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Inside the New Pyranha Firecracker Half-size/Half-slice (by Levi Rhodes)
Get ready to light your fuse and blast off. Pyranha’s new Firecracker is an explosive, downriver freeride energy machine that will up your play...
Whitewater Kayaking
PL Q&A: Inside Bren Orton’s “Best and Worst Year of my Life” YouTube Vid
The UK’s Bren Orton is a professional kayaker who is known for his distinct freestyle tricks on huge waves and hucking waterfalls all over...
Whitewater Kayaking
Classic Kayak Fails (from Fail Army)
Behind every success, maintains YouTube channel Fail Army, is a big pile of fails...and it's ready to celebrate all of them.
Indeed, the channel has...
Destinations
Paddling Ontario’s Dog River…Woof, Woof! (By Jonathan Rugh)
During the early days of COVID when we were all stuck at home, I spent some of the downtime dreaming of river trips and...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Say It Ain’t So: North Fork Champs Cancelled
One of extreme kayaking's most iconic events has thrown in the towel...and not just to help dry off its competitors.
Citing insurance issues, whose coverage...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Tales from the Cripps Podcast Preview: Nick Wigston (Special PL Q&A!)
Retired Swiftwater Rescue instructor Nick Wigston has been wet behind the ears a few times in his paddling career. Now retired from teaching swiftwater...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Remembering Milo: An Ode to the Duffek Stroke (and Milo’s “Duffection”)
(By Alton Chewning)
The Duffek stroke is one of the most enigmatic techniques in the history of kayaking. The stroke itself is hard to pin down...
Paddling Industry News
Calling a Spade a Spade: A Review of Spade’s New Bliss Kayak
By Luke Spencer, Clackamas River Outfitters
Let's talk about Spade Kayak's 'Bliss'. But first, let's talk about Spade Kayaks.
A relatively young manufacturer and lesser known...
Paddling Industry News
Conflicting Reports: Helmet-makers Chime in on Recent Virginia Tech Helmet Study
A recent whitewater helmet comparison test from Virginia Tech University has drawn some attention from whitewater helmet manufacturers and distributors. Using its STAR rating...
Whitewater Kayaking
PL Whitewater Kayaking Essentials Sampler (with Vids!)
Whitewater kayaking's essential gear for creek boating answers the question: What do you need to be fully outfitted when kayaking the steeps and/or runs...
Paddling Life Exclusives
The Grand Salmon: Raising Awareness for Salmon in the Northwest
Team of Four Women Paddle Salmon, Snake and Columbia Source to Sea
The plight of salmon on the Snake River got a boost this...
Paddling Life Exclusives
From Beer to Bandito Factor: Dissecting a Stookesberry IG Post
From Stoke to Bandito and Beer Factor: Dissecting a Stookesberry IG Post
Follow expedition paddler Ben Stookesberry on Instagram? If not, you should…both to keep...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Inside Tales from the Cripps Podcast with Kevin Cripps
Arriving at the tail end of this past summer, Tales from the Cripps, sponsored by Paddling Life, is a new whitewater storytelling podcast hosted by...
Paddling Industry News
Inside the Pyranha “Thigh Hooker” (Plus Vid from 16-year-old sensation Judah Harms)
With shorter to medium sized paddlers wanting a more aggressive thigh hook in many Pyranha boats, the company has introduced a new offering called...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Dane Jackson Breaks 4-Minute Mark on Green: Special PL Q&A! Plus: NPR Interviews Co-Winner Adriene Levknecht
Well, he did it…finally. Living up to this year’s race motto “Wishful Thinking,” kayaking phenom Dane Jackson finally broke one of the longest-running records...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Guitar Paddle the S. Fork Payette, Anyone?
Now that strikes a chord. The sound of running water is music to most paddlers’ ears. But no one has put their signature on...
Paddling Life Exclusives
HammerFactor Special: How to Watch the 2022 Green Race!
Want to watch the hottest, baddest, raddest whitewater race in paddlesports? The quest to topple the coveted 4-minute mark?
Between the 170+ racers battling it...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Jacksons Sweep World Cup, Georgia Venue Sweeps Hearts
While Dane and Emily Jackson swept October’s ICF Freestyle World Cup competition, it was the venue on the Chattahoochee River’s new Rush South Whitewater...
Paddling Industry News
CKS Partner Post: Longboat Racing Tips from Chris Hipgrave
(By Jonny Ortiz/CKS): Longboat season is here, so CKS got a minute to chat with longboat legend Chris Hilgrave to share a few tips...
Athlete Stories
Jimmy Chin’s Edge of the Unknown: Gerd Serrasolses on Being Knocked Unconscious by 50-footer
Edge of the Unknown: Gerd Serrasolses
In case you haven’t seen it, the new documentary series EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN WITH JIMMY CHIN, which premiered...
Athlete Stories
Quinfecta: Jackson, Marr, Voorhees Bro’s Notch 5 Laps on the Stikine
Cross Canada’s Stikine off the big water bucket list for Dane Jackson. Paddling Jackson’s new Gnarvana creekboat, His Daneness, as well as Benny Marr...
Sweepstakes
Guess the Winning Time in the 2022 Green Race Contest and Win a Werner Paddle!
Updated: Dane Jackson won the 2022 Green Race with a blistering time of 3:58.69!!! This makes Mike Watson the proud new owner of a Werner...
Athlete Stories
Athlete Story: Should I Run It?
By Melissa DeMarie
There we were, standing on the boulder next to “the big one,” that rapid which had everyone ’s bellies full of butterflies....
Destinations
From Coal to Surfing: Craig, CO, Gets $3.3 Million EDA Grant for River Park Project
With the Yampa River running through town, Craig, Colo., is going about making its transition from coal to river recreation as a driving force...
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The Fantasy Flash: PL Checks In on Dane Jackson’s Speed Run of Cali Classic
Well, he's done it again. Jackson Kayak's Dane Jackson is turning heads and dropping jaws again, this time in...
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Missing Kayaker Arrested in Georgia After Faking His Own Death By Drowning
Kayaking made the headlines in Georgia recently, but not for the usual reasons. According to a press release issued by...
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
Well, he's done it again. Jackson Kayak's Dane Jackson...
Paddling, Not Prisoners, Top of Mind for Iran Slalom Kayaker
While the world is wrapped up in the news...
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