Official world rafting governing body
Team “Cia Adventure – Crazy Cup” come from Brazil, and are Ana Clara Forlin (Team Captain), Angela de Moraes, Iasmin Carossi, Fernanda Cardias, Darlene Propodoski and Rayssa Paola Ferreira (with the average age of only 17!). They will be representing their country in the U19 category in New Zealand. The coach of the team –
Although Great Britain had a Junior Men’s team at the WRC in Costa Rica in 2011 it is a completely new team that will be competing at the WRC in New Zealand in 2013. The team: Luke Dorbin (Captain), Kim Snape, Liam Dorbin, Jonny Johnston, Josh Eaton, Chris Lloyd, Alex Joy with David Dorbin as
A tribute to Kula – Rafting Team Kula has been developing since 1995 when Kula himself founded the Vidra Water Sports Club in order to promote rafting as a sport and form of recreation. Since 1998 members of KŠV Vidra have been Croatian representatives at European and World Championship and Cup races. Zvonko Kula Drakšić – rafter, kayaker, canoeist, mountaineer and P.E. teacher brought this team together and created their rafting
Language barriers won’t prevent us presenting one of the greatest rafting teams in the world that will be at the World Champs in New Zealand later this year. This interview was conducted by an interviewer who could not speak Portuguese and replies by the interviewee who could not speak English! So below is the interview in
When we see rafts racing we see a team striving for its goals, we often forget they are individuals from all walks of life.. That team is often made up of people from different activities like kayakers, C1 paddlers, guides, social rafters and more. All have one thing in common – they are eager for
It’s always exciting when we hear about a newly established team, especially a women’s team. This time we present to you “FLIRT” – First Ladies Irish Rafting Team. (What a great name!) Jenny Kilbride, Sue Doyle, Vicki Guy, Mateja Trpin, Muireann Lynch, Laura Griffin and Kim Siekerman are team members. They’re all outdoor sports people.
We all know that the winning teams, the first teams, in each country’s national selections get to go to the World Rafting Champs. In many countries they are the same team each year; so the question is – “what about those “eternally second” teams?” During my paddling, and through this opportunity to write about the
Matt Norfleet, Josh Bradford, Jere Burrell Jr., Austen Dyer, Jeremiah Peck, Eli Norman and John Anicito are team members of the “Ark Sharks” from Colorado,USA. They have a combined 65+ years of rafting and paddle sports. All members of the team have been working as river guides in Colorado and have spent most of the
Nick Harding | Sportscene – Only recently, SPORTSCENE talked over the challenges of being an individual extreme athlete and a competitive rafter with Sam Sutton. Slalom Olympian and fellow New Zealander Luuka Jones further expands on this issue many multi-event athletes face. In the same Okere Falls location as Sam but on an alternative coffee occasion, Director Rob