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04/24/2008 Tao Wins Little White Race, Anderson Wins Giant Slalom by Is new race format the future of professional kayaking? read >

04/14/2008 Canyon Creek Extreme Race Results by Paddler Web The race had a healthy medium flow, the nicest weather this year, and a massive turnout. read >

04/10/2008 Golden Opportunity by Ed Ditto A Q&A with paddling great and NBC color commentator Joe Jacobi read >

04/04/2008 Help Future Olympians by David Kurtz The Junior Olympics program is looking for organizations to host qualifying races read >

03/28/2008 Musical Rendezvous by Band of boaters to play for the sake of Tennessee’s rivers read >

03/06/2008 Glen Canyon Dam Releases Torrent by paddlermagazine.com The Associated Press reported Wednesday, March 5, that two manmade floods of Grand Canyon were intentionally released from Glen Canyon Dam. read >

02/21/2008 Backwoods Politics by Ed Ditto American Whitewater's stewardship man in the Southeast lays into the National Forest Service districts that will decide the fate of the upper Chattooga read >

01/21/2008 Winners Announced by the publisher Shoot Like a Pro Photo Contest results read >

12/17/2007 Oil + Water Project by Christian Knight Seth Warren and Tyler Bradt win another award for the documentary of their Oil + Water Project read >

12/07/2007 JUST DON'T QUIT by Christian Knight If your goal is to win this December 2 Deception Pass Dash, you can forgive your gut for its endless rant of second-guessing. read >

11/29/2007 Paddler's No No Nos for Your Company Holiday Party by Joe Jackson 10 Tips to keep you off the naughty list read >

11/13/2007 World Record Holder Rocks ... by Joe Jackson but isn't scared to throw scissors read >

11/08/2007 CANCELLED by Christian Knight The organizers had a six-figure budget and all but two things under control on the eve of the Sickline World Extreme Kayak Championships. And those things went way out of control. read >

10/30/2007 Reclamation by This is how long it takes for a river to reclaim its natural path read >

10/26/2007 This Really Isn't the Best Time to Give Me a Lecture by Christian Knight All of the sudden, the term ‘divorce kayak’ is making a lot of sense to me. read >

08/21/2007 Chattooga in the Balance by Paul Sanford Comments from paddlers are encouraged to open this Wild and Scenic river to paddlesports. read >

08/16/2007 Green Jargon by www.paddlermagazine.com Feel like you need a dictionary and thesaurus just to hang out with your enviro buds? Here’s a glossary of environmental terminology. read >

08/15/2007 The Personal Touch: Simple Ways to a Greener Life by www.paddlermagazine.com Find more tips and important information about climate change in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Paddler. Save 50 percent off the newsstand price by ordering a subscription. read >

08/14/2007 The Passing of an Idaho Legend by www.paddlermagazine.com Conrad Fourney was more than a kayaker. He was a hero, a father, and a guide. read >

07/20/2007 Good Ambitions Paved the Ocean to Maine by Christian Knight Margo Pelligrino is going to the ends of the continent for the future of oceans and her children read >

06/29/2007 Thousands Pitch In So Rivers Win by American Rivers National River Cleanup Week kicks off with the removal of hundreds of tons of trash. read >

06/15/2007 The New Direction of Extreme Kayaking by Ed Ditto The maker of Hotel Charley 2: River of Doubt talks about his demanding expeditions and the manner in which he films them. read >

06/14/2007 Historic Race Draws Pros and Joes by Peter von Buol Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon founder, Ralph Frese, joins 1,200 other paddlers in 2007 event read >

06/13/2007 Tornado Destroys Bear Paw Resort by Christian Knight Resort and kayak school owners pledge to rebuild read >

06/06/2007 Dane Jackson Isn't So Cute Anymore by Christian Knight EJ's 13-year-old son is hurting a lot of top pros' feelings read >

06/05/2007 Berman Hangs With Top Adventure Athletes in Grueling Four-Part Race by Christian Knight The extreme kayaker is the only paddler to compete in Ultimate Mountain Challenge read >

06/05/2007 EJ, Faux Win Everest Awards by Denver Post Seth Warren and Tyler Bradt win for their bio-fueled road trip and message read >

06/05/2007 Hundreds Register for Yukon River Quest by Yukon River Quest Two hundred paddlers sign up for 85 teams read >

06/04/2007 Professional Advice From Cliff Jacobson by Paddler staff Ask Cliff Jacobson Anything read >

