Netherlands – Forward Motion, R4 Youth – Men Team Forward Motion is a group of enthusiastic students with a love for outdoor activities and whitewater. In March 2012 it was decided to establish a rafting team. The reason they formed this team is to participate the National Championships rafting. The enthusiasm grew because of some workouts

Its just over a month away from the Youth World Rafting Champs being held in the Czech Republic  on the Ceske Budejovice artificial course. This event runs from the 23 – 28 August and has 20 confirmed teams attending. Brasil Men, 2011 World Champs in R6 (6-man rafts), will be defending their title against Russia,

This year the IRF is holding its first ever Masters World Champs (23 – 28 Aug) in the Czech Rep on the Ceske Budejovice artificial course. This is a great opportunity for the paddlers who still love the competitions but have been knocked out by the young and up-and-coming rafting teams! Its also a chance to

Here is the medal distribution over the history of the IRF World Rafting Champs: Men: Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Czech Republic 11 8 5 24 Germany 3 10 6 19 Russia 7 5 6 18 Japan 4 7 4 15 Brazil 7 4 3 14 Slovenia 6 2 4 12 Slovakia 2 3 4

The most testing slalom ever seen in the IRF 2011 World Rafting Championships, with 14 extremely testing gates. Many say gate 3 is impossible… So we will see! Gates 8+9 are both upstream gates on opposite sides of the river to each other, and extremely difficult to do both, many teams choose one or the

Press release

The Netherland women’s team has won the first discipline of the 2011 World Rafting Championship, the Sprint. The course, set over a distance of about 450 metres, put all the teams to the test as the sprinted across this distance and through the rapids. They were followed by Great Britain, New Zealand, USA and Czech

2012 European Rafting Championships; River Vltava; Lipno nad Vltavou, Czech Republic The Czech Boaters Union (SVoCR) cordially invites all IRF member federations to send their selected teams to the 2012 European Rafting Championships on river Vltava in Lipno nad Vltavou. You all know the location – it hosted the 2003 WRC. So, start training and come. Dates:

2012 Youth & Masters World Rafting ChampionshipsRiver VltavaCeske Budejovice, Czech Republic The Czech Boaters Union (SVoCR) cordially invites all IRF member federations to send their selected Youth and Masters teams to the 2012 Youth & Masters World Rafting Championship in the Czech Republic. The Youth event will be only be the second of its kind,