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New “River” Globes Available

Okay, river lovers…now here’s a globe you can truly sink your teeth into. What to give the paddler who seemingly has everything? How about...

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 some in my mouth for...

River Management Society Beefs-up River Data Directory

Looking to paddle a river somewhere? Now you’ve got some help with the National River Recreation Database, a geospatial portfolio of information on Wild...

Seattle’s Lake Union: A Paddling Primer

 New York has its Central Park, San Antonio has its Riverwalk, but there are very few other places like Seattle, Washington’s Lake Union: a...

New Book: “What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska”

There's a new book out, with Alaskan rivers playing the starring role. Edward Abbey, who never much liked Alaska, called it “our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state.”...

The Great Loop: Solo Canoeist Sets out on 6,000-mile Odyssey Throughout East Coast

Peter Frank is being frank. This summer, he embarked on a 6,000-mile solo canoe loop throughout the East Coast pretty much… just because. And...

From Segregation to Recreation: Montgomery, Ala., Spurs Growth with New Montgomery Whitewater Park

“Make me an angel, that flies from Montgomery,” croons John Prine in his classic folk song “Angel from Montgomery.” Town officials in Montgomery are hoping...

Paddle Sports Show Hits France Sept. 24-26 (with New Film Fest—Enter to Win!)

  Mark your calendars! The 2024 edition of the Paddle Sports Show will take place this year again Sept. 24-26 in the city of Strasbourg at...

Holy Slotcanyonsville: Kayaking the Zion Narrows

Forget the slots of nearby Las Vegas. We'll take kayaking the slot canyons of the Virgin River's Zion Narrows. “Zion” often refers to a "holy place"...

Bridging Memories: Reflections from the 1,300-mile, 52-day Columbia River Canoe Project

Professional outdoor athlete Robert Lester from Butte, Mont., recently traveled through Bridgeport, Wash., along the banks of the Columbia River on the on his...

OARS Releases Western River Outlook for ’24

The 2024 rafting season has commenced, and with it outfitter OARS has released its annual Western Rafting Outlook, highlighting current snowpack totals in the...

Wanna’ Buy a Recirculating Whitewater Park? WISP For Sale/Minimum Bid $2 Million

Want to own your own whitewater park? The country's first recirculating whitewater park, McHenry, Md.'s Adventure Sports Center International, was recently put on the...

Sea Kayaking, Whitewater, Climbing, Suffering and Love: Check out New Erik Boomer Baffin Vid!

We know Valentine's Day has passed, but that doesn't mean you have to write off romantic sufferfests for the year. Or maybe, not so...

Landmark decision reached to protect Croatia’s Mrežnica and Tounjčica Rivers

Decision marks a significant milestone in the United for Rivers campaign to protect over 400 kilometres of rivers throughout the Western Balkans In a groundbreaking...

Put This on Your Bucket Paddling List: Death Valley

Proud of how many places you’ve paddled? Act quickly and you can put a new one on your list that not many people ever...

Sea Kayaking Western Washington’s Nisqually Reach

Although most of the major estuaries in western Washington have been drained, filled, reconstructed and otherwise molested in the name of human progress, the...

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...

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...

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...

America Outdoors Releases 2022 River Use Data:

America Outdoors Set to Release 2022 River Use Data  Report details data from 41 top whitewater river segments Knoxville, TN's America Outdoors, the nation's one-stop resource for...

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...

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...

Oklahoma Gets New $30M Whitewater Park

WOKA is transforming the town of Watts, Oklahoma. Following 2016’s opening of the $45 million Oklahoma Whitewater Center/Riversport Rapids in downtown Oklahoma City, the town...

Sea Kayaking Washington’s Dungeness Spit

By Ken Campbell Every year Dungeness Spit gets a little bigger. This striking landform that extends out into the waters of Washington's Strait of Juan...

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New “River” Globes Available

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Sea Kayaking Belize’s Glover’s Reef with Island Expeditions

An oasis of palm trees sways over a kaleidoscope of blue as we pull up to the dock at...

Green Race Cancelled Due to Helene Flooding, Halting 29-Year Legacy

Last year’s Green Race winner Kaelin Friedensen will have one more year to bask in his victory over second-place...

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New “River” Globes Available

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Pisco Sours, Coca Leaves and Paddling Peru’s Marañón, the “Grand Canyon of the South”

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