Official world rafting governing body
As we find ourselves already at the end of January 2021, we look back at out 2020 year in review. Always to be a famous year for reasons we would rather all forget, there was still much to be celebrated throughout 2020. It was the strangest of years, none of us could ever have imagined.
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)
The International Rafting Federation (IRF) has a long and respected history from early international rafting events in the late 1980s through to the global organisation it is today. Recommended reading on the history of rafting itself is the Complete White Water Rafter by Jeff Bennett. Early inceptions 1989 – 1997 The first large scale international gathering of
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997