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Second Time’s a Charm: Aussie Richard Barnes Becomes 2nd Person to Solo Kayak Across Tasman Sea (Bonus Q&A!)

On his second attempt and paddling a kayak he built by himself, Australian kayaker Richard Barnes successfully paddled 2,000km across the Tasman Sea, between Australia...

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...

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...

MT Sobek Celebrates 50th Anniversary (Plus: A List of Sobek 1st D’s)

Celebrate your own first descents all you want. Unless you're Ben Stookesberry, you likely don't hold a torch to those compiled by rafting pioneer...

Behind the Scenes with the founders of GoRafting and Far Out River Maps

Hasta luego, soggy paper river maps and huhlooo a new digital app alternative with the FarOut App from GoRafting, a maker of river maps...

Scenic Overdose Syndrome on Alaska’s Alsek River

“Stick to the feeders, not the drainers.” The advice comes from Bones. The feeders gain water and the drainers splinter off, leaving you high and...

The Case of the Steamboat Sting, Dinosaur National Park, 1957

By Tom Martin (Modified from "Otis Marston: The Colorado River Historian," Volume 1, Book 4, available on Amazon Kindle) Editor's note: To adequately tell this...

Chasing Shack: Ocean Rowers Re-create Shackleton’s Lifeboat Journey

Tighten up your mukluks. This month a rowing team plans to embark on a world record Antarctic row, retracing the 17-day voyage made in...

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Canoeists Study “Environmental Kidneys” of Florida 

Expedition Team Studies Everglades, the “Environmental Kidneys” of Florida  As reported by Expedition News, a team led by a University of Florida...
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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...

Front range Rafters Rejoice! DRE’s Raftopia March 27-April 1!

Down River is bringing back Raftopia and it's going to be bigger than ever! Raftopia will return as an...

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Canoeists Study “Environmental Kidneys” of Florida 

Expedition Team Studies Everglades, the “Environmental Kidneys” of Florida  As reported by...

Canoecopia ’23 : Canoe Country Gear Video Roundup

Want the lowdown on what's new from this year's...