06/01/2007 Berman Edges Ludden in Extreme Race by Paddler staff Pro kayaker Brad Ludden shows he's not really as out of shape as he might have hinted read >

06/01/2007 Faux DQs, Kelly Storms Through by Paddler staff In her three runs on the Steep Creek Championships in Vail, Aussie paddler Tanya Faux disqualified twice, leaving a window for her friend and rival Nikki Kelley to exploit. read >

05/30/2007 Alcohol Played No Role, Medical Examiner Says by Christian Knight The initial toxicology report concluded alcohol, not Grand Canyon whitewater, is what caused the death of Marc Allred read >

05/24/2007 Three Times a Charm for Levinson by Paddler staff Isaac Levinson's extensive training paid off during the U.S. Junior Slalom Team Trials May 19 and 20 in Wausau, Wisconsin. After two days of competition, Levinson was on top of the 20-competitor field, including his own friendly rival, Austin Keiffer. read >

05/23/2007 Vail Boys Say They Will Defend Home Turf by Christian Knight Big names from all athletic venues are flocking to the Teva Mountain Games in Vail read >

05/22/2007 Dream Teams to Collide at Vail by Christian Knight Tao Berman had received a dozen e-mails like this one: Full of congratulations and admiration. They were the most convenient form of flattery, requiring only a click of the “Reply” button and a quick typing of the word “thanks” in return. read >

05/21/2007 Boundary Waters Up In Flames by Paddler staff After two weeks of battling heat and frustration, wildland firefighters combating the 75,851-acre Hat Lake Fire near the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area received a blessing from above May 21: Rain. read >

05/18/2007 Johnson upsets European kayak sprinting power by Paddler staff The dominant U.S. sprinter pulls off feat in Kovacs' native country read >

05/15/2007 Kincaid wins Reno's Freestyle by Paddler staff read >

05/10/2007 Your World Champion, Ruth Gordon by Ruth Gordon To win the World Championships, Ruth Gordon had to eliminate one of her best friends and find a way to calm her nerves. read >

05/07/2007 Can Jay Kincaid beat EJ on his home feature? by Paddler staff Eric Jackson is coming off his fourth world title. Kincaid is coming off a hard winter of training at the Reno park. read >

05/04/2007 EJ Wins Fourth World Title by Paddler staff Eric Jackson rises from eighth to first in the finals round read >

05/04/2007 EJ, Kincaid survive first two rounds by Paddler staff Quarterfinals cuts world champion candidates from a pool of 70 to 20 read >

05/03/2007 Canada's Gordon Shows Some Local Pride by Paddler staff OTTAWA RIVER—She learned to paddle on the Ottawa 11 years ago. And on Thursday, Ruth Gordon she showed the world's best competitors how far along she has come since then. read >

05/02/2007 Ottawa Dam Operators Rescue World Cup by Paddler staff Until yesterday, the World Freestyle Kayaking Championships were destined to be another example of the river's tendancy to disappoint come competition time. read >

04/30/2007 Surprise: Parsons Wins Team Trials by Paddler staff Seventeen-year-old Ashley Nee wins women's top spot read >

04/27/2007 Field Test: Kneeling Pads by Mike McCrea For paddlers prone to prayerful posture, a comfortable kneeling pad will help pacify the patella. These kneeling pads show that the industry has come a long way since the old-school days of hot-water bottles stuffed with sawdust read >

04/27/2007 Mission Complete by Christian Knight Seth Warren and Tyler Bradt returned to Seattle April 27 after 13 months of traveling 39,400 miles throughout the Western Hemisphere in a red 1987 Japanese fire truck, which they converted into a green, bio-fuel machine. read >

04/26/2007 It's official: The U.S. National Whitewater Center earns Olympic Training Site status by USACK The U.S. National Whitewater Center was named an official Olympic Training Site by the U.S. Olympic Committee today and USA Canoe and Kayak also designated the site as the Official Home of its senior national team. read >

04/26/2007 Q&A: Tyler Williams by paddlermagazine.com A conversation with the man who explored British Columbia’s 800-mile Fraser River—from its headwaters to the Pacific. His article, The Whole Story, appears in the May-June issue of Paddler. read >

04/26/2007 US teams builds its team around House by USACK Morgan House continued to break records with his April 21-22 performance at National Team trials held at the Olympic Training Center. read >

