Official world rafting governing body
It is always an honour and a pleasure to introduce another female team that has just started with the sport of rafting. At the global level, the number of women’s clubs is coming up to the males. Most of the countries with rafting teams have men’s and women’s teams now and it is only a
Reflip – a great name for a rafting club. These beautiful, young, friendly girls come to us from Bulgaria. This year, in addition to the many Euro Cup events, we will be able to see them at the Euro Championships – R6 in Bosnia and Herzegovina – R4 in Slovakia, as Bulgaria Team 2. This team was created
The Oregon Rafting Team (ORT) of the USA is a unique team and they are much more than just a competitive team. They also engage in volunteer work which includes river cleanups, search and rescue missions, as well as coordinating events. Their trademark has become shooting waterfalls and their adventures takes our breath away. Many admire them and imagine that one
The best men’s team that Serbia has had so far is Klub ekstremnih sportova “VIR” from Pancevo. This crew is made up of Miroslav and Branislav Barasević (brothers), Nenad Miković, Miloš Petrović, Nenad Tomić, Jovan Njagul and Dragan Kovacević . The part of the Danube River on which they paddle is not wild water, so the whole team were flat water canoeists and most of
Iran, also known as Persia, is home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It’s a country in Western Asia surrounded by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Caspian Sea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Persian Gulf and gulf of Oman with over 77 million inhabitants. Iran is the world’s 17th most populous nation and the 19th largest country in the world. Its area
Here are some interesting things from the World Rafting Champs 2013 … In the Russian U19 team some of the paddlers were selected from and orphanage and given the opportunity to train up to be raft racers – their hard work and dedication paid off! They’re the U19 World Rafting Champions! Slovakian Open Women have
Adventure is in our genes. What is it that makes us love being on the edge, pushing ourselves to our limits, to our extremes? DRD4 is a gene which detects dopamine in our brains and that chemical is associated with the feeling of reward. But DRD4 has a variant in the -521 C/T polymorphism. Those
Competing in their third world rafting championships, the Chilean National Rafting Team ‘Team Cascada’ is excited to be in Rotorua. This unusual team, which consist of 7 cousins and brothers, are carrying forward a long rafting tradition as part of the Astorga clan. This is a family of well known outdoor adventurers who live together
The first things you think of when you mention Norway is fjords, beautiful nature, a wealth of wild rivers, friendly people and incredible cold. Located on the Scandinavian peninsula, it is one of the most northerly countries in the world where people live. So this northernmost team will be travelling to one of the most
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997