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Tanya Faux, Aussie Gals Gear Up for a World’s First
Sure, Freya Hoffmeister might have circum-navigated Australia. We’d like to see her keep up with the exploits of Australian Tanya Faux. This spring, Faux, a longtime creek and rodeo competitor and Australia’s2008 Adventurer of the Year, is leading a group of eight women into one of Australia’s most rugged and remote areas: a 30-day uncharted, unsupported, river exploration of the Kimberley region that aims to promote the Save the Kimberley campaign. Oh, and did we mention the Class V and crocs? Read more.

Get Yer River Permit Applications In!
Okay, all you free-loading dirtbags. No more free lunch. It's permit season. So get off your duff and send in your applications for your favorite river trip instead of waiting to get asked along. Plus, that way you can invite who you want (which hopefully will include us). Here's all the info you need... Read more.

Book Review: Flooding Granite
River guides rejoice: finally a book you can all relate to. Former river guide Tom Mahony’s Flooding Granite (Casperian Books) details the plight of river guide Zack Pruitt, a college drop-out who abandoned his girlfriend and young son when things got tough and headed back to the Sierra Nevada to guide. But he gets more than he bargained for. PL catches up with the author for a quick Q&A, and gives it a thumbs-up for those jonesing for whitewater action this winter... Read more.

A Must Have for Swimming Big Rivers: Leg-Floatation-Devices
After much time watching guests struggle during unexpected whitewater swims, Hamish McMaster, 20 year whitewater veteran and owner of the International Whitewater Company, Water By Nature developed the leg floaty. Read more.

Boardworks, Badfish Unveil Breakthrough Inflatable SUP
Worried about tipping over on your SUP in whitewater? Boardworks and partner company Badfish of Salida, Colo., recently unveiled a new inflatable paddleboard that will do wonders to keep you on the surface where you belong. Read more.

White Salmon Runs Free! (by Megan Hooker/AW)
After nearly a century, Washington's White Salmon River in south central Washington is flowing freely again. Earlier today, a hole was blasted in the base of Condit Dam, and its reservoir - Northwestern Lake - began to pour through it. The reservoir is expected to be fully drained by sundown... Read more.

2011 Whitewater Hall of Fames Inductees Honored
The International Whitewater Hall of Fame (IWHOF) moved to the banks of the South Fork American River Oct. 14-16 to honor members of the Class of 2011, including this year’s inductees: Explorer - Richard Bangs (USA); Champion - JP Burny (Belgium); and Advocate - Oliver Cock (UK)... Read more.

US Men, Women Take 7th Overall in World Raft Champs; Japan Wins Overall for Men, Czech Republic for Women
After three days of tight competition at the World Rafting Championships on Costa Rica’s Pacuare River, the Teva US men's and women's teams nab 7th, while Japan strokes to its first-ever world title. And PL was there for every dip of the blade... Read more.

Metro-Vac Debuts New Rapid-Deployment Pumps
Perfect for Inflatable Kayaks and Stand-Up Paddleboards, Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Company of Suffern, New York, has introduced a new generation of rapid-deployment Magic-Air Electric Inflator/Deflators. Read more.

 


Stand-Up Paddling Archive

October 9th, 2011

    • Czech Mate: Czechs Take Slalom Crown at World Rafting Champs

October 7th, 2011

    • World Raft Championships Underway in Costa Rica

September 30th, 2011

    • 2012 Whitewater Symposium Wraps up at Rock Island, TN, Oct 12-14

September 18th, 2011

    • PL Canoe Schwag Review!

September 8th, 2011

    • Good—Make that Great—Gauley! Historic Releases This Fall

September 7th, 2011

    • Irene Follow-up: Damage on the Deerfield

August 26th, 2011

    • Rock Creek Outfitters Rockin' Large with New Expansion

August 23rd, 2011

    • Liquidlogic Investor Boyce Greer Dies on Idaho’s North Fork Payette

August 17th, 2011

    • Paddle Council Receives $30K Grant from Nielsen

August 4th, 2011

    • OR Gets Underway with On-water Demo

July 29th, 2011

    • OR Paddlesports Preview

July 26th, 2011

    • Oh Black Water, Keep on Moving

June 6th, 2011

    • The Paddling Enthusiasts Tri-fecta: Vail, Glenwood Springs, Salida.

May 31st, 2011

    • Team Teva Dominates US Rafting Association National Championships in Oregon.

May 24th, 2011

    • Diamond Anniversary: 10th Annual Teva Mountain Games June 2-5

May 17th, 2011

    • Olympic Whitewater Course for 2012 Games in London Open to the Public

May 11th, 2011

    • Record Water Year in Store for West

May 3rd, 2011

    • Open Sesame! WRC Secures Acess to Wallowa and Grande Ronde Rivers.

    • Hitchcock Creek: Birth of a Blue Trail by Jeffrey Cheatham

April 18th, 2011

    • Announcing the Inaugural Great Russian River Race, May 7 2011

April 8th, 2011

    • AIRE Announces Video Contest for 2011.

March 23rd, 2011

    • Putting Its Money Where Our River Mouths Are

March 22nd, 2011

    • Damming More Than a River, A Lifestyle

    • Rally HO!: The National River Rally set for Charleston SC June 3-6

March 17th, 2011

    • Klickitat Rafters Remembered (story by Sue Hansen)

March 16th, 2011

    • New River Dries Goes Off

March 14th, 2011

    • AW Conducts Flow Survey for Yampa Basin

March 2nd, 2011

    • Silverback Swallowed

February 23rd, 2011

    • Solo Catting Cotahuasi

February 18th, 2011

    • Obama Backs Rivers

January 31st, 2011

    • Pack-rafting Tasmania’s Franklin River

January 7th, 2011

    • It's Permit Time

December 21st, 2010

    • Confluence Buys Bomber Gear

November 19th, 2010

    • Paddler Replaced by Rapid

November 16th, 2010

    • Seeking Nominations for Swiftwater Rescue Award

November 1st, 2010

    • Chaco Debuts ToeCoop, PedShed; Awards Kayak Instructor Accolades

October 28th, 2010

    • A Song from the Grand

October 20th, 2010

    • Cali Burn Fest

October 12th, 2010

    • Czechs, Brazilians dominate Pre-Worlds in Costa Rica

September 29th, 2010

    • Rivers Orgs Clean-up with Conservation Alliance Grants

September 24th, 2010

    • Good Gauley

September 10th, 2010

    • Shimoda to Head River Management Society

September 7th, 2010

    • Flash Flood Closes Mineral Bottom Road; Affects Canyonlands Canoeists

September 1st, 2010

    • Great Guns, It’s Gore Fest

June 18th, 2010

    • KA-CHING: Danny Ching Makes A Clean Sweep At Battle Of The Paddle

June 7th, 2010

    • Virtual Unkown, Noa Ginella, Outpaddles MacArthur and Gavere

May 20th, 2010

    • TEVA Mountain Games Announces 2010 Whitewater Events

 

 



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