04/23/2007 Ask Jay Kincaid Anything by Paddler staff He's been the U.S. freestyle point series champion and the world champion. Weight-lifting stud and kayak video star. He fishes and hunts. And according to his fiance Lisa Becksted, Jay Kincaid is a master bar be cuer. He might be the ultimate male. Now, he's going to try something new: read >

04/23/2007 Best Suggestions for Keeping Rivers Clean by Christian Knight Every summer, the beer cans, broken bottles, the cigarette butts and broken styrofoam coolers would return. In heaps. In pieces. So, during the third river clean-up, Portland, Oregon-based kayaker Kristin Dahl and her fellow organizers adminstered in 2005 a survey asking for feedback on how to keep a moment's worth of disregard from undoing months of organization and labor. The survey yielded 80 suggestions. Here are 10 of the what Paddler considered the most insightful, and most likely to lose a U.S. Supreme Court decision: read >

04/20/2007 If it wasn't for that log ... by Nashua Telegraph NASHUA – Michael Blair told officers he was “very afraid” as he clung to a log in the Nashua River by the Mine Falls hydroelectric dam early Thursday night. Twenty minutes prior, at about 5:15 p.m., Blair, 32, of Nashua, had made the fateful decision to try to kayak the massive amount of cold water as it rushed over the dam, Nashua police Sgt. Frank Sullivan said. read >

04/20/2007 Rafting study indicates happy customers by The Mountain Mail On a scale of one to nine with one being the lowest, Farnum found most customers of Arkansas River outfitters were "very happy." Scores for satisfaction were 8.46, service quality 7.77, and loyalty 7.54. read >

04/18/2007 Worlds is coming by Christian Knight They were the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) of the freestyle kayaking world. read >

04/13/2007 Maine Stay by www.paddlermagazine.com When a Pennsylvania man puts in on the Maine coast next week, he'll plan to be there for awhile. read >

04/06/2007 Grand Canyon paddler dies in raft by National Park Service Grand Canyon – A 62 year-old Salt Lake City man died March 30 while rafting the Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park. read >

04/01/2007 The Gift by www.paddlermagazine.com Some have it. Some don't. But 3 precocious South American brothers have it like no other. read >

03/28/2007 Attack of the Surfs by www.paddlermagazine.com Kayakers from around the world invaded the coastal California city of Santa Cruz for the 21st annual festival. read >

03/27/2007 Bush Vows to End Global Warming by www.paddlermagazine.com Not the W one, the Reggie one, as in the former Heismann-winning running back and current New Orleans Saint—steps up for the environment read >

03/21/2007 Festing on the Wenatchee by Peter Stekel American Whitewater, along with Washington State activists, are working to keep Northwest rivers flowing and free. read >

03/12/2007 Daniel DeLaVergne Birthday Eddy Party by paddlermagazine.com If you knew DeLaVergne, you'll gain a sense of the strong friendships he had and the influence he continues to have on people today. read >

03/09/2007 Eight Men In: A study panel of boaters runs the Upper Chattooga by paddlermagazine.com "It was one of the most emotionally satisfying days of my paddling life." read >

03/05/2007 A Call to Action from the American Canoe Association by J Sharp Call, Write or Email Your Senator to Support the Land and Water Conservation Fund! Your action is needed TODAY in support of this very important, non-partisan opportunity. read >

03/05/2007 ACA Whitewater Open Canoe Downriver & Sprint National Championships by J. Sharp The 2007 American Canoe Association’s Whitewater Open Canoe Downriver (WWOCD) and Sprint National Championships will be held on the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle, PA on 10-15 July, 2007. read >

09/21/2006 First Annual Freestyle World Cup Wraps Up by Click for story... read >

09/08/2006 Contribute to Paddlesports History! by Be part of paddlig history bvy digitizing your old paddling footage..click for info read >

08/18/2006 World's Largest Floating Flag? by Head to Lake Lanier to join other canoeists and kayakers in making the world's largest floating flag... read >

08/01/2006 Gore Canyon Race Slated for Aug. 19 by For the first time ever, Colorado's annual Gore Canyon Race on Aug. 19 will be televised by Fox Sports... read >

07/26/2006 Log Jam Strands Middle Fork Rafters by Flash flood on Pistol Creek dams river read >

07/17/2006 Iraqi Canoe/Kayak Chief Survives Kidnapping Ordeal by Jeff Moag The chairman of the Iraqi Canoeing and Rowing Federation is safe after gunmen burst into a meeting of the Iraqi Olympic Committee Saturday, July 16, killing three, wounding another and taking more than 30 people hostage. read >

