Whitewater Rafting
Whitewater rafting’s latest news and product reviews. Paddling Life keeps you informed on what’s new in whitewater rafts, rafting competitions, rafting industry news, and much more.
Inflatables
Review: Rocky Mountain Rafts’ Latest Design, the PEAK 16
The RMR PEAK 16: Peak performance at a not-peak price.
Christmas came early to the love-to-get-drenched De Feyter family last June in the form of...
Inflatables
Advanced Elements Delivers High Performance Through Drop-Stitch Technology
Advanced Elements, Inc., makers of world-class inflatable kayaks by any standard, have brought updates to two of their classics, which has resulted in two...
Destinations
Westwater River Runners Rejoice: General Store Opens in Cisco!
River runners paddling Utah’s Westwater Canyon can now rest easy if they forgot a costume for “formal night” or even the hot dogs. A...
Destinations
Boating to Bluegrass: Say Yes to the Yarmony Music Festival
Want to float into a music festival? It doesn't get any better than rafting into the rip-roaring Yarmony Music Festival, a three-day, hippie-filled, Hula-hooping...
Events
AIRE Celebrates 30th Anniversary (Rolls Out Puma Classic)
Blow out the candles (after you blow up one of their inflatables): AIRE, one of the world’s leading inflatable paddlecraft manufacturers, is celebrating a...
Destinations
Cody Beach Wins as Gore Fest Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Life's a beach for Cody Beach, who bested all other boaters in the longboat class to take this year's coveted Gore Canyon race with...
Multi-Sport
10 Off-Water Things Every Paddler Should Know
Paddlings Dryland Essentials
Sure, there are things on the water all paddlers should know — how to read water, use a throw rope, swim a...
Destinations
Boise Gets Rockin’ Whitewater Park Expansion
Already close to some of the best whitewater in the country, Boise, Idaho, is now giving paddlers (and surfers) another reason to visit the...
Events
First-Ever World Whitewater Rafting Summit Slated for Costa Rica October 8
The world’s first World Rafting Summit, designed primarily to address risk management, will be held in Costa Rica this coming Oct. 8-13, drawing more...
Events
Brazil Takes IRF 2019 World Rafting Championships Crown
After five solid days of pedal-to-the-metal rafting on the Class IV water of Australia’s Tully Riverat the 2019 IRF World Rafting Championships, powered by Experience...
Destinations
World Raft Champs Going Down Down Under: Brazil On Top After First Day’s Sprint; China Wins Men’s Head-to-Head
For the world's top rafters, it’s all going down Down Under. After the first day of competition of the 2019 IRF World Rafting Championships, powered...
Canoeing
Come to Daddy’s: Tennessee’s Daddy’s Creek a Whitewater Haven
Daddy’s Creek meanders through Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau—most of the year. But, after heavy rainfall, it becomes one of the East Coast’s most exciting free-flowing...
Events
World Rafting Returns to Futaleufu After 20 Years!
World-class rafting competition is returning to Chile’s Futaleufú River after a 20-year hiatus. In March, the IRF announced that in March 2020 it will once...
Destinations
Say It Ain’t So: Zambezi River’s Batoka Gorge Threatened By Dam
Now it’s getting personal. As if losing the awesome whitewater on Uganda's White Nile wasn't enough, now dam-makers have their sites set on Africa's famed...
Destinations
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the John Wesley Powell Expedition, OARS Launches Hidden Canyons
In 1969, OARS became the first exclusively non-motorized rafting outfitter authorized by the National Park Service to run trips on the Colorado River through...
Destinations
New Guide to Colorado’s Arkansas River Released
Duwain Whitis and Tom Martin have teamed up again to write a new guidebook titled Guide To The Arkansas River, Colorado. This is the...
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Destinations
Costa Rica Ups Ante for Raft Guide Certification
Want to raft in Costa Rica? You'll be in good hands. In an initiative to promote tourism safety, the Costa Rica Sports Association for Adventure...
Destinations
First Time Rafting? Newbie Tips from Western River Expeditions
Planning a rafting trip this spring or summer? Heed this advice from the experts . Western River Expeditions has been putting people and rafts on...
Destinations
From Guerilla Rebels to Raft Guides
Nine ex-FARC guerrillas in Colombia have a new future ahead of them in adventure tourism, thanks to rraft guide training provided by the International...
Destinations
Glenwood Springs Shooting for Three More Whitewater Parks?
The town where legendary gunslinger Doc Holliday died, Glenwood Springs, is now shooting to add three more world-class whitewater parks on the Colorado River,...
Events
U.S. Women’s Masters Wins 2018 World Rafting Champs; Czech Wins Open Men’s and Women’s Crown
Age and experience fared better than youth and vigor at this year’s R4 World Rafting Championships Nov 4-10 in the Lake District of Patagonia, Argentina,...
Paddling Industry News
5 Dead in Costa Rica Rafting Tragedy
Four American tourists and a local guide were killed last weekend in a rafting accident on Costa Rica’s Rio Naranjo. A popular rafting run, the...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Two Minutes for Rafting: Philadelphia Flyers Take to River for Team-building Trip
Other NHL teams might see a little more teamwork this season from the Philadelphia Flyers: After wrapping up their exhibition season, they took advantage...
Destinations
Where Do All the Raft Guides Go in the Winter?
Our advice to all the raft guides and other boating bums left in limbo during the winter months? Hit the slopes, of course. Colorado...
Latest news
Exclusive Review and Video: New Stohlquist Descent Rescue PFD
Stohlquist adds second generation Descent Rescue PFD to it's line, wets paddlers appetite for new products
With the help of...
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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...
New Film from NRS Fishing: A Resilient Paradise: Florida Keys
Combining Caribbean vibes with easy access from the mainland, the Florida Keys emit a unique energy—from the bustling patios...
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CN’s Magpie River Declared a “Living Entity”
Ranked by National Geographic as one of the world’s...
Vail GoPro Games Moving Ahead with June Dates, Athlete Registration Opens April 9
The GoPro Mountain Games are officially on for June...
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