Rafters found safe in Austria (BBC)
Alligator in Chicago River (Chicago Tribune)
Fish stops kayaker (Canadian Press)
Grand Canyon Report (USA today)
Connecting Rivers and Community (Portland online)
Aug 312010
The 2010 World Rafting Championships is over. Keep checking the site as we will be posting the time and networks that will be airing the 52 minute TV production. If you are interested in having the show aired on your local network please contact us immediately to see if we can arrange it.
Jul 122010
The 1st youth Teva world rafting championship started at 8pm on the artificial course at Dutch water Dreams in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. The Russian ladies team will go down in history as the first team to compete in a youth world championship, the first team to start on an artificial course and the first R4 world championship team on the course.
The ladies event went well with many of the teams being throw off course at the mother (biggest drop on the course) causing some rafts to catch on the side in the slower water. In the end Germany reigned supreme with a time of 1:26.59 followed in 2nd place by the Netherlands (1:28.73) consisting of two local paddlers and third was Russia (1:50.63).
In the men’s division the youth teams showed good skill and power and many had clean runs through the course. Russia took first in a time of 1:09.10 followed by the Netherlands (1:13.83) then Turkey (1:16.15).
For complete results goto http://wrc2010.nl/.
Tomorrows head to head will be a good test of the teams river skills and combat maneuvers. We will be posting video and photos on the various WRC sites so check back often and sign up to follow us on twitter for real time updates as the day develops. Information on the event is on the following sites:
- IRF website
- IRF facebook
- IRF Twitter
- IRF Forum
- WRC2010 official website
- WRC facebook
- WRC twitter
- Teva
Tomorrow is also the first official day of training for the World Rafting Championship teams. Get involved and send messages to support your team/country.
Jun 142010
The IRF is shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of Branka Stulic. A message of condolences has been sent to her family on behalf of the IRF and all its members.
The IRF has been investigating the incident. All reports sent to us by those who saw the incident are being taken into consideration. We are endeavoring to conclude this as soon as is possible.
There will be numerous reports about this incident – from the police, the IRF and I’m sure many other organisations. There are many, many people who will be wishing they did things differently and they will think about it for the rest of their lives. The end result is that none of this will bring back Branka. What is therefore the most critical thing for us all to do is to do all we can to ensure that nothing like this happens again.
The IRF is taking some immediate steps in this direction. We will be putting up some documents on the Forum in the next day or two. We ask you all to keep an eye out for it there and to participate so that we can ensure your opinions and experiences are included in this.”
The IRF forum is a great place to express your views on rafting, find out what is going on in the world in regards to rafters, look for a guiding job and be a part of shaping the IRF and rafting around the globe.
Check out the latest post re the sprint and point system used in IRF sanctioned events.
Feb 022010
Here is a link to a story regarding river access in Colorado and the right to float the rivers. The outcome if negative could be disastrous for rafting.
