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Paddling Industry News

Boating Community Mourns Kayaking Death of AW Board Member Chris Tulley

The California, staff, board and friends of American Whitewater, and greater kayaking community are mourning the death last Friday, Oct. 4, of AW board...
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Events

Tales from Helene: Record Flows, and the Paddlesports Industry Helping Out

When a tragedy strikes involving water and rivers, the tight-knit whitewater community is often quick to respond. No better example exists than the efforts...
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Destinations

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...
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Destinations

Whitewater Parks Still Making Waves: Mountain towns transforming riverfronts into recreational and revenue hotbeds

A wave of whitewater parks continues to roll into river towns like swells undulating toward a shoreline, ushering in a new era of recreation...
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Paddling Industry News

Jackson Releases New Clutch, a Halfslice Creeker (Plus, Dane Weighs In)

It's Clutch time. If you follow Dane Jackson on social channels, you've likely noticed a little more activity of late. He's been tearing it up...
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Sweepstakes

Astral Indus High Float Life Jacket Giveaway

Don't miss this chance to win a high float PFD from ASTRAL. Enter daily for your chance to float above the rest in your...
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Conservation

Dam Project Complete! Cali’s Klamath Runs Free!

The Klamath is now running free. The largest dam removal project in US history was completed at the end of August, after crews demolished the...
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Competition

The Power of Slit Blades

There’s a new paddle in town, pilgrim, one its designers say will propel you faster and more efficiently than ever. In short, the tech...
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Paddling Life Exclusives

Good Gauley, Miss Molly: AW’s Gauley Fest Sept 19-22!

Good Gauley, Miss Molly! American Whitewater's Gauley Fest is Turning 40, Complete with an '80s-theme party! Get ready for some of the best whitewater in...
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Destinations

Viva the Vic! Famous Salida, CO, Watering Hole to Reopen

River runners will meet rednecks again in Colorado’s most booming river town, with the infamous Vic (Victoria) bar re-opening in downtown Salida, Colo., at...
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Athlete Stories

New Wick Walker Book: Torrents As Yet Unknown: Daring Whitewater Ventures into the World’s Great River Gorges

Like river reads the raise your hackles? Then you’ll love a new book out by longtime expedition paddler Wick Walker, “Torrents As Yet Unknown:...
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Paddling Industry News

Denver’s Confluence Kayak & Ski Buys CKS Online

CKS Online has a new owner and home. The online, E-commerce site for paddlesports was recently purchased by Jon Kahn and Brian DeFouw of...
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Travel

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.”...
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Canoeing

All Eyes on Evy: Leibfarth Wins Bronze in Women’s C-1 (First US Slalom Medal Since 2004)

Chalk one up for Evy. Twenty-year-old Evy Leibfarth from North Carolina made history by winning the bronze medal in the women's canoe singles (C1)...
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Athlete Stories

Fox Takes Olympic Gold in Women’s K-1

There was nothing sly at all about Australian Jessica Fox's commanding gold medal win in women's K1 Slalom at the Paris Olympics. She won...
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Conservation

NRS Releases “Paddle Tribal Waters Part II: Bring the Salmon Home” 

In July 2023, the concrete walls of the Copco 2 Dam came tumbling down, the first of four dams slated for demolition on the...
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Athlete Stories

5th Time’s a Charm: New Zealand’s Luuka Jones Preparing for 5th and Final Olympic Games in Paris

Count 'em...New Zealand’s Luuka Jones will have a whopping 20 years between her first and final Olympic appearance as she prepares for her fifth and...
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Athlete Stories

Palm Equipment, Pyranha Celebrate Bren Orton with Community Paddle Day Aug. 31

Let's call it a Bren Day. Or, as Bren Orton would say, a "Class Joy" day—which, to us here at Paddling Life, is the...
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Paddling Gear

Modern Whitewater Spray Skirts Reviewed

Don't skimp or skirt when it comes to skirts. Today's lineup of sprayskirts for whitewater are better than ever at keeping splashes out and you...
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Competition

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...
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Canoeing

Extra, Extra: Oklahoma City to Host 2028 Olympic Slalom Events

If you build it, they will come. The Olympics, that is. That's the case with the RiverSport Rapids Canoe Slalom Center in Oklahoma City,...
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Accessories

Get a Grip…on Your Paddle

What's worse than missing your boof stroke at exactly the right time? Not a lot… especially when it's because your hand slipped after your...
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Athlete Stories

Three, Three, Three Golds in One: Aussie Jessica Fox Makes History Winning Triple Golds at Slalom World Cup

Really, is there anyone who has dominated the slalom kayaking scene more than Australia’s Jessica Fox? Fox made more canoeing history in early June, becoming...
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Travel

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"...
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Fall Schwag Roundup!

Schwag-o'rama! It’s that time of year again—time to provide our two cents on gear we put through its paces...
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Paddling Industry News

Boating Community Mourns Kayaking Death of AW Board Member Chris Tulley

The California, staff, board and friends of American Whitewater, and greater kayaking community are mourning the death last Friday,...
Events

Tales from Helene: Record Flows, and the Paddlesports Industry Helping Out

When a tragedy strikes involving water and rivers, the tight-knit whitewater community is often quick to respond. No better...

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Tales from Helene: Record Flows, and the Paddlesports Industry Helping Out

When a tragedy strikes involving water and rivers, the...
Destinations

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

“Buenas lineas,” says Luigi. “Good lines.” Seconds later, Luchin...
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Meet the Fraker: C-boat Blogger Benn Fraker

It’s blog time here at PL, with who else chiming in but PL friend and mono-blader Benn Fraker, at sixth the highest-placing U.S. finisher at the Beijing Olympics who just took off to the land of Aus for a two-month training stint in preparation for the Games in London this summer. Tune in for his semi-monthly reports from the field. But first, this primer so you can get to know him...
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