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Turrialba represented at the 2016 WRC

The Costa Rican Open Women’s crew is composed of Marianela Castro – Captain, Cintya Escobar Valverde, Hannah Brown, Esther Mata, Melida Barbee with the Coach – Alexander Segura, and they will be representing Costa Rica at the up coming 2016 R4 WRC at Wadi Adventure, Al Ain, UAE. We chatted to Marianela to learn about their

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U23 Men of Alaya Competition – heading to WRC 2016

Alaya Competition of Brotas is another well known name in the competitive world of rafting. The team is made up of: Edward Angelo Degrandi (Du), Gabriel Pessa (Pessa), Joao Luiz Rodrigues (Junior), Leandro Cavalcante (Le), Fernando Antonio Morassutti (Nando), Jorge Luis de Souza (Nave) Uma breve história da equipe: Equipe de Rafting da cidade de Brotas-SP, formada em 2009. Visa formar

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First time for USA Master’s Men

The Masters division at the 2016 WRC R4 in the UAE will be the biggest yet, with 11 men’s teams and 8 women’s teams. I’ve always seen the Master’s category as the one to enjoy, but these men are taking it very seriously. The USA will cross their paddles and measure their strength for the

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Bozo D’ Água – Brasil’s Open Men’s Rafting Team

This is such a famous team that they do not need a special introduction. (Previous interview with them in Portuguese), and now we are interested in their departure to the WRC R4 2016 where they are the defending champions in the Open Men’s category. Here they are in action at the R6 WRC in 2013:

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Slovakia’s Open Women heading to UAE

This team has been competing for many years and have a host of interviews by us to go with their many medals. (Slovakia – white paddles of mistral, Women’s Euro R4 Champs, Revamped Mistral Women’s team) We chat to Júlia Pevlková about the up coming WRC 2016. Now that you are officially registered, Julia, who is in your team

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Argentina sending its Open Women to WRC 2016

The honour of representing Argentina in the Open Women’s category at the IRF 2016 World Rafting Champs in Al Ain, UAE, at the end of October this year goes to: Sofia Paso Viola, Denise Martinez, Valeria Cobos and Cris Anello. But this success was also due to their coaching staff: Matias Lopez, Marcelo Ruiz, Ariel Dominguez; and trainer:

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Italy U19 Men – road to WRC 2016

As we approach another World Rafting Championship, this time R4 in the UAE, so we begin presenting teams that will be participating there. It is two years since the last R4 WRC in Brazil and some new faces are on the scene, especially in the younger categories. Damiano Casazza, Mark Michael Mair, Michael Zanella, David Fassnauer

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WRC 2016 – Wadi Adventures, Al Ain

The IRF is very pleased to announce that the 2016 R4 World Rafting Champs will be held at the artificial course, Wadi Adventures in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates! The IRF have teamed up with Wadi Adventures to ensure a world class event can be held in this new and interesting location. The dates will

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