Official world rafting governing body
Although Great Britain had a Junior Men’s team at the WRC in Costa Rica in 2011 it is a completely new team that will be competing at the WRC in New Zealand in 2013. The team: Luke Dorbin (Captain), Kim Snape, Liam Dorbin, Jonny Johnston, Josh Eaton, Chris Lloyd, Alex Joy with David Dorbin as
“The quick-release harness on a rescue PFD is an important advancement in swiftwater safety” says Jim Coffey of R3 – Rescue for Riverrunners. It allows you to tow a canoe or kayak and to perform “live bait” rescues in which the rescuer jumps into the water to pull a paddler to safety. In Episode 6 of Rescue for
A tribute to Kula – Rafting Team Kula has been developing since 1995 when Kula himself founded the Vidra Water Sports Club in order to promote rafting as a sport and form of recreation. Since 1998 members of KŠV Vidra have been Croatian representatives at European and World Championship and Cup races. Zvonko Kula Drakšić – rafter, kayaker, canoeist, mountaineer and P.E. teacher brought this team together and created their rafting
Language barriers won’t prevent us presenting one of the greatest rafting teams in the world that will be at the World Champs in New Zealand later this year. This interview was conducted by an interviewer who could not speak Portuguese and replies by the interviewee who could not speak English! So below is the interview in
Due to too few teams being able to attend the Pre-Worlds in Brasil this September the event has had to be cancelled. With travel being so expensive this year and next year for most teams, getting to Pre-Worlds has proven to be a penny too far. Training runs at other times However – if you
When someone needs rescuing in white water situations its best to make direct contact with the person. Jim Coffey of R3 – Rescue for Riverrunners covers victim contact techniques for safely paddling, swimming and wading out to the victim in this, the 5th of their video series. He also stresses the importance of setting up several types
A look at recently published medical studies and their relevance to the Swiftwater Rescue program. Neil Newton Taylor | Swiftwater Rescue – It is over ten years ago that I remember running up the road from the Öztalerache river in Austria trying to think of the German for “not breathing” and to find a house with a
Many of us first met Jim when he brought his Canadian team over to race at the ‘95 to ’98 Camel White Water Challenge events and were consistent winners of the Team Spirit Award. So to many of us it is no surprise to hear that he has, once again, won a notable prize – this time,
For A and B level races competitors need to comply to a few rules so that they can compete – They need to be members of their national rafting organisation. They can only represent one country in any one year. If their passport is not the same as the country they race for they must
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997