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Day 3 of the Euro Rafting Champs about to begin

The Euro Rafting Champs is about to enter it’s 3rd day which will be a day of Slalom for all divisions (U19, U23, Masters and Open). WATCH LIVE or follow LIVE RESULTS Sunday saw many teams doing some unofficial training and, due to heavy rains that had fallen, the teams were enjoying a pumping river

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Great Britain walk away with three Golds!

It was a good day for Great Britain at the Euro Rafting Champs today. Today was Sprint and H2H for the Open teams. The GBR 1 and 2 Open Women’s teams won Gold and Silver in the Sprint and the GBR 1 team won Gold in the H2H. In the Open Men’s GBR 2 took

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China invites you to their World Cup series event

The Chinese Extreme Sports Association  (CESA) and the City of Yushu in Qinghai Province invite all international teams to the Yushu City World Cup Series event. Dates: 16 – 22 July Categories: R4 Open Men and Women Schedule: 16 July: Registration & Check in (teams & officials) 17 and 18 July: Adjustment & Training runs 19

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Teams are invited to the 4th Kashmir Cup, India

The 4th Kashmir Cup is to be held on the Sindh River in Sonamarg in the state of Jammu & Kashmir in India. This event is being run by J&K Tourism and the Whitewater Rafting Association of J&K. 5 international teams can benefit from travel subsidies from the organisers. Details: Dates: 4th – 10th August,

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Whitewater Rescue Challenge 2016: Day 2

If we thought that the first day of the White Water Rescue Challenge (WWRC) was cold, we were quickly corrected as Day 2 dawned with the icy, snowy conditions. With so many competitors knowing what a good challenge the first day was, it was expected that no one would give up despite the crazy weather conditions,

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Whitewater Rescue Challenge 2016: Day 1

This is the first time we have had someone attending the Whitewater Rescue Challenge (WWRC) so as to report back to us from this fantastic competition. The location of the challenge is the same as the course for the EC R4 Wildalpen, and the organizers are Gaspar Goncz of Whitewater Training Center – WWTC, Neil Newton Taylor

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Haraz Rafting Festival – Iran

The Iran Rafting Association is launching a great initiative in the form of a Rafting Festival. The festival will be held from the 17 to 22 May on the Haraz River in the Mazandaran Province. The main aims of the Festival are: To promote River Ecotourism and Safe and Standard Recreational Rafting in Iran To develop

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World and Euro Cup Wildalpen 2016!

I had the pleasure of once again attending the EC R4 in Wildalpen, Austria, on the Salza River. This year the event was also a World Cup Series event as well. Wildalpen hosted 30 teams in the men’s and 13 in the women’s competition, as well as 3 teams in the U19 men’s category,. The organisers

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Personal responsibility with river safety

Rafting season 2016 has already started with some national competitions. We have already witnessed flips and paddlers falling out of rafts, which is an integral part of this sport, but more nationals, EC, ERC and WRC are still ahead of us with some new rivers and some new challenges. So, the question is – how

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