![]() | Olaf Obsommer UK Film Tour The father of SICKLINE alias Olaf BIG-O Obsommer goes on tour in the UK read more... written by: Olaf Obsommer |
![]() | Zambezi Festival 2011 roundup We came, we kayaked, we Dubstepped! read more... written by: Evie Walker |
![]() | Join the Zambezi River Festival!!! 22nd - 28th October, Zambezi River, Livingstone, Zambia read more... written by: Hamish McMaster |
![]() | 2011 IWHOF Honorees Selected Whitewater Community to Honor Legends read more... written by: Pete Lucic |
![]() | U.S. East Team Trials to be at Folly Beach, South Carolina The Eastern Surf Kayaking Association is currently accepting registrations the U.S. East Team Trials, to be held at Folly Beach, SC, September 10th – September 11th, 2011. read more... written by: Andy Gates |
![]() | Voss Extremesportweek - Voss, Norway – June, 2011 The annual Voss Extremesportweek kicked off with a five-year flood to set the standard. As the kayakers were searching for runnable rivers, the airsports people were grounded, waiting for the better weather arriving later in the week. As normal runs were out of the question, hardcore creekers from all over the world found themselves on playruns running in flood and even surfing the famous Milkywave that comes in only at very high levels. The rafting competitions were held on the flatter sections of the Strandelva, and the prestigous Brandset Downhill was moved one day to ensure a manageable flow. read more... written by: Mariann Saether |
![]() | Paddlers Secure Chattooga Conservation Outcomes, But Paddling Remains Severely Limited Washington, DC – Late last week, the US Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Assessment that proposes to continue denying the American public the simple right to float in canoes and kayaks down the Wild and Scenic Upper Chattooga River for most or all of the year depending on the section of river. read more... written by: Lee Hart |
![]() | Devils Streams will host European Championships in extreme kayaking Fifth year of Devils Extreme Race, European Open Champs in extreme kayaking is coming up on last weekend of August. read more... written by: Jakub Nemec |
![]() | IWHOF 2011 Nomination Period Extended to July 22nd Year VII Whitewater Paddling Legends to be Honored read more... written by: |
![]() | French Kayak Film Festival - July 5th On July 1st will take place the 5th Kayak Film festival in the French Alps. read more... written by: Pion Stéphane |
![]() | Day 2 Teva X Outdoor Games Day 2 is team day at the Teva X games, here are the results... read more... written by: bobby johnson |
![]() | Day 1 Teva X Outdoor Games Day 1 is individual downriver & Kings of the falls sprint day day at the Teva X games, here are the results... read more... written by: bobby johnson |
![]() | PYRENEES BUDDIES RACE 2011 Last weekend took place the PYRENEES BUDDIES RACE " Paddle Sport Festival ". read more... written by: Nicolas fayol |
![]() | AdrenalinRace 2011 International kayak event “Adrenalin Race 2011” has finished at 7-th of May in Abkhazia. read more... written by: Alex Fidukoff |
![]() | VALSESIA CANOA FILM FESTIVAL read more... written by: angelo vergani |
![]() | Milano Big Jump Contest - 4,5 JUNE Kayak Jump Festival outside Milan in Italy read more... written by: Massimo Cecchetti |
![]() | Vibram Natural Games 2011 International event of outdoor sports, which runs from June 23 to 26, 2011 in the town of Millau in France Biking, Canoeing, Paragliding, Slackline, climbing and many other activities with some music and festivity read more... written by: kernin gael |
![]() | 2011 Kern River Festival (April 15-17th) Come kick off the 2011 whitewater festival season with us! Now in our 47th year, we’re expanding our format to include Live Music (Sweetwater String Band), Gear Swap, a Standup Paddle Boarder-Cross, and a Film Festival... read more... written by: Andrew Pernicano |
![]() | 14th Rosenheim Kayak Film Fest Every year in February Europe's most prominent kayak film festival attracts hundreds of paddlers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to Rosenheim. read more... written by: Olaf Obsommer |
![]() | Alpine River Freestyle Cup 11' This year, paddlers from all over Europe have combined efforts to organize a series of freestyle events. read more... written by: Jakub Nemec |
![]() | Zambezi River Festival 2011 A week long festival on the Zambezi packed full of awesome races, competitions, prizes and parties. read more... written by: Evie Walker |
![]() | 5Point Film Festival Adventure Film Festival, Carbondale, CO read more... written by: Jaime Keating |
![]() | New Haven River Festival- 2011 New Haven Open Creek Race- $1750 CASH PURSE!!! read more... written by: Michael Briere |
