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Promoting tourism safety in Costa Rica with 100s of newly certified raft guides and safety kayakers

31 December 2018

By Shannon Farley The Costa Rica Sports Association for Adventure and Paddling, which represents the IRF in Costa Rica, has conducted a massive certification mission in the country to certify 178 raft guides and safety kayakers with the goal of improving safety in adventure tourism. The initiative, which has the support of the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT)

We are river family – meet Vedat Vural

31 December 2018

In our final River Family interview for 2018, we meet Vedat Vural – a pioneer of rafting in Turkey. Before 1990, he worked as a mountain and expedition guide, always getting excited every time he saw rivers carving through the mountains and valleys. It all seemed a mystery. Where does it go? Which places does

We are river family – meet Graham “Fredi” Maifredi

28 December 2018

If you haven’t met Graham “Fredi” Maifredi, you’re either brand new to rafting or been living under a rock for the past 25+ years. One of the biggest characters of our River Family, this week we meet the one and only (and let’s face it the world is not ready for more than one of

GTE Certification Requirements, Processes and Fees

24 December 2018

Content: Guide Training & Education (GTE) Award System Certification types Certification Award Fees (payable to IRF) Certification cards Certification renewal Instructor / Instructor Trainer costs Regional Instructor Trainers Instructor Certification process & renewal Site Specific Certificate Instructor material Document links Further information IRF GTE Award System flow chart 1. Guide Training & Education (GTE) Award

We are river family – meet Kianoosh Mehrabi

3 December 2018

Cast your mind back to 1985, now imagine the Persian Gulf, the seaside port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Somewhere out there on the water is a young Kianoosh Mehrabi! For many years he’d watched videos of white water rafting and kayaking but didn’t know how or where to get into whitewater sports. So

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Promoting tourism safety in Costa Rica with 100s of newly certified raft guides and safety kayakers

We are river family – meet Vedat Vural

We are river family – meet Graham “Fredi” Maifredi

GTE Certification Requirements, Processes and Fees

We are river family – meet Kianoosh Mehrabi