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A fantastic number of 58 teams took part in the R6 EC competition this year. This was 41 men’s and 17 women’s teams. Four R6 Euro Cups were held (Bulgaria, Serbia, Italy and Czech). Sadly three were cancelled: Slovenia due to high water, France and Germany due to lack of teams (definitely need to get the
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
SKR Bosna will have the honour of representing Bosnia y Herzegovina in the up coming R6 Euro Rafting Champs which are being held on the Vrbas River near Banja Luka. This Open Men’s team is made up of: Dajan Vinovcic -Captain, Sanjin Smriko, Mustafa Bisic, Jasmin Dizdarevic, Armin Kasapovic, Haris Pehadzic and Coach: Ekrem Tuka.
Red Ladies Raft Racing, Colorado, are well known to us (Red Ladies of the USA looking at rafting development long term), but it’s a long time since we last chatted to them. So to find out what has has happened in the meantime we chat to Julie Sutton. Hello Julie, it’s been a long time
Booking a rafting trip with the right company could make or break a great experience. In this day and age we are always trying to make our money last a little longer. There are some areas where saving a few extra dollars could cost you lots in the long run. Mark Hirst runs through a
This team from the Czech Republic has awesome previous results and is proving very hard for any other teams to get anywhere near let alone surpass. We bring you the 2014 R4 European Champions! The names of the big four are: Jan Havlíček, Ondřej Pinkava, Jan Šťastný, Aleš Daněk and for downriver Tomáš Kejklíček. Jan
The IRF Guide Training & Education (GT&E) Scheme has recently been adopted into Austrian law which will make it compulsory from next season for all river guides in Austria to be IRF certified if they wish to guide there. The change came about as Austria looked at updating their 20 year old guide certification system
Chengdu is the city we arrived in after a crazy, night train ride. We had four days of rest here before the second race. This beautiful city of 15 million people, with many historical, religious and natural curiosities is a city to be on the list for sight seeing just as much as Paris and