![]() | Kaiserklamm-Trophy 2011 Boater-X race in Austyria on April 8/9th 2011 read more... written by: Gery Braune |
![]() | Guided trip at Corsica Fest!!! This year raph Thiebaut organize guided trips in corsica at the occasion of the easter corsica kayak sessions! read more... written by: Bobby Johnson |
![]() | Wildwater Film in Galway GKC are bringing Anson Fogel and his latest film 'Wildwater' to the Eye Cinema in Galway... Wildwater is a stunning exploration of whitewater paddling and what it means... read more... written by: Christopher Tierney |
![]() | Pots Rodeo & Boater X, Exeter, UK. 27th November 2010 Pots Rodeo & Boater X event details read more... written by: Pete Ford |
![]() | Mike Dawson wins 2010 Green Race! Green Race results! first bits of info are filtering through...NZ Mike Dawson won long boat, Isaac Levinson short boat, Lil A (Adrienne Levknecht) won both long and short women's... more soon! read more... written by: Bobby Johnson |
![]() | THE KAYAKINPY RACE Fun Slalom race,The event will take place in Nov. 6th at Pau-Pyrenees Whitewater Stadium read more... written by: Fayol Nicolas |
![]() | Cast and Crew Film Premiere. read more... written by: Thomas Oliver |
![]() | Alpine Rivers Freestyle Cup Report of the 1st run to ARF Cup read more... written by: Elvira Nemeth-Meindl/Claudia Beisl |
![]() | Tagliamento Kayak Sprint 2010 read more... written by: Mojca Jenko |
![]() | 2010 Easter Corsica Kayak Session It is confirmed! The second Corsican Kayak Festival will take place between April 4th through April 10th. With record snow fall on the island of beauty, this could be a year to remember! The Plan is simple: Gather paddlers of all levels for one week of paddling in Corsica. read more... written by: |
![]() | Natural Games Have you ever seen a festival where kayaking perform, and that welcome 20 000 spectators on the week-end? That’s what is happening in millau, southern France, from june 25th to 27th. read more... written by: |
![]() | Freestyle World Cup 2010 The Event in Augsburg read more... written by: Robert Barnsteiner |
![]() | 5Point Film Festival April 29 - May 2, 2010 in Carbondale, Colorado. Film screenings, special guests, awards and receptions to celebrate our common spirit. read more... written by: Brie Bath |
![]() | Win $1000 for you photo! Your photo could be on the cover of Orvis Fly Fishing catalog and win you $1000 or a Helios fly rod outfit, while benefitting American Rivers' river conservation work. read more... written by: Devin Dotson |
![]() | Reno River Festival Reno River Festival returns for year seven read more... written by: Brooke Gersich |
![]() | ALPINE RIVERS FREESTYLE CUP Austria, Slovakia and Slovenia founded a new Freestyle Cup, called ARF, Alpine Rivers Freestyle Cup read more... written by: Claudia Beisl; Linda Kuenstel; Christine Heitzinger |
![]() | 3rd Tagliamento Kayak Sprint Third Tagliamento Kayak Sprint on the rapids of the Tagliamento River in Carnia in The Alto Tagliamento – Friuli-Venezia Giulia (I)(loc. Forni di Sotto) read more... written by: Petra Repic |
![]() | 2010 Charlotte Open Whitewater Slalom Race read more... written by: The U.S. National Whitewater Center |
![]() | Slalom Races at USNWC read more... written by: |
![]() | The Big Paddle To celebrate thirty years making gear for paddlers, Palm Equipment invites you to come for a paddle at a new and unique event taking place this May. read more... written by: Nick Horwood |
![]() | VALSESIA CANOA FILM FESTIVAL FILM INSCRIPTION ARE OPEN. RIVER EXPEDITION read more... written by: ANGELO VERGANI |
![]() | Kayaksurf Session / Juin 12th The major non-competitive event of kayaksurf and waveski in Portugal read more... written by: Luis Pedro Abreu |
![]() | 2010 NPFF Film Festival 27th National Paddling Film Festival Slated for February 26-27th, 2010 read more... written by: Mark Stuber |
![]() | Gene17 paddler Week-End Every year For the past 7 years, Simon Westgarth and the Gene17 crew organize an annual gathering on the River Dart, in Southern England... read more... written by: Simon Westgarth |
![]() | 13th KAYAK FILM FESTIVAL The 13th KAYAK FILM FESTIVAL at Rosenheim, Germany, is now calling for entries. read more... written by: Olaf Obsommer |
![]() | Vet Support Team River Runner's 5th annual biathlon read more... written by: Michael Blair |
![]() | TACEN EXTREME with DUEM STUFF Two days and 3 competitions, Rodeo, Big-air and Cross. Great party with lots of padeling. read more... written by: Jonas Savšek |
