Official world rafting governing body
Going to China, for most of us, is an achievement in itself. To go and race rafts there is just a dream and we never expected it would happen to us! The teams that had this privilege came from Serbia, Canada, Hungary, New Zealand and USA Over the past few years I have heard stories about
The slogan of the International Rafting Federation succinctly describes the essence of the organization – “Its about rafting around the world.”. But “Wallace makes me wet” and “You can’t cheat the Wallace!” are some of the slogans which describe the Dirt Bag Paddlers group, which in a short time have established “Wallace” as a term
Eastern Europe, particularly Serbia and Bosnia, were recently hit by the worst floods seen since they started recording rainfall 120 years ago. Floods we encounter frequently, they are nothing new, but when faced with flooding on an unprecedented scale, then what? Do you ever wonder if your teams, clubs, associations, individuals are ready for what
We recently had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Italian U23 women’s team and their expectations for the trip to the WRC R4. Now we will ask them a few questions about their planned trips to the Euro Champs. They provided us with a gritty performance at the R4 Euro Cup in Wildalpen, Austria, where they
Every year they participate in at least three national and three international competitions. The highlights for this year are both Euro Champs, BiH and Slovakia. This is also a special year for them as the R4 Euro Champs, Čunovo, Slovakia, will be held in their country on the artificial course where they know every stone.
The biggest Euro Cup in R4 discipline is in Wildalpen, Austria, so we’re going to present to you a home team that now has both male and female crews. The sweet taste of their first race during last year’s summer hooked them on rafting. They are new in the sport rafting so this will be
“Redlynch State College” rafting crew from Far North Queensland, Australia, will have the honour of representing their country in Brazil at the R4 World Rafting Championships. They will be representing the U19 women’s and men’s divisions. Alice Wedmaier – will introduce us to her team and the men’s team and help us to find out
The rafting community is growing in Italy. First there was “DRD4”, U23 men’s team, and now we present to you the U23 women’s team who are aiming to go to Brazil this year to represent their country at the World Rafting Championships in the R4 category. This Italian U23 women’s team consists of: Marianna Tedeschi, Elena Bragastini, Clara
It is always an honour and a pleasure to introduce another female team that has just started with the sport of rafting. At the global level, the number of women’s clubs is coming up to the males. Most of the countries with rafting teams have men’s and women’s teams now and it is only a