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Masters of Costa Rica!

Wow! This team is so interesting! And we’re not just talking about our IRF President who is a part of it, but also about the people who have participated in raft race history from the beginning and who are back to compete again. The Costa Rica Masters Team, is made up of “Rios Tropicales” guides,

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U23 World Champions, Brasil – to defend their title in NZ

They will be at the WRC 2013 to defend their title which they earned at WRC 2011. The U23 Brazil men: Angelo Eduardo Degrandi (Captain), Gabriel Pessa (front right), Leandro Cavalcante (front left), Fernando Morassutti (middle left), Joao Luiz Rodrigues Junior-Stern (middle right), Jorge Nave (left back), Jonatan de Brito (middle right), with coach Joao

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VET! Short for Volmolen Energie Team

The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and 50% of its land lying less than one meter above sea level, so how does this flat country cope in the wild waters? To find out we get to know one of

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NZ’s U23 Men’s team – fired up!

The team of Samuel Harrison, Draxson Kerr, Aperahama Hurihanganui, Matt Barnard, Christy Hammond, Isaac Tracey, Roretana Kerr, Conner Hamilton is the first ever U23 men’s team to be entered in the worlds to represent New Zealand. Several of these guys have been rafting for the past five years. They first got together back in April 2013

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Costa Rica X-Pinner Team to NZ

We talk again with the women’s rafting team of Costa Rica – independent, professional, fighters, athletes and confident in themselves, women who above all love white water. In our previous article, (Club Rafting Femenino – hailing from Costa Rica) we had the opportunity to find out who is in the female team of Costa Rica. We

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GBR Master’s team – ready for the challenge in NZ

This is the first time that Great Britain will be represented in the men’s Masters division at a World Rafting Champs. And this honour goes to Chris Dalby, Paul Gray, Lee Hopkins, Tony Pape, Richard Procter and Mark Steel who all embark on their first major competition. From the rivers of Canada through the U.S.A.,

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Slovakian Team Hazard – heading to NZ

In every sport there are some people, countries or clubs who are synonymous with the sport, and for those who recognize these names you can be said to be connoisseurs of the same. And so it is in the rafting. When you say “Hazard” – for connoisseurs of the sport of rafting this embodies everything

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WRC 2013 host nation – NZ’s U19 men’s team!

New Zealand are planning to have teams in every category (8 teams) at this World Champs. For a country that nearly always has to pay the most to travel to the World Champs it is great to see them taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity of a home event. We have Rob Sperling the U19

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