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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
In 9 months time the Youth and Junior teams will already have had their first practise day in New Zealand for the 2013 World Rafting Champs. For those coming to support their teams and enjoy the hospitality of New Zealand its time to start making plans. The teams that have already been selected through their
Our 3rd article on river safety covers throw bags and the advantages of what is called a “clean line”. Neil Newton Taylor | Swiftwater Rescue – To the best of our knowledge there are at the moment only 4 manufacturers selling throwbags with so called “clean lines”. Europe has been very slow to follow the lead
This is our 2nd article on Race Rules – helping you understand all sections. In our Race Classification we have 4 event levels and we split them into A, B, C and D. A level events – these events are World Championships, the best of the IRF, and are split into 4 divisions (Open, Masters, Junior
We are very pleased to announce a change in location for the World Champs in 2014 and the location of the 2015 World Champs! 2014 World Rafting Champs will now be held in Foz do Iguassú, Brasil, using the Itaipu Canal for Sprint, H2H and Slalom and the Iguaçu River for the Downriver. Dates for
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
We’re launching a series of short articles that will bring you in closer touch with the IRF Race Rules. We’re hoping that these articles will help you become more familiar with the rules and maybe explain why some of these rules are there. Here is the first article – DEFINITIONS USED IN THE RACE RULES: These
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
Nick Harding | Sportscene – In a gig-venue and shop named The Store near Okere Falls, Rotorua, New Zealand, SPORTSCENE Director Rob has a morning coffee with extreme paddling poster-boy Sam Sutton. A little bit on Sam before we get into his dual personalities. The Adidas Sickline extreme kayak triple World Champion (2010, 2011, 2012) was born a