![]() | PEAK UK Himalayan WW Challenge The Himalayan Whitewater Challenge is all about fun. This unique event format combines an Extreme Slalom, Downriver and Freestyle event to find an overall whitewater champ read more... written by: Pete Astle |
![]() | The Nile Kayaking Festival 2009 1st-3rd November This Year’s Nile Festival will take place 1st-3rd November and could be the last chance to compete racing over Bujagali Falls. Kayak Session is proud to be a major sponsor to this annual event that celebrates freestyle in style. Final details will follow soon when we have made plan with sponsors etc. read more... written by: Kayak the Nile |
![]() | 2009 Whitewater Race Series Update this event consist in five venue 2009 Canadian Whitewater Race Series - in Ontario & Quebec that drew a momentous number of young athletes from across North America - Texas, Colorado, BC, AB, Penn, MD, VA, DC, NY, ON, QC and New Zealand...for the past three weeks racking up TEVA Series Points. read more... written by: Claudia Kerckhoff-Van Wijk |
![]() | Alpin Action Free test Days on the Soca river Alpin Action’s second Test Weekend was organized on the sunny side of the Alps, in Trnovo ob Soči, 1 – 2 of August. read more... written by: by Moyca Jenko |
![]() | Slovenia Test Weekend (Soca) Open doors at Alpin Action free kayaks and paddles test + paddling with our Pro Team! read more... written by: Linda Pietro |
![]() | Free Siang Festival in India! We are hosting the first free camping at the Siang River Festival in North East India for the month of November, 2009. read more... written by: Roland Stevenson |
![]() | Nordic Championships read more... written by: Tyler Curtis |
![]() | 2nd ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Golden Weekend for the Slovakians at the 2nd ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Bratislava. read more... written by: Brandi DERKSEN |
![]() | Teva Extreme Outdoor Games 2009 Sam Sutton and Jared Meehan win Team Extreme Kayak World Championship in Italy read more... written by: Sonja Güldner-Hamel |
![]() | Ready for Radetzky! International kayakers practice in Graz in the run-up to the open National Freestyle Kayak Championships (World Championship qualification for German team) read more... written by: Elvira Nemeth-Meindl |
![]() | ICF Freestyle Judges training The 2nd seminar of 2009 for the ICF Judges training was organised in Lyon (France) on May 16/17th 2009. read more... written by: Jon Souillot |
![]() | extreme kayak Italian Cup 2009 The extreme kayaking Italian Cup (Coppa Italia di Kayak d’Alto Corso) is a wild water sprint race. Organized by Pietro Linda & Alpin Action read more... written by: Pietro Linda |
![]() | Beartooth Meltdown Paddling Film Festival And Reggae Music read more... written by: Mark Stuber |
![]() | Irish Freestyle National chanp Event one of Irish Freestyle National Champs read more... written by: Adrian Shanahan |
![]() | 1st Descents 4 First Descents Fundraiser to benifit First Descents read more... written by: Mike Copeland |
![]() | Update 2 - Kayak Session Easter Corsica Update 2 - Dates, How to get there, camping fees etc... read more... written by: PHILIPPE DOUX |
![]() | Doug Ammons Slideshows UK Tour Veteran expedition kayaker Doug Ammons will be giving 16 shows in the United Kingdom from March 3rd to the 20th. read more... written by: Doug Ammons |
![]() | 12th KAYAK FILM FESTIVAL Dear kayak movie makers, the 12th KAYAK FILM FESTIVAL at Rosenheim, Germany, is now calling for entries. read more... written by: Olaf Obsommer |
![]() | 5th Annual Puntledge Festival For the 5th year in row, BC Hydro is reasing water down the Puntledge. Come and get a great start to the summer. read more... written by: David Prothero |
![]() | UK Canoe Show 2009 Nottingham Paddlefest 28th – 29th March read more... written by: Liz Forshaw |
![]() | Kayak Session Easter Corsica Festival It is confirmed! The first ever Corsican kayak Festival will take place between April 12 through April 19th. read more... written by: Raph Thiebaut |
![]() | Gene17 Adventure Paddlers Week Among UK's biggest gathering for WW paddlers, DEC 5/6 2008 read more... written by: Simon Westgarth |
![]() | Adidas Sickline: Finals In a tight and thrilling final on the legendary Wellerbrücke course German kayaker Thilo Niklas Schmitt won gold today at the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Austria’s beautiful Ötz valley. read more... written by: Sonja Güldner-Hamel, Press Release |