06/22/2006 High Water Takes its Toll on Western Rafters by By Dan Berger A spate of 10 drownings on Rocky Mountain rivers so far this year underscores the need to be careful... read >

06/22/2006 One World Exp. On Track by Click here for expedition update... read >

06/19/2006 Wright Wraps Up National Freestyle Champs by With judges awarding points for linking moves, Jackson Kayak's Stephen Wright takes FIBArk/Nat'l Title Crown... read >

06/12/2006 Russia to Host Int'l Rafting Comp. by The Russian Rafting Federation is hosting an internaitonal rafting event this August... read >

05/30/2006 Paddler maqazine Pro Invitational by Nearly 40 of the world’s best kayakers descended upon Paddler magazine’s hometown of Steamboat Springs, Colo., on Memorial Day to compete in the Paddler magazine Pro Invitational. read >

05/17/2006 The Reno Invitational by Eric Jackson and Tanya Faux won Reno Invitational Freestyle titles while 4,000 spectators looked on. read >

05/16/2006 N. Forest Canoe Trail to Open June 3 by 740-mile canoe trail links watersheds of northern New York, Vermont, Québec, New Hampshire and Maine. Click here for info... read >

05/15/2006 Gerstenberger, Nee, Fraker & Chanin/Morin Win Slalom Junior US Team Trials by Click here for full story... read >

05/12/2006 World Rafting Champs Head to Korea by The 2007 World Raft Championships will take place on the Naerinchon River in the Gangwon Province, east of Seoul, from June 27 to July 2. Click here for info... read >

04/07/2006 Paddling for Possibility by The river community is coming together to support wounded war veterans read >

04/03/2006 2006 Whitewater Hall of Fame Nomination Deadline May 5 by The deadline for nominations for the 2006 Whitewater H all of Fame is May 5, 2006. Click here for info... read >

03/22/2006 Oregon Cup Alive and Well! by The 24th Annual Oregon Cup lives on with a revised format. read >

03/08/2006 Goodbye to an Icon by jc Lunch Video Magazine’s Daniel DeLaVergne dies in a train accident near Asheville, N.C. read >

03/07/2006 New Boats for 2006 by We put this year's new whitewater models through the ringer on a recent test trip to Oregon and here's what we found. For the full article check out the Spring 2006 issue of Kayak magazine, on shelves now. read >

01/23/2006 Teva Mtn Games Photo Contest! by A cash purse of $5,500 is at stake for photographers at the Mountain Life Photo Comp. during the Teva Mountain Games at Vail, May 31–June 4. read >

01/03/2006 Kayak Raffle Benefits Brain Tumor Foundation by Support the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation by particpating in a kayak raffle! Click here for info... read >

11/07/2005 Today Show Boating Blooper by Today Show's Michelle Kosinki busted paddling Bell canoe in ankle-deep water during newscast of New Jersey floods. Click here for video clip... read >

10/19/2005 Ecuadorian Equation by Despite low water, the US men won their first World Championship event in the sprint, finishing third overall at the 2005 Rafting World Championships near Baeza, Ecuador. read >

10/17/2005 Conferences Come to Colorado by The I-70 corridor of Colorado's Rockies was the place to be Oct. 5-10 as three national outdoor industry symposiums came to the area Oct. 5-10, kicking off with the Whitewater Parks Conference Oct. 7-9 in Glenwood Sprngs; the National Whitewater Symposium Oct. 7-10, and the OIA Rendezvous Oct. 6-9; and Paddler magazine annual Demo Oct. 7. read >

08/26/2005 Cheoh Release Dates Announced! by The Forest Service has announced this fall's water release dates for the Class IV Cheoah River. Click here for info... read >

08/19/2005 Access Yes! by Gauley Festival boaters will again be able to use private land to access the river thanks to an agreemant with National Forest heads and conservation groups. read >

05/26/2005 First Descents Takes Events Nationwide by Brad Ludden's First Descents Camps are going nationwide. Click here for upcoming dates and locations... read >

05/22/2005 Teva Mtn Games Announce Everest Awards by With Veramonte Wine as a sponsor, this year's Teva Mtn Games (Vail, Colo., June 1-5)announces the Everest Awards for accomplishments in Adventure Racing, Mtn Biking, Trail Running, Climbing, Paddling and Expedition of the Year. Read on for nominee list... read >

