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Destinations
6 Days/6 Rivers: A Costa Rican Kayaking Odyssey with Amazing Vacations
“Buenas Lineas,” says our guide Arnaldo Cespedes. “Good lines.”
We just finished scouting a Class IV rapid called Robin Hood on Costa Rica’s Rio Naranjo...
Evergreen
It’s River Permit Time: 10 Tips from our Friends at CKS!
The Selway. Middle Fork. Yampa. Lodore. Deso/Gray. San Juan. Cataract. Salt. Grand. Those are just a few of the iconic western rivers up for...
Inflatables
And In This Corner, Weighing In At….! Alpacka Hits the Water Running in 2022 With New Lightweight Boat Line-up
Yes, it sounds like a boxing announcer, and for good reason. Pack raft maker Alpacka is packing in a full, ultralight product line for...
Paddling Industry News
American WW Year-end Wrap!
Let's put it this way: If the nonprofit was an MMA fighter, it'd be fighting up a class or two... As American Whitewater ED Mark...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Rockslides and Rafting: Nightmare on the Grand Canyon Kills One, Injures Several
Last summer, a group of commercial passengers (and their guides) saw firsthand a dose of how powerful Mother Nature can be, surviving a storm-induced...
Inflatables
Inside AIRE’s Outcast Sporting Gear (OSG)
Want whitewater-worthy beefiness with your fishing craft package? Look no further than AIRE’s sister company, Outcast, designed to offer just that, bringing the company’s...
Apparel
Testing the Level 6 Australis
Want a sweet-looking and performing shortie for warm water/weather paddling? Look no further than the Australis from Level 6, a short-sleeve semi-dry top constructed...
Events
Bosnia to Host 2022 World Rafting Champs
COVID can’t cancel a rafting comp. That’s the word from the International Rafting Federation, which, after two years of obstacles and restrictions, announced that...
Evergreen
Inside AIRE Environmental
Sure, AIRE makes awesome inflatable craft for everything from whitewater and touring to fishing. But did you know that it also has a sister...
Inflatables
Testing the AIRE Sabertooth
Want to sink your teeth into the perfect R2ing rafting machine? Try the new frameless AIRE Sabertooth, suitable for everything from kids to Class V…
Evergreen
Real Tips from Real Rafting Mothers!
Moms know best…especially when it comes to taking your kids rafting. Behold the following Real Rafting Tips from Real Rafting Mothers before the next...
Events
Curtailed by COVID: AW Fall Event Roundup
It’s been a wild, wooly and wet year as far as events hosted by venerable river conservation organization American Whitewater. But it’s still finding...
Events
Great Gore! (Kids Rule, Hilleke Swims, and More!)
Even with pandemic restrictions in place (i.e. no rager blowout party at nearby Rancho del Rio this year), AW’s classic downriver race through Gore...
Events
Honoring Rafael Gallo: Go Fund Me Launched for RAFA, IWHOF and IRF
Rafa lives on. Rafael Gallo, the former conservationist, rafting advocate and owner of Costa Rican outfitter Rios Tropicales who passed away from pancreatic cancer in...
Paddling Industry News
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 Park, according to the National...
Destinations
Rafting Season Strong Despite Low Snow, Pandemic
While snowpack levels are below average across much of the western U.S., rafting outfitters are anticipating a solid season coming up as COVID-19 restrictions...
Paddling Industry News
New A-DASH Program Helps Address Sexual Harassment, Discrimination in the River Community
Hot bodies and cold whitewater rapids have been the recipe for river romance for decades. But what happens when sexual advances are not welcome...
Inflatables
RMR Rafts Celebrates 10th Anniversary
While 10 years isn’t much in the lifespan of a river, it certainly is in the raft industry, with RMR popping the Champagne on...
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...
Whitewater Rafting
NRS Launches Leaders in Environment, Access and Diversity (LEAD) Ambassador Program
Northwest River Supplies (NRS) is disrupting influencer marketing in the outdoor industry with a new kind of athlete-ambassador network called the Leaders in Environment,...
Destinations
CN’s Magpie River Declared a “Living Entity”
Ranked by National Geographic as one of the world’s top ten whitewater rivers, the Quebec’s Magpie River now has the same rights as other...
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...
Events
Vail GoPro Games Moving Ahead with June Dates, Athlete Registration Opens April 9
The GoPro Mountain Games are officially on for June 10-13, 2021. “We are back, and we could not be more excited to bring some joy,...
Destinations
Top 5 Whitewater Rafting Day Trips
Got some pent-up pandemic jones to go rafting? You're not alone. Try one of the following five top rafting day trips in the country... Chattooga...
Latest news
Jimmy Blakeney on TAHE’s Acquisition of BIC Sport
Last year, after more than 40 years as a French-made watersports icon, BIC Sport merged with Tahe Outdoors to...
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6 Days/6 Rivers: A Costa Rican Kayaking Odyssey with Amazing Vacations
“Buenas Lineas,” says our guide Arnaldo Cespedes. “Good lines.”
We just finished scouting a Class IV rapid called Robin Hood...
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2021 Photo Contest Entries
2021 was a great year to get out and paddle. Check out some of the incredible...
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6 Days/6 Rivers: A Costa Rican Kayaking Odyssey with Amazing Vacations
“Buenas Lineas,” says our guide Arnaldo Cespedes. “Good lines.”
We...
It’s River Permit Time: 10 Tips from our Friends at CKS!
The Selway. Middle Fork. Yampa. Lodore. Deso/Gray. San Juan....
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