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Tully wins bid to host 2019 IRF World Rafting Championships

The International Rafting Federation is proud to announce that Australia has been selected to host the 2019 World Rafting Championships. The Championship will take place on the beautiful and challenging Tully River located in North Queensland within the Tully Gorge National Park – a UNESCO World Heritage Rainforest. President of the IRF, Joe Willis Jones

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The new Euro Rafting Champions are declared!

The Downriver race is awarded the most points because it is a test of endurance, speed and the team’ s ability to read white water and pick the best line down the river. A top position can propel you into a much higher Overall position and hopefully even onto the Overall podium. But, in the

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Slalom day at the Euro Rafting Champs, Georgia

The Mtkvari River in the Borjomi Valley in Georgia is a large volume, fast flowing river. There are few obstacles at this water level and so the challenge is more dealing with the rapid current than negotiating a technical river. Although the slalom gates were often quite far apart they still presented a challenge as

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Euro Rafting Champs 2017 gets under way in Georgia

Live Streaming of ERC 2017 here! The Under U19 and U23 rafters opened the first competing day of the European Rafting Championship today.  Sprint and H2H races in rainy and cold weather could not dampen the excitement, fun of winning and results. Both race disciplines saw Turkey and Russia dominating the wins. U19 Women started

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Meet the SVK U23M team for ERC Georgia 2017

Branislav Linkay, Marek Švorc, Denis Antalík, Róbert Paál, Samuel Kováčik and Michal Kubrický make up this great, young, U23 team from Slovakia who will participate in the forthcoming European Rafting Championship (ERC) in Georgia. We asked each of them to answer some questions for us: Branislav Linkay How did you find yourself in rafting? – I

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Outdoor and Whitewater Fest opens the rafting season in Bulgaria

There is no reason why the rafting season opening should be limited only to the rafting community. The Bulgarian rafting club Adventure net decided to orientate it to a broader public so they invited companies who deal with outdoor activities in general. Focusing on the concept of an open festival, they invited many outdoor and

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EC Wildalpen 2017 – snow, snow snow!

Winter season …. ah, sorry ….. Euro Cup season has opened with the first competition in Wildalpen, Austria. Two days before the competition a metre of snow was ruthlessly falling in the competition area, leaving us with unprecedented snow levels for EC as well as very low temperatures and additional snow and rain falling, some

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Three events in China to choose from

Rafting in China has seen an explosion after the successful World Cup in Yushu last year. Here are three events coming up that you should make space for on your calendar! Dujiangyan World Rafting Grand Prix: 21 to 26 June 2017 Unfortunately, due to unexpected circumstances, this event is CANCELLED! Wubu Rafting Champs: 18 to 22

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