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Top 5 Reasons to take your Family on a Rafting Trip

Looking to plan that next family adventure and can’t seem to decide where to go? Sometimes it is the hardest to plan vacations as the kids get older, and their tastes change. Even more complicated is when you have a family of different aged youngsters and teens. Offering a solution to the problem is a

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Eternally second – an annoying syndrome

We all know that the winning teams, the first teams, in each country’s national selections get to go to the World Rafting Champs. In many countries they are the same team each year; so the question is – “what about those “eternally second” teams?”   During my paddling, and through this opportunity to write about the

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9 months to go to 2013 World Rafting Champs!!!

In 9 months time the Youth and Junior teams will already have had their first practise day in New Zealand for the 2013 World Rafting Champs. For those coming to support their teams and enjoy the hospitality of New Zealand its time to start making plans.  The teams that have already been selected through their

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Clean lines on throwbags

Our 3rd article on river safety covers throw bags and the advantages of what is called a “clean line”. Neil Newton Taylor | Swiftwater Rescue – To the best of our knowledge there are at the moment only 4 manufacturers selling throwbags with so called “clean lines”. Europe has been very slow to follow the lead

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Race Rules – Race Classification: A level

This is our 2nd article on Race Rules – helping you understand all sections. In our Race Classification we have 4 event levels and we split them into A, B, C and D. A level events – these events are World Championships, the best of the IRF, and are split into 4 divisions (Open, Masters, Junior

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Breaking news re World Rafting Champs 2014 and 2015!

We are very pleased to announce a change in location for the World Champs in 2014 and the location of the 2015 World Champs! 2014 World Rafting Champs will now be held in Foz do Iguassú, Brasil, using the Itaipu Canal for Sprint, H2H and Slalom and the Iguaçu River for the Downriver. Dates for

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