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Destinations
Breaking News: Ocoee Whitewater Center Burns to Ground
Site of the 1996 Summer Olympics—and its Olympic flame—the Ocoee Whitewater Center, located along the banks of the Upper Ocoee in Ducktown, TN, was engulfed...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Colorado Tops American Rivers’ 2022 Most Endangered Rivers List
Sounding the alarm that our nation’s rivers and clean water are in crisis—from catastrophic drought and disastrous floods to fish and other freshwater species...
Paddling Industry News
PFD, Wetsuit, H20-proof Phone Case Save SUPper (Special Water Sports Foundation Report)
Heading out supping? Make sure you have all the right gear, as evidenced by the following report from the Water Sports Foundation, detailing how...
Whitewater Kayaking
Watch Nouria Newman Land a World Record Drop in New Documentary, Wild Waters
French kayaker Nouria Newman breaks the record for the first female descent of a waterfall over 100 feet, documented in the new Red Bull film Wild Waters on her experience and momentum leading up to the run.
Destinations
River Surf Town USA? Glenwood Wins Water Rights for 3 New WW Parks on Colorado
It already has the uber-sweet, river-wide Glenwood wave, which has proven a mainstay for river surfers (even if the eddy service is a tad...
Paddling Industry News
Swell Watercraft Hits Ground Running with WeFunder Campaign
Swell Watercraft is getting a boost from a WeFunder campaign for its sit-on-top kayak with footwells lowered below the waterline, a patent-pending scupper valve,...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Oru Launches Kickstarter for “Lake” Kayak (Its Lightest Breakdown Yet)
Oru Kayak is at it again, this time unveiling what it calls its most groundbreaking origami boat design to date with its new Lake...
Events
OR Show Moves Back to Salt Lake City
After a run of five years in Denver, Colo., Outdoor Retailer is saying hasta luego to Colorado for its two annual tradeshows and heading...
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Entering the World of Wood: A Review of Shade Tree’s Custom Bent Shaft Kayak Paddle
With my getting older I thought it was time to treat myself to a custom wood paddle design by...
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Skate Yak: The Movie!
Well, it's that time of year again in the Rockies when skate skiers head to the hills in the...
NRS Releases Brainwaves
Kayaking is all about fun, right? Not all the time. The newest film from NRS and Matt Devlin (@western_pix),...
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Entering the World of Wood: A Review of Shade Tree’s Custom Bent Shaft Kayak Paddle
With my getting older I thought it was time...