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Recent news

IRF WRC 2024 - Opening Ceremony - teams
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IRF WRC 2024 officially opened in Banja Luka

The International Rafting Federation’s World Rafting Championship 2024 has now officially begun. The world descends on Banja Luka for the third time for this momentous rafting event. More than 400 competitors from 20 nations poured into the stadium in the town of Krupa na Vrbas, right by the banks of the river Vrbas, for the

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Racing

Registration Extended for the Kampar River IRF World Cup in Malaysia

The organizers of the Kampar River Festival, the first 2024 IRF World Cup race on the IRF schedule, May 24-26, 2024, have announced that registration will be extended to April 30th, 2024. This exotic location is a relatively new venue for world class raft racing and features all the ingredients for a high quality international

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Racing

2024 R4 World Rafting Championship is confirmed in Bosnia and Herzegovina

We are pleased to announce that Bosnia-Herzegovina will be hosting the 2024 WRC. The IRF was in communications with China as a potential host for 2024, but the China organizers decided to postpone hosting to a future year because of financial limitations due to a national economic downturn. After searching for a replacement host, the

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Our regular contributors

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Sean Clarke

IRF Media Lead

Sean manages the IRF’s website and social media presences on a daily basis. Sean oversees media at all IRF major events.

Annalee Decker

IRF Media - USA

Annalee is an IRF GTE Raft Guide and works regularly with ACE Adventure in West Virginia on the New River Gorge and the Gauley

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Vašek Kolar

IRF Media - Czechia

Vašek has a distinguished career in photography and is the leading photographer for the Czech Union of Boaters (SVoCR Rafting)

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Garrick Cameron

IRF Media - WRC

Garrick has been a familiar face at World Rafting Championships for a decade now. He gets up close and personal with the action.

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Nenad Miković

IRF Media - Serbia

Nenad is devoted to rafitng in representing Serbia at several competitions and being a key photographer at many Euro Cups

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Hong Jiangqiang

IRF Media - Asia

Hong has been involved with IRF raft race events across asia since 2016.

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Mark Hirst

GTE Secretary

Mark’s passion for rafting can be felt in the articles on river and rafting safety he writes. Mark is also the IRF GTE Secretary and an IRF GTE Assessor.

Jasmine Zurlini

Jasmine Zurlini

IRF Media - Italy

Jasmine raced representing Italy from 2013 – 2017 and has since become a raft guide and avid photographer