05/05/2005 Dam Delight by The 25th Annual Great Rappahannock Canoe Race, June 4th and 5th, will be a bigger celebration than usual after a dam on the river was removed this spring. read >

05/05/2005 Reinvigorated by Two flagship boat manufacturers--Perception founder Bill Masters and Ocean Kayak founder Tim Niemier-- return with new brands. read >

04/26/2005 New Wave Sport Team Site by Wave Sport has given its paddling team website a makeover. The new doubleyouess.com still focuses on raw, unedited stories from the team, but is slicker and easier to navigate. read >

04/18/2005 New Colorado Slalom Series Formed by Colorado has been the home to world class paddling events over the years. In an effort to keep slalom as alive and well in Colorado as freestyle, slalom junkies have reinvigorated the Colorado Cup Series as a way to link the various slalom races across the state into a ‘just for fun” competition. read >

04/11/2005 Help Save the Potomac! by On Sat., April 23, Potomac Paddlesports will hold its first annual Potomac River Fundraiser. The purpose: to raise $50,000 to help preserve "The Nation's River." Read on for how you can celebrate and protect the Potomac! read >

03/28/2005 Paddler Announces Paddler to the People Tour! by Keep your eyes peeled at river festivals throughout the West this spring for Paddler magazine’s new Paddler to the People tour, kicking off with California’s Kern River Festival April 15-17 and culminating with Colorado’s Gunnison River Festival June 17-19. Click here for Tour dates and stops, and visit www.paddlermagazine.com for updates from the field! read >

02/01/2005 Jackson Wins Third World Championship by Ageless wonder Eric Jackson captured his third World Title in Australia, proving that he's in a class all his own. read >

11/10/2004 Canada Slated to Host World Championships by jc Freestyle kayaking is finally getting a lift..er..make that a bounce, with the next World Championships scheduled to be hosted by Canada on the Bus Eater Wave. read >

10/27/2004 New Grand Canyon Plan! by The Park Service has extended the public comment period on its draft Grand Canyon management plan until Jan. 7. See the Jan '05 issue of Paddler for a full synopisis. read >

08/19/2004 Giddens Wins the Silver! by Melissa Fletcher Rebecca Giddens, 26, sliced down the Olympic whitewater slalom course to a grab the silver medal in women’s K-1. read >

08/18/2004 Russell Kelly Passes Away by Despite a history of running Class V and VI, kayaker Russell Thomas Kelly died last week doing something mundane: He was driving. read >

08/05/2004 Verlen Kruger, 1922-2004 by Verlen Kruger, the world record holder in canoe miles paddled, died Monday after being hospitalized last week of prostate cancer. A lover of wilderness and non-motorized travel, he was 82. read >

07/22/2004 Mekong Expedition Dispatch by Live from the field: A first-hand update of the Mekong River Expedition. Read on... read >

06/28/2004 Peru's Marinon Expedition Update by Kyle O'Donoghue South African team embarks on three-month, 1,600-km-long first descent of Peru's Marinon River, one of three main tributaries to the Amazon. Read on... read >

04/26/2004 The Passing of David Norell by JC On Saturday, April 24th Dave Norell passed away while participating in a multi-sport race in Boise, Idaho. He collapsed during the bike section of an event that featured paddling, cycling and trail running. read >

04/21/2004 Yukon River Quest Seeks Entrants by WHITEHORSE, YUKON ­ Nearly $15,000 (Cdn.) in prize money will be up for grabs in the longest annual canoe and kayak race in the world, the Yukon River Quest, which will have its sixth running in late June. Under a new prize structure, the top 10 teams overall will receive prize money, and cash bonuses also will be awarded in several categories. The first place team will receive $3,000 plus entry in the 2005 race to defend their title. read >

04/06/2004 Solo Circumnavigating the UK and Ireland by As if circumnavigating the UK and Ireland solo isn’t enough of a challenge, sea kayaker Sean Morley will add an estimated 1,500 miles to his journey by paddling to every single inhabited rock in the British Isles. Morley began his six-month clockwise paddle on April 3 from Falmouth, on the southwestern tip of England. read >

04/05/2004 U.S. Olympic Slalom Results by South Bend, Ind. --Results for the U.S. Olympic Slalom Team Trials are in. The favorites all earned trips to the Olympic trials in Athens on April 22. Check out the full story at: http://www.usack.org/ read >

03/21/2004 Open Canoe Championships info by Looking for info on the 2004 Whitewater Open Canoe Championships? Go to http://www.whitewaterracing.org/WWOC.htm read >