The 2014 R4 Euro Champs are being held from the 17 – 20 July on the artificial course, Areál Divoká voda Čuňovo, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Some teams have been there since the past weekend, getting in some extra training and familiarising themselves with the course. See photos.

And training for the re-entry . . . → continue reading . . . R4 Euro Champs under way in Slovakia – watch LIVE!!!
    

This is another young team that started its career at the R4 Euro Champs – Čunovo, 2014. We talked to Monika Kebiskova to get an introduction to this team.

“Our team is called “Vopičky”, which means ‘ monkeys’, because we are small, bouncy and quite loud. The team was founded in 2012, . . . → continue reading . . . Home team – U23 Slovak Women’s team ready!
    

Another sunny day on “Divoka water” Čunovo, Slovakia

The second day of training was for Slalom. It went as smoothly as the first day, but the Slalom is more challenging   so the water was exciting and busy.

The track is technically quite demanding and so it took teams a lot of time . . . → continue reading . . . Training day two of R4 Euro Champs
    

These guys had their first major challenge in New Zealand as the R6 team at the 2013 WRC  and now are preparing for the R4 challenges of Slovakia at the Euro Champs.

There is over 80 years of collective white water rafting, kayaking and canoeing experience in this team. . . . → continue reading . . . GB R4 Masters White Water Rafting Squad
    

I like writing about young athletes who are beginning their careers because I have the opportunity to watch and follow them from their very beginning. The R4 Euro Champs in Slovakia starts this week, and so we are writing about the Men’s U23 team that will represent Slovakia at this competition.

SVK . . . → continue reading . . . Mistral Men’s U23 team – home competition!
    

Going to China, for most of us, is an achievement in itself. To go and race rafts there is just a dream and we never expected it would happen to us! The teams that had this privilege came from Serbia, Canada, Hungary, New Zealand and USA

Over the past few years . . . → continue reading . . . International Rafting Competition, China – 2014
    

WRC dates are 8 – 19 October 2014!!!

The U19 and U23 WRC will be from the 8 – 12 October

Open and Masters will be from the 13 – 19 Oct

The slogan of the International Rafting Federation succinctly describes the essence of the organization – “Its about rafting around the world.”. But “Wallace makes me wet” and “You can’t cheat the Wallace!” are some of the slogans which describe the Dirt Bag Paddlers group, which in a short time have established “Wallace” . . . → continue reading . . . Wallace!!! The story behind The Dirt Bag Paddlers
    

A reminder that fees for membership to the IRF for 2014 are as follows:

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