Whitewater Kayaking
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Athlete Stories
Tokyo Sneak Peak: The Top 5 Women Slalom Kayakers to Keep an Eye On
From oldest to youngest, the inside skinny on the top female slalom paddlers at this year’s Olympics. Spain’s Maialen Chourraut is the only Olympic male and female...
Athlete Stories
Director’s Statement: Rush Sturges on the Premier of “The River Runner”
Any kayaker who’s worth his or her weight in noseplugs knows of Rush Sturges, an accomplished filmmaker and expedition kayaker who grew up on...
Athlete Stories
Cool Running: Jamaica’s Solomon Maragh Makes Slalom History
Call it Cool Paddling. In the 1993 movie "Cool Running," a group of Jamaicans created history by qualifying for the bobsled competition at the...
Athlete Stories
Holy Beatdown! Level6 King of Alps Comp Goes Awwwfff!
25 Nations – 250 Paddlers – 100% Fun. That sums up Italy’s King of the Alps kayak contest, which organizers held with COVID protocols...
Athlete Stories
Tokyo Here We Come: Meet the 3 Whitewater Paddlers Representing the USA at the Olympics
All eyes were on US racers at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 11–13, as berths at...
Paddling Industry News
Kayaker Dies on Meatgrinder Rapid on Colorado’s Crystal River
A kayaker drowned on June 17 while kayaking the Crystal River, according to the Pitkin County Coroner’s Office. According to reports, Chason P. Russell, a...
Events
4X Champ: Jackson Takes North Fork Crown (Plus, POV of Winning Run)
Don’t think that a year off from racing because of COVID-19 slowed extreme kayakers down at all. Especially phenom Dane Jackson, who won again...
Destinations
Montgomery (ALA) Whitewater Park Breaks Ground
Make me an angel, that flies from Montgomery... Those words by John Prine come in the form of a new recirculating whitewater park coming to...
Athlete Stories
PL Q&A: Catching Up With “From the River” Author Joe Booth
Longtime kayaker and author Joe Booth recently released his new book “From the River: A Guidebook to Sobriety from a Lifetime of Lessons Paddling”...
Events
Jackson Wins Little White Extreme Race (Bonus: Watch Vid of Top 4 Racers Side-by-Side!)
Dane Jackson came out swinging at one of the first extreme kayak races of the season, winning the 2021 Little White Salmon Race on...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Social Campaign of the Month!
In one of the better examples we’ve seen of a company in the paddling space using social media to spread their word, S20 Designs,...
Athlete Stories
PL Founder Buchanan Featured on HammerFactor Podcast
Any boater worth the salt on his crusted-over polypro innerlayers has tuned into the HammerFactor, a paddling-centric podcast run by industry veterans John Grace,...
Athlete Stories
Catching Up (And Life lessons) With Big Water Dave
Recently, Paddling Life staffers had the chance to kayak Colorado's Cross Mountain of the Yampa with none other than Big Water Dave, a 65-year-old...
Paddles
Hard Core Paddles: A Three-month Review and Why I Made the Switch (By Chris Baer)
(By Chris Baer) Let me be blunt: Hard Core Paddles are awesome. Their durability is solid, they have a ton of power, and the company...
Athlete Stories
Muggridge, Marr, Macewan Bag CN’s Flier Creek in New Redbull Film
Curtailed by a lack of international travel last year, Redbull kayaker Ed Muggridge came up with the idea to tackle something closer to home,...
Whitewater Kayaking
Bryson City’s Evy Leibfarth Sweeps K1W and C1W for Tokyo Olympic Debut
Evy Leibfarth came up on the Nantahala River as a Bryson City, N.C., local, and last week cemented her place in Western North Carolina...
Accessories
Exclusive Review and Video: New Stohlquist Descent Rescue PFD
Stohlquist adds second generation Descent Rescue PFD to its line, whets paddlers' appetite for new products.
With the help of Nick Hinds and Luke Spencer,...
Destinations
Bad News for Black Canyon Boaters in Colo: Road Closed for 2021
Hoping to up your game and kayak the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado this year? You’ll have to wait another year. As reported...
Accessories
When was the last time you practiced setting up a Z-Drag?
So you've got your Z-Drag kit prepped with rescue rope, webbing, pulleys, carabiners, and cordage. But when was the last time you actually took...
Whitewater Kayaking
Red Bull Athlete Aniol Serrasolses Hits 60 MPH on Snow Before Waterfall Double Kick Flip Launch
Red Bull athlete and Spanish whitewater paddler Aniol Serrasolse landed a world-first waterfall double kickflip on Chile's Captren river. The footage has just been...
Destinations
Celebrating 50 Years in Business, Madawaska Kanu Centre Launches Student Essay Contest
Known globally for its unique approach to canoe and kayak instruction, modeled after a European ski school concept, and its incredible riverside setting in...
Athlete Stories
Breaking Down the C-1 Crossbow Draw (with Video!)
So you’re already a cartilage-missing miscreant who enjoys paddling a single blade more than a double. We won't hold that against you. Half the...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Costa Rica Flashback: A Recap of an Epic Down the Patria
They say Costa Rica has been done
For years the Costa Rican town of Turrialba was a whitewater destination for boaters from around the world....
Athlete Stories
Yacht Surfing with Dane Jackson
With plenty of idle time on his hands to dream up ideas during the pandemic, Jackson Kayaks' Dane Jackson came up with a doozie:...
Latest news
Kokatat Sold
After 50 years under the direction and ownership of its founder, Steve O’Meara, Kokatat has been purchased by the company’s Director of...
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Flash Flood Kills Rafter in Grand Canyon
A 29-year-old woman was found dead and others were injured following a flash flood July 14 in Grand Canyon National...
Tokyo Sneak Peak: The Top 5 Women Slalom Kayakers to Keep an Eye On
From oldest to youngest, the inside skinny on the top female slalom paddlers at this year’s Olympics. Spain’s Maialen Chourraut is the...
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Tokyo Sneak Peak: The Top 5 Women Slalom Kayakers to Keep an Eye On
From oldest to youngest, the inside skinny on the...
Director’s Statement: Rush Sturges on the Premier of “The River Runner”
Any kayaker who’s worth his or her weight in...
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