International Rafting Federation (IRF)

Stan Hajeks would like to invite you all to the Czech Republic in the Year 2012 where will be organizing the event „ World cup series rafting“ on the artificial slalom course TRNAVKA – 8^th and 9^th of  September 2012.

Full information here

This event is one weekend after the Euro Champs R4 and R6 „ Devils streams „ and two weekends after the R4 Youth and Masters World Rafting Champs.

All 3 events together create the BIG rafting festival in the Czech Republic around 100 km distance of each other.

2012 TRNAVKA RAFTING IRF World Cup invitation.mp4

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‎2012 september 8th – 9th will be held the World Cup series R6 in rafting in the midle of the Czech republic – on the artificial slalom course TRNAVKA nearby …

General information Rafting Dutch Open Series
The Dutch Open Rafting Series consists of 3 clashes at two different locations;
DORS#1 – Whitewater Course of Dutch Water Dreams in Zoetermeer (The Netherlands)
DORS#2 – river Durance (France)
DORS#3 – Whitewater Course of Dutch Water Dreams in Zoetermeer (The Netherlands)

The competitions of the Dutch Open Rafting Series are open to teams from around the world.
Each team can register for a separate clash. There is no obligation to subscribe for all the three clashes.
BUT a team that wants to win the Champions Title Dutch Open Rafting Series 2012, has to participate in the next three clashes;
DORS#1 – R4 Artifical
DORS#2 – R6 River
DORS#3 – R6 Artificial

It promises to be a spectacular battle between the international teams. However, there is a limit on the maximum number of participants. DO NOT WAIT TOO LONG AND SIGN UP FAST WITH YOUR TEAM.

The schedule for guide courses and assessments and other activities for the Swiss Rafting Federation in 2012

For:

• Trainee Guides
• Guide ww2, ww3, ww4/5
• Trip leader ww2, ww3, ww4/5
• Instructor ww3, ww4/5

Full details

Glenn Sotar of Sotar Rafts reports from the Philippines where he now lives: “Dec 16 we were hit by Tropical Storm Sendong (international name Washi).   The storm was very large and filled all the tributaries in the mountains before the storm arrived in the City.   This sent a wall of water rushing toward an unsuspecting city.   We were awaken at 1 AM with calls for help.   We located some rafts and headed to the low-lying areas….” full story and photos.

IRF guide courses – we remind everyone that these courses are only official if the Instructor is on our database on our website and their course is listed on our website.

IRF guide or Instructor certifications are only valid if the person’s name appears on our database on our website.

If you suspect someone of fraudulently claiming to be an IRF Guide, Trip Leader or Instructor please let us know. Same goes for any courses being run in the IRF name but are not listed on our website. Thanks

Dates: 18^th – 23^rd March and 25^th -30^th March 2012

£475 including accommodation and £400 excluding accommodation

Contact

Here are the results of the World Cup Rafting Series event held in November in Indonesia

An incident on the Maipoo River in Chile has sadly resulted in the death of a commercial rafting passenger. A tour being run by Turismo Acquaviva Limitada had two of its three rafts flip putting 16 people in the river at once. Unfortunately, due to insufficient safety precautions one person was eventually found dead and several nearly dead, having taken very long swims without hope of rescue.

The IRF was notified of the incident due to the owner of the company being a certified IRF GT&E Instructor. An investigation was started. As a result of the investigation the IRF has revoked Jacob Fernandez’s Instructor certificate. The IRF would like to distance itself from Jacob Fernandez because of failures on ethics and procedures. No IRF certified guides were present on the trip during the incident.

The IRF has released a statement in connection with this incident which can be read here.