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Ergometer Competition at Euro Champs

The Serbian Rafting Federation are taking their Ergometers over to the Euro Rafting Champs in BiH to set up a fun competition.  So all properly registered competitors at the Euro Championship in Banja Luka are invited to compete in this event that will be held for the first time within the Euro Championship. This will

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Red Rose Raft Team – heading to ERC

The effort that paid off – Red Rose Raft Team on their way to the Euro Rafting Champs Jess Evans, Sarah-Jayne Evans, Alison St John Claire, Tori Jones, Molly Mckenzie, Bex Faragher are heading to the R6 Euro Rafting Champs 2015 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the River Vrbas, Banja Luka, as the women’s GBR 2 team.

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Rafting the Casbah

I was in Morocco to run my first IRF workshop of the season for Berber Rafting Adventures in the Atlas Mountains. Stepping out at Marrakesh airport I was hit by the warm air. A pleasant change to the blast, chilled air of my Arctic winter residence.  After a short taxi transfer to our hotel the

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EC R4 Wildalpen Austria 2015

​Firstly I want to leave a tribute to all the contestants on their endurance through the very harsh weather we had at the event. It is amazing to watch them put their hearts out there even in those conditions. Being in it they cannot see it themselves, so it is my job to tell them

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EC R6 Struma River​ 2015​, Bulgaria

It’s so good to be back on the river Struma again. My first impression and my first serious swim was great, back in 2008. Now the river Struma is even faster than before due to higher water. I’ve enjoyed my ride again and was not disappointed, it’s been even better. Big water and high speeds

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Putting Rescue Skills to Use on the Water

Wrapping up this excellent series, swiftwater rescue expert Jim Coffey of R3- Rescue for River Runners, shows how the skills covered in the previous videos can be put to use on a typical day on the river with a mixed group of kayakers. One of the less skilled paddlers has to swim, and both he

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SKR Bosna’s home advantage!

SKR Bosna will have the honour of representing Bosnia y Herzegovina in the up coming R6 Euro Rafting Champs which are being held on the Vrbas River near Banja Luka. This Open Men’s team is made up of: Dajan Vinovcic -Captain, Sanjin Smriko, Mustafa Bisic, Jasmin Dizdarevic, Armin Kasapovic, Haris Pehadzic and Coach: Ekrem Tuka.

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Red Ladies of Colorado

Red Ladies Raft Racing, Colorado, are well known to us (Red Ladies of the USA looking at rafting development long term), but it’s a long time since we last chatted to them. So to find out what has has happened in the meantime we chat to Julie Sutton. ​Hello Julie, it’s been a long time

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Best rivers in the World for rafting

We asked the public for their lists of the best rivers to raft in the world. We were surprised by the names of the rivers that were NOT on the list! But these rivers deserve equal place in the summary. So, following our research as well as communication with many distinguished names in rafting and

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