Whitewater Kayaking

Rafter J PhD. – College Credits for Rafting?

After an epic ski season, teaching snowboarding was coming to an end. It was the early 2000's and I found myself sitting in the...

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...

Level Six Hires 3 New US Sales Reps

OTTAWA, CANADA – LEVEL SIX ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE HIRED THREE NEW SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN TWO KEY US TERRITORIES. Ethan Ebersold and Dan Arbuckle have...

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...

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...

Catching Up With Dane Jackson on He (and Bren Orton) Dropping 300 Feet of Mexican Waterfalls (Plus: Watch Vid from MSN!)

Arriba! Or "abajo," we mean (meaning "below" or "down", when it comes to kayaking phenom Dane Jackson and Bren Orton, who recently appeared on...

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...

Slice-alicious: CKS Half-Slice Review!

One of the most exciting developments in recent years has been the reemergence of half-slice kayaks. These boats offer a unique combination of speed,...

Expedition Boater Mike Hayward Releases “Just Around the Next Corner” Book (Plus: Author Q&A!)

Longtime international expedition kayaker Mike Hayward has paddled the world chasing rivers, from the Scottish Highlands to Africa. In his new book, he shares...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

New Unfiltered Vid on Northwest Boater Rob McKibbin: “The People’s Champ”

A new short film documenting a few of the paddling exploits by Northwest-based kayaker Rob McKibbin, the first whitewater kayaker to paddle Washington’s 280-foot...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

NRS Releases “Chicas al Agua” Film Mar. 8

Premiering on International Women's Day, NRS debuts its newest film, Chicas al Agua, paying homage to many of the young women in Futaleufú, Chile,...

RIP Milo Duffek: “Duffek” Stroke Inventer Passes Away (Plus Tribute Vid)

Just two months after posting a great story on Milo Duffek and his infamous defection from the communist-controlled Czech Republic, his son, Milo Jr.,...

That’s a Wrap! Paddling Film Fest Winners Announced

Break out the popcorn. In what could well be billed as paddling’s Oscars, the 18th Annual Paddling Film Festival World Tour premiered on Feb. 23, marking...

How Popular is Kayaking in Extreme Sports Rankings? Sorry, Not Very

How popular is kayaking amongst today’s top extreme sports? We hate to break it to you proud-of-your-followers Instagram posters, but in the whole skateboarding and...

Shop Review: Astral Loyak (Courtesy Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe)

My Favorite Low-top Paddling Shoe For a long time, most of my paddling life, I struggled to find a good shoe that was comfortable, dried...

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Paddling, Not Prisoners, Top of Mind for Iran Slalom Kayaker

While the world is wrapped up in the news of the five U.S. citizens being freed from prison in...
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The Fantasy Flash: PL Checks In on Dane Jackson’s Speed Run of Cali Classic

The Fantasy Flash, an Edit by Bren Orton Well, he's done it again. Jackson Kayak's Dane Jackson is turning heads...

Level Six Emperor Drysuit Review

By Judah Harms It was day three on the Middle Fork Salmon. After paddling 14 miles to Loon Creek, then...

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31 Year Old Oregon Paddler Dies on the Little White Salmon River, WA

On Monday, a crew of local raft guides and kayakers found the body of 31-year-old Ryan Morgan pinned underwater in the rapid below Spirit Falls on the Little White Salmon River, WA. During his run on Sunday, Ryan made the portage around Spirit, got back in his kayak at the standard spot, and was swept into the sieves and logjam on river left directly below the put in spot. This was the first kayaker fatality on the class V Little White Salmon River.

Teva Founder Thatcher Hatches New Sandal Co.

He’s baaaack. Decades after founding footwear giant Teva in 1984, a born-in-the-Grand-Canyon brand that has since become synonymous with river running, Teva founder Mark Thatcher is at it again launching a new footwear company called Sazzi...