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Ken Streater aims to empower the rafting community at the IRF World White Water Rafting Summit

International author, social entrepreneur and raft guide, Ken Streater, will discuss how raft guides and adventure travel outfitters can transform their community and the world to inspire trust, ensure safety, and better the environment. How raft guides and adventure travel outfitters can transform their communities and the world will be the discussion presented by keynote speaker

2 August 2019

Guide / Safety

Keep it clean !!

I remember attending my first ever rescue class in the UK in 1996 as a fresh faced 19 year old kayaker. I attended the course as I wanted to learn more about rescue and river safety. During this time in the UK and Europe there was this new trend called the “Clean line principle” that

12 July 2019

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Announcing the inaugural World White Water Rafting Summit

San José, Costa Rica. Under the theme, “Risk management for a prosperous future”, the first-ever World White Water Rafting Summit (WWWRS) will be held at the National Conference and Convention Centre in San Jose, Costa Rica from October 8 to 13, 2019. The historic event was announced on Saturday, May 18, 2019, during the IRF

24 May 2019

Guide / Safety

IRF gets a great GTE workshop done in Oregon, USA!

Welcome to the IRF family Zach, Aaron, Dustin, Emily, Ellie, Michael, Brodie, Thomas, Santiago, Dave, Will, Sarah, Heidi!!! I had been in email contact with Zachary from Northwest Rafting Company in Oregon USA for over 2 years trying to find the time for Zach to attend an instructor workshop. His drive and enthusiasm were really

11 May 2019

Guide / Safety

What’s coming up on the IRF events calendar?

This is always a very busy time in the IRF with the Northern Hemisphere season kicking off, and this year we add to that by having our World Champs and our Congress in May! The racing season picks up pace and there are plenty of GTE Workshops to choose from stretching around the world. Congress

26 April 2019

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Exchanging rifles for paddles: Ticos and ex-guerillas of the FARC

A Costa Rican rafting mission led by the company Rios Tropicales and the United Nations traveled to Colombia to meet with a group of ex-guerrillas from the FARC. Teaching them to tame the rapids of the Pato River, in complete peace, was the reason for the singular adventure. By Alexánder Sánchez It’s a quiet and

16 February 2019

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Promoting tourism safety in Costa Rica with 100s of newly certified raft guides and safety kayakers

By Shannon Farley The Costa Rica Sports Association for Adventure and Paddling, which represents the IRF in Costa Rica, has conducted a massive certification mission in the country to certify 178 raft guides and safety kayakers with the goal of improving safety in adventure tourism. The initiative, which has the support of the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT)

31 December 2018

Guide / Safety

We are river family – meet Vedat Vural

In our final River Family interview for 2018, we meet Vedat Vural – a pioneer of rafting in Turkey. Before 1990, he worked as a mountain and expedition guide, always getting excited every time he saw rivers carving through the mountains and valleys. It all seemed a mystery. Where does it go? Which places does

31 December 2018

Guide / Safety

We are river family – meet Tim Marshall

Owner/operator of Ultimate Descents in the land of the long white cloud (New Zealand) since 2002, Chair of the New Zealand River Association since 2014 and trip leader since 2000, this week we meet Tim Marshall. No stranger to the raft race circuit nor the IRF Guide Training & Education system, Tim is a senior

12 November 2018

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Ken Streater aims to empower the rafting community at the IRF World White Water Rafting Summit

Keep it clean !!

Announcing the inaugural World White Water Rafting Summit

IRF gets a great GTE workshop done in Oregon, USA!

What’s coming up on the IRF events calendar?

Exchanging rifles for paddles: Ticos and ex-guerillas of the FARC

Promoting tourism safety in Costa Rica with 100s of newly certified raft guides and safety kayakers

We are river family – meet Vedat Vural

We are river family – meet Tim Marshall

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