Archive for category: Guide / Safety

You are here: / / Guide / Safety

Raft guide / safety articles. Includes IRF GTE workshops, river safety links and references, and raft guiding related articles

Stop the Batoka Gorge Dam
, ,

Save the Zambezi – Stop the Batoka Gorge Dam

Urgent effort is required to stop the Batoka Gorge dam on the Zambezi river. This world renowned stretch of river is planned to be dammed for the purported benefits of hydro-electric production. The International Rafting Federation is vehemently…
Winter guide work

Winter guide work in a covid climate – what are your options?

As the southern hemisphere starts to warm up to a covid-19 impacted season, we take a look at winter guide work in a covid climate. With international quarantines and travel restrictions in play, the usual suspects will be off limits for most…
Wild Whitewater Woman - Annalee Decker
, ,

5 steps to becoming a rafting Wild Whitewater Woman

Annalee Decker shares with us her journey to becoming a rafting Wild Whitewater Woman and the five steps it takes to become one too. It was a hot summer afternoon that I accomplished my near-obsessive mission of becoming a professional raft…
Guide workshops on the Soca

Guide workshops on the Soca, Slovenia

With the IRF GTE starting to come to life again after all the various Covid-19 related issues, we ran guide workshops on the Soca, Slovenia. And workshops have been happening in Canada, Chile, Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia, UK and USA during…
GTE First Aid requirements

IRF’s GTE First Aid requirements updated

The IRF looks for ways to improve the standards of rafting around the world. This includes GTE first aid requirements. The international recognition that the IRF's Guide Training System receives is proof of this.  IRF certified Guides need…
Rafting dictionary - Bio Bio river
,

Rafting dictionary – know your boof from your bootie

Communication is key to ensure a rafting trip is safe, fun and memorable for all the right reasons. We’ve pulled together this short Rafting Dictionary with some of the more common terms you’ll hear on a rafting trip. This article is…
,

Can cold water rivers have higher risks when you flip?

Most of us have experienced the shock to our system as we suddenly plunge into cold water. Take it a step further, imagine you’re on a Class 4 or 5 river and flip. Now you have two urgent problems. First is the raging white water. Second is…
,

Additional information for a safe re-entry into rafting

We had many people from all around the world sending us their appreciation of our Guidelines for a safe re-entry into rafting. For some it has helped them get their operations back on the water and for others it has helped them present guidelines…
,

Guidelines for a safe re-entry into rafting

As parts of the world start easing COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and other restrictions the big question in rafting operators' minds is - how to start getting back onto the river and running trips safely? Properly managed outdoor activities are…
Footer-ATTA
Footer-InternationalRivers
Footer-GAISF
Footer-UNFCCC
Footer-SportRecognized
IRF logo mono transparent 400x400

International Rafting Federation

Official world governing body for rafting since 1997

GAISF Observer Status logo mono

The IRF has been awarded Observer Status by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)

About the IRF

Structure of the IRF

History of the IRF

Guide Training & Education

Raft Racing

Anti-Doping

Sustainability

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

Site map

Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Youtube
Subscribe
Contact