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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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.,...
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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...
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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...
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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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Paddling, Not Prisoners, Top of Mind for Iran Slalom Kayaker
While the world is wrapped up in the news...
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...
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