Official world rafting governing body
We did an article recently on Developing Rafting in your Region, here are some more stories …. Did you know there is rafting in Mongolia? Mongolia became a member of the IRF at the end of last year and this year saw them running their first rafting competition. The event was R4, on the Tuul
Brazil is in the South American continent, popularly known as Latin America, and with a population of over 200 million people it is the fifth largest country in the world. The capital city is Brasilia and largest city Sao Paulo with the official language being Portuguese. Teams getting to the WRC can travel through Rio de Janeiro or Sao
At our last Congress, the IRF decided to set aside 12 July to be World Rafting Day. And here are some of the ways that this day was celebrated in Serbia, Iran, New Zealand and the USA. Drina Regatta – Serbia This regatta gathers together a large number of fans of the river and of
Chengdu is the city we arrived in after a crazy, night train ride. We had four days of rest here before the second race. This beautiful city of 15 million people, with many historical, religious and natural curiosities is a city to be on the list for sight seeing just as much as Paris and
What a beautiful competition. 71 teams, 18 European countries, Čunovo – Divoka water, Slovakia, the sun as much as we wanted, well organized competition – what more could we ask for! Day Four of the competition (see Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3) started with Slalom for the U19, U23 and Masters divisions, and then
Another beautiful, sunny day in Čunovo is behind us. The third day was reserved for Slalom for Open Men and Women and Downriver for the U19, U23 and Masters’ divisions. The first slalom race brought us two flips and one surf in a hole just before the end of the track. There was some swimming
The second day of competition was the Open Sprint and H2H. As I expected it was spectacular in both disciplines. First it was the Sprint where the CZE1 team defended their title from last time, NED1 achieved a fantastic result and climbed onto the podium at 2nd place, while the experienced Italian ITA1 took third
The first day of competition went very smoothly and professionally. I cannot wait for Slalom and Downriver! We were fortunate to have more sunny days and by the end of this competition it will look like we have all been on vacation! Fifteen nations are represented at this competition. U19 Men – 11 teams, Women –
Another sunny day on “Divoka water” Čunovo, Slovakia The second day of training was for Slalom. It went as smoothly as the first day, but the Slalom is more challenging so the water was exciting and busy. The track is technically quite demanding and so it took teams a lot of time on the
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997