Official world rafting governing body
It’s a very big holiday weekend for local white rafters as they compete at the New Zealand Championships on rivers round the region – the Kaituna, Tarawera and Rangitaiki. There is a lot at stake. The event doubles as selection for the 2013 IRF White Water World Championships on the same spectacular rivers, in November,
Commercially rafting is a huge tourist attraction in New Zealand with around 100,000 people each year doing guided raft trips. Sports rafting, historically, has been limited to the Rotorua and Kawerau area and hence there are a few competitive teams based in that area. However, since New Zealand won the bid to hold the 2013
A star-studded Kiwi women’s rafting crew is training hard for the National Championships in the Bay of Plenty at Labour Weekend. Up for grabs is selection for the IRF World Rafting World Championships in Rotorua and Kawerau, in the heartland of New Zealand’s North Island from November 13 to 24, 2013. Nikki Kelly is one of
After several years of drought medals have once again begun to arrive in Slovenia. Rejuvenated with a new trainer and changed composition of team “GIMPEX Straža”, in less than a year Slovenia have returned to the World and European rafting podium. In Costa Rica (R6) they won third place in the Slalom, Downriver and Overall
They come from the land of the rising sun, but they light up their country with the gold medals they won in the R4 and R6 men’s World Rafting Championships. This professional rafting team are living their dream thanks to their sponsor “TEIKEI” which is a big security company. We know them as friendly, disciplined
GER 1 team with Fabian Bär, Ludwig Wöhrl, René Mühlmann, Christian Lechlmayr, Sebastian Schüssler, Max Remmele and Leonhard Anzinger are new R6 champions on the old continent. They have surprised themselves and all of us by finishing first in the R6 category. By the very end of the competition the fight was intense, uncertain. Czechs,
Men’s Team Bozo D’Agua of Brasil won the Sprint, H2H and Slalom and placed second in the Downriver to secure the 2012 title of Pan American Champs! Second place was also Brasil with Team Jacaré Pepira taking second in Sprint and H2H, but not having a good run in the Slalom at all and placing 6th.
The current USA men’s rafting team has consistently represented their Country on the international scene since the 2003 World rafting Championships in Czech. Like most teams they have had a couple of changes through out the years but always they are there amongst the top ranking teams pushing the level of competitive rafting. I first
What a week the ERC was! We arrived in glorious sunshine to a beautiful campsite by the lake and, for us Brits, summer was finally here! We made the most of the sunshine on our rest day sun bathing and giving our pasty white British bodies a good airing because on Wednesday it was business
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997