Official world rafting governing body
Palm – gear for paddlers, has put this great video together showing how to ensure you have put on yours and other’s PFDs properly. A three step guide: 1 Undo all straps, zips and buckles. 2 Put on the PFD, and fasten the zips and buckles. 3 Tighten straps, working upwards from the waist.
It’s not often you need to know how to set up a rope pulley system – but when you do it is normally an emergency and you need to know how to do it fast! Vidra Kele brings us these great illustrations as to how to set up various pulleys with increasing ratio strength when the
R3 – Rescue for Riverrunners talks us through how to extract rafts or kayaks from a wrap or pin using mechanical advantages. Even the toughest of wraps can be solved when using the right equipment and methods. NRS sells a waterproof Z-Drag Rescue Crib Sheet which is a handy item to have.
Booking a rafting trip with the right company could make or break a great experience. In this day and age we are always trying to make our money last a little longer. There are some areas where saving a few extra dollars could cost you lots in the long run. Mark Hirst runs through a
There is a great opportunity for white water action in Nepal late November…. firstly there is the Himalayan White Water Festival and straight after that an opportunity to get your IRF Safety Kayaker & Trip Leader Assessments. The Himalayan Whitewater Festival is fast becoming Asia’s largest whitewater festival. The 4th festival will be run from
Mark Hirst – IRF Instructor – recently wrote this article about throw bags and would like to share it: “For those of you who know me personally you may be aware of my love for great kit. Especially well thought-out, well designed kit. Having attended an IRF instructor workshop last season I was introduced to these
The IRF Guide Training & Education (GT&E) Scheme has recently been adopted into Austrian law which will make it compulsory from next season for all river guides in Austria to be IRF certified if they wish to guide there. The change came about as Austria looked at updating their 20 year old guide certification system
Mark Hirst, an IRF GT&E Instructor, has written a great article about how to deliver good Safety Talks at a start of a river trip – here is what he has to say: Over the years I have had the opportunity to witness some professional, motivating raft safety talks and unfortunately some painfully poor safety
By Vidra Kele These signals can be used in a variety of paddling situations, like on flatwater when there is a great distance involved or on whitewater and the sea where noise of the water makes the communication options limited. The table below contains the most important and most frequently used signals. You can see