Official world rafting governing body
As I took my seat on Finnair flight from Helsinki bound for Bangkok, Thailand I had to take a reality check to see if this was really happening. In the matter of two short weeks and a few emails I was heading to Thailand to run the first ever IRF workshop deep in the jungle
So there is fresh blood flowing through this team. Rumours of changes reached us so we thought we’d go and find out what was happening and who we’d be seeing in Indonesia because this team will be there! We first introduced Mistral some time ago, and then caught up with them when they became R4
(Rea the article in English) Esta equipa não precisa de introdução. Não só eles são os campeões de rafting mundo R4 e R6, não tem havido uma Rafting Champs Mundo, onde não subiu ao pódio uma vez que primeiro começou a competir. Eles irradiam essa energia positiva que ele é simplesmente viciante. Seu amor de
(Interview in English) Pre početka WRC R6 Novi Zeland 2013 razgovarali smo sa BiH Open Men timom sa ciljem da ih upoznamo i predstavimo ih vama. Ove godine momci su se plasirali za odlazak na WRC R6 Indonezija 2015 i mi ćemo ponovo kratko popričati sa njima šta ima novo i šta se dešavalo u međuvremenu,
Aosta valley in Italy is a small paradise. The many castles on the slopes of the Alpine mountains, small villages and narrow streets are divine. The river Dora Baltea flows through the valley and is fantastic. And so, at last, we had an EC in Italy! This event was also part of the national series
By Michael Lindberg, Head of IRF’s Anti-Doping Committee The result of a doping sample carried out on the 17th of May 2015 during the National Rafting Championships in Serbia was an adverse analytical finding showing the presence of a prohibited substance. The doping sample belonged to the 19-year old Serbian athlete, Bogdan Ribaric, who was tested
When racing Sprint, Head to Head, Slalom and Downriver the points distribution is weighted quite heavily to the top three teams, with the winning team getting the giants share. It has been proposed to reduce that distribution so that the overall points will be closer and make the overall title more exciting. This is what
During the summer period each year the Suomi Cup attracts teams, mainly from the Arctic region of Northern Finland, to enjoy a race series throughout the short summer. The series of races are normally dominated by 2 teams, the mens team from the town of Muonio and the ladies Routa rafting team from Rovaniemi. Routa
From 2016 onwards there will only be one Youth age group – and that is U19. At the IRF Extraordinary Congress in Brazil in 2014 the decision was made to drop the U23 division from 2016 onwards. So the question that still needed to be answered was whether an U21 division was needed to replace