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WRC 2016 – Wadi Adventures, Al Ain

The IRF is very pleased to announce that the 2016 R4 World Rafting Champs will be held at the artificial course, Wadi Adventures in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates! The IRF have teamed up with Wadi Adventures to ensure a world class event can be held in this new and interesting location. The dates will

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Last year’s U19 Women’s champions on WRC2015

The Australian U19 Women, who are the R4 World Champions, are ready for the R6 challenge. “The team that deserves a big mention is the new U19 Women’s R4 World Rafting Champions – Australia. This team managed to keep Brazil from making it a clean sweep of the top podium position. They’ve had a hard journey to

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Netherland Ladies – coming to WRC 2015!

Woo-hoo-hoo, the Netherland girls are coming to the 2015 WRC!! We missed them in Bosnia at the Euro Championship, that’s for sure. What a group of happy, smiling, lovely girls. I was lucky to hang out with them this year on several occasions, and so can you now in Indonesia. ;) We talked with them

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GBR Master Men 2015

We wrote about these guys before they went to 2013 WRC in NZ and then again before the 2014 ERC in Slovakia, and here we are again chatting to Richard Procter before they head off to the WRC in Indonesia. I was lucky enough to meet with them this year and look forward to seeing them again. Those

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Pura Vida! Say the Masters Men of Costa Rica

Before the start of WRC R6 2013 New Zealand, we talked with this team – Masters of Costa Rica. They returned home from that competition with the bronze medal in H2H. Congratulations to them on that great success. Their new goal is participating in WRC R6 in Indonesia and so we chat to Rafael Gallo again to

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Meet the Argentinian Open Women’s team

Florencia Moreno, Carolina Irustra Magni, Valentina Castro, Veronica Quilaquir, Zilvina Zarte, Mickaela Romero  and Rebeca Lorca are the girls who will defend the blue and white colours of Argentina in the R6 World Rafting Champs this year. This team consists of girls who were originally from different teams in Argentina. They gathered last year with the

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What to eat and drink – Indonesia

Some rate Indonesian cuisine as one of the top 10 in the world:  “Indonesian cuisine is perhaps one of the most diverse in the world. It’s appreciated all over and has been influenced by India, Spain, Middle-East, China, Portugal and Japan. This ethnic diversity is clearly reflected in the kind of food the Indonesian people

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Slovakia Master’s Men – Ready for Medals

Who is in the Slovakian Master’s Men’s team? Where do they train? What were the worst and best moments that have ever happened to them? What are their expectations for WRC R6 Indonesia? Here are their answers and more …. “Who are we? We are men’s rafting team – RK Fortuna Bratislava. The Club was

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Last year’s surprises in Brazil!

So it’s a year since we were heading to Brazil for the 2014 World Rafting Champs. Thinking back on it there were a few surprises on that trip! Rodents the size of large dogs! The Capybara could often be seen snuffling around on open fields. No one was allowed to stand around with shirts off

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