non-ACA members can receive a complimentary 1-year individual membership to the ACA, including your choice of one of Rapid Media's digital magazine subscriptions. Learn more about this benefit by checking out the hang tag on select 2013 MTI lifejackets at a retailer or paddlesport event near you.
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Paddling Adventurers, Start Your Engines: Big Agnes Announces Bob Swanson Memorial Exploration Grant

Want some financial help (think shuttle money and Mexican food) for your next great paddling adventure? Tent and sleeping system company Big Agnes recently announced its new Bob Swanson Memorial Exploration Grant, offering funding of up to $5,000 annually for trips and expeditions that represent Swanson’s spirit of adventure.
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