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Devil's Stream Euro Cup 2020
Racing

Devil’s Stream pulls in the teams

The Devil’s Stream pulled in teams from across Europe to take on it’s challenging rapids this weekend. Hosted by Czech Union of Boaters (Rafting), this very popular annual event saw over 20 teams teams take to the Vlatva River, near Lipno in Czechia. The Devil’s Stream section is immediately below the Lipno dam and provides

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Return to raft racing - Troja Cup
Racing

Czech your calendars – raft racing is back!

Raft racing returned in true river family style with the Troja Czech Cup / Euro Cup and more events than you can count on one hand! Last weekend saw a collection of teams old and new competing in Prague at the Troja white water centre. Saturday 22nd September saw the first R4 Czech Cup race and

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Malaysia Rafting Association logo
Development

Malaysia rafting recognition boost

Malaysia rafting recognition was boosted recently by accreditation from the Malaysia Commissioner of Sports. The Malaysia Rafting Association (MRA) (or Persatuan Rafting Malaysia in Malay) and the sport of rafting have received a great boost as MRA have received this formal accreditation. This recognition firmly establishes MRA as the organisation governing the sport of rafting

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Development

Dragon Boating – a modern sport with ancient traditions

Many a dragon boater has crossed over and raced in rafts, and vice versa. And so it is with many other sports. Therefore over the coming months we will be presenting the history of other paddle sport organisations as we also look into expanding our friendships with these and other organisations. Long standing history Dragon

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Tour rafting

Soviet Era Rafting – a step into the past

Vladimir Petukhov takes us back to soviet era rafting in this interview by Rafting Magazine. In order to understand the situation fully, I will say that the beginning of my passion for whitewater rafting started in the Soviet period. This means that there were a lot of whitewater rivers and there was a great desire

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Troja raft race
Racing

Are you ready for the Czech racing season?

By Lenka Bauerová, SVoČR It all starts this weekend! The Troja Rafting Cup will open the postponed Czech racing season. There was already one down river race in June at Trnávka, but Troja will be the first complete weekend race. Troja is a Czech Cup R4 and at the same time there will be an

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UTS Youth Festival 2020 logo
Development

UTS – Virtual Youth Festival announced

The IRF is proud to announce that we have been invited to participate in the United Through Sport (UTS) International Virtual Youth Festival! This historic event is a unique opportunity for IRF youth teams to get involved in a global project. UTS is an initiative launched in 2019 by the Association of Independent Recognised Sports

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Keep the river clean
Sustainability

Sustainability in rafting

For many years now, we have committed to sustainability in rafting. From objectives in our Bylaws, to running the world’s first certified carbon neutral sports world championship. Most recently, we have extended our commitment to sustainability. In 2019 we committed to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention) Sports for Climate Action. Now,

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