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Eat, drink, speak and be merry in Brazil

We’ve talked about the music of Brasil, we’ve talked about the location of the competition. Now let’s talk a little bit about the food, drink and some phrases you may like to know. What to eat in Brazil? When you travel to a new country it is good to know what specialities are worth trying. Brazil

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Nepal anyone?

There is a great opportunity  for white water action in Nepal late November…. firstly there is the Himalayan White Water Festival and straight after that an opportunity to get your IRF Safety Kayaker & Trip Leader Assessments. The Himalayan Whitewater Festival is fast becoming Asia’s largest whitewater festival. The 4th festival will be run from

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Para Rafting

Argentina’s inspiring youth team

Argentina is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with amazing natural areas, beautiful rivers and kind, hospitable people. From that country a young U19 men’s team will represent their country at the next “WRC R4” in Brazil. I chatted to them and learned where their love of this sport was born and

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Other rafting development stories

We did an article recently on Developing Rafting in your Region, here are some more stories …. Did you know there is rafting in Mongolia? Mongolia became a member of the IRF at the end of last year and this year saw them running their first rafting competition. The event was R4, on the Tuul

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Throwbags – some are better than others!

Mark Hirst – IRF Instructor – recently wrote this article about throw bags and would like to share it: “For those of you who know me personally you may be aware of my love for great kit. Especially well thought-out, well designed kit. Having attended an IRF instructor workshop last season I was introduced to these

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Forward Motion in action again

Two years ago I wrote about the Dutch team “Forward Motion” and their uniqueness in having a mixed team. It still hasn’t changed. :) We chat to them again about their upcoming plans. Jenita, your participation at the 2012 Youth World Rafting Champs in Czech was one of the reasons I chatted to you last time, but

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Every drop counts!

If you use the rivers for your fun and sport and yet on the other hand you do not take care to conserve and not to pollute water – that would be hypocritical. Are we doing everything to keep our waters clean and safe, are we always acting responsibly? This is not just about our behaviour

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Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil

Brazil is in the South American continent, popularly known as Latin America, and with a population of over 200 million people it is the fifth largest country in the world. The capital city is Brasilia and largest city Sao Paulo with the official language being Portuguese. Teams getting to the WRC can travel through Rio de Janeiro or Sao

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European R4 heavy machinery – “Hiko” Rafting Team

This team from the Czech Republic has awesome previous results and is proving very hard for any other teams to get anywhere near let alone surpass. We bring you the 2014 R4 European Champions! The names of the big four are: Jan Havlíček, Ondřej Pinkava, Jan Šťastný, Aleš Daněk and for downriver Tomáš Kejklíček. Jan

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