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DRD4 club’s Open Women at ERC

Dorothea Oberhofer, Melanie Kobald, Katharina Dietl and Valentina Steck are all part of the well-known DRD4 club in Italy. Three years ago I wrote about the DRD4’s U23 men’s team, so it’s a special pleasure and honour for me to write about the women’s team now. The DRD4 Ladies will represent Italy in the Open Women’s category

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China invites you to their World Cup series event

The Chinese Extreme Sports Association  (CESA) and the City of Yushu in Qinghai Province invite all international teams to the Yushu City World Cup Series event. Dates: 16 – 22 July Categories: R4 Open Men and Women Schedule: 16 July: Registration & Check in (teams & officials) 17 and 18 July: Adjustment & Training runs 19

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Teams are invited to the 4th Kashmir Cup, India

The 4th Kashmir Cup is to be held on the Sindh River in Sonamarg in the state of Jammu & Kashmir in India. This event is being run by J&K Tourism and the Whitewater Rafting Association of J&K. 5 international teams can benefit from travel subsidies from the organisers. Details: Dates: 4th – 10th August,

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Whitewater Rescue Challenge 2016: Day 2

If we thought that the first day of the White Water Rescue Challenge (WWRC) was cold, we were quickly corrected as Day 2 dawned with the icy, snowy conditions. With so many competitors knowing what a good challenge the first day was, it was expected that no one would give up despite the crazy weather conditions,

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Whitewater Rescue Challenge 2016: Day 1

This is the first time we have had someone attending the Whitewater Rescue Challenge (WWRC) so as to report back to us from this fantastic competition. The location of the challenge is the same as the course for the EC R4 Wildalpen, and the organizers are Gaspar Goncz of Whitewater Training Center – WWTC, Neil Newton Taylor

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Team Sparta from Kazakhstan

The team of six regular guys who loved extreme sports and leisure was formed in June 2014. None of us realised it was the start of something that would go on so long and that it would become the passion of our lives! After the first raft trip on the rivers in the mountains of

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Personal responsibility with river safety

Rafting season 2016 has already started with some national competitions. We have already witnessed flips and paddlers falling out of rafts, which is an integral part of this sport, but more nationals, EC, ERC and WRC are still ahead of us with some new rivers and some new challenges. So, the question is – how

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Wrapping up WRC 2015

Bali must be wondering about the sudden influx of fit looking athletes, some with funny tans, many wearing T-shirts proclaiming WRC 2015 Indonesia! As we all come down off the high of another WRC we can look back at a great event held on the Citarik River. For many it started with a feeling of

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