Official world rafting governing body
Matt Norfleet, Josh Bradford, Jere Burrell Jr., Austen Dyer, Jeremiah Peck, Eli Norman and John Anicito are team members of the “Ark Sharks” from Colorado,USA. They have a combined 65+ years of rafting and paddle sports. All members of the team have been working as river guides in Colorado and have spent most of the
We’re launching a series of short articles that will bring you in closer touch with the IRF Race Rules. We’re hoping that these articles will help you become more familiar with the rules and maybe explain why some of these rules are there. Here is the first article – DEFINITIONS USED IN THE RACE RULES: These
Nick Harding | Sportscene – Only recently, SPORTSCENE talked over the challenges of being an individual extreme athlete and a competitive rafter with Sam Sutton. Slalom Olympian and fellow New Zealander Luuka Jones further expands on this issue many multi-event athletes face. In the same Okere Falls location as Sam but on an alternative coffee occasion, Director Rob
Nick Harding | Sportscene – In a gig-venue and shop named The Store near Okere Falls, Rotorua, New Zealand, SPORTSCENE Director Rob has a morning coffee with extreme paddling poster-boy Sam Sutton. A little bit on Sam before we get into his dual personalities. The Adidas Sickline extreme kayak triple World Champion (2010, 2011, 2012) was born a
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997