![]() | Adidas Sickline: Boatercross Day 3 of the Adidas Sickline Worlds has passed. Cold temperatures and heavy rain all day long accompanied the official training for the finalists on the Wellerbrücke section and the Boater Cross at the Slalom Course right below. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | Adidas Sickline: Qualification Today was first real showdown at the Adidas Sickline World Championships in Austria. All 130 competitors had to go through qualifications for the Boater Cross on Friday and downriver finals on Saturday. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | Adidas Sickline about to start The countdown is running. About 130 kayakers from 23 nations have registered for the Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championships taking place from October 1st untill 5th on the Ötztaler Ache, Austria. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | World Cup kayaksurf final report 3 Mens Finals read more... written by: Russell Sage |
![]() | World Cup kayaksurf final report 2 A description of the Mens Semi, Jr & Womens Final read more... written by: Russell Sage |
![]() | World Cup kayaksurf final report 1 description of the final day of compeition for the kayak surf world champion read more... written by: Russell Sage |
![]() | World Cup Kayak Surf Day 2 read more... written by: Russell Sage |
![]() | Surf Kayak World Cup Day 1 Report A break down of the days results and photos read more... written by: Russell Sage |
![]() | Devils Exreme Race 2008 On Friday, the 5th of September started DEVILS EXTREME RACE 2008 organised by Czech national association of white water rodeo (CNAWR, o.s.). read more... written by: Team of organisers |
![]() | Surf Kayak World Cup Finals Between 14 and 20 September 2008, the best surf kayakers on the globe will meet and challenge their skills. The location: Oleron Island off the west coast of France. read more... written by: Russel Boost |
![]() | Adidas Sickline count down The count down is running. Already 130 kayakers from 22 nations have registrated successfully. 20 start places are left. Hurry up ladies and boys... read more... written by: Olaf Obsommer |
![]() | World Cup 08 Overall Results And the winners are… read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | Thun River Jam events Besides the World Cup Freestyle finals, there was plenty of action going on during the Thun River Jam in Switzerland. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | WC Finals Thun The 3rd World Cup was run sweetly by Simon Hirter and was without any contest a very good practice for the coming World Championships! read more... written by: Jon Soillot |
![]() | Worldcup ranking after Augsbug Checkt out the current World Cup points after the second event in Augsburg. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | WC Augsburg Finals The K1 Junior Women started the final competition day in Augsburg. read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | Augsburg: Thrilling Semifinals On Saturday morning the K1 Women class had their prelims. 10 out of 29 women qualified for the semifinal in the afternoon. read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | WC Augsburg, A funny approach After the Kayak Freestyle World Cup in Prague almost the whole field of competitors (editorial comment: unfortunatelly the really fit Czech woman didn’t come) descended on the Augsburg Eiskanal for round two. read more... written by: Lee Pyke, Tom Turner, Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | adidas Sickline World Championship nominates world’s best extreme kayakers Between 1 and 5 October 2008, the best slalom kayakers on the globe will meet the world’s best whitewater kayakers for a special kind of challenge: on Austria’s legendary “Wellerbrücke” section, the Eiger North Wall of whitewater sports, they want to determine the Extreme Kayak World Champion. read more... written by: Olaf Obsommer |
![]() | Dagger Shootout Freestyle Competition read more... written by: Eric Fischer |
![]() | World Cup ranking after Prague Checkt out the current World Cup points after the first competition in Prague. read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | International Judging Seminar Before the Worldcup in Prague the ICF Freestyle Committee organized the first international judges seminar. read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | World Cup Prague – Finals Finally, after two days of continuous rainfall, the sun came back to Prague for the final round of the first Kayak Freestyle World Cup event this year. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | World Cup Prague - Day 2 Accompanied by heavy rain, the second competition day in Prague came to a spactacular end. Due to the rainy weather, the water level of the course was raising more and more and the feature turned out to be flushy and unpredictable. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | Worldcup Prague – Prelims 1 Paddlers from 20 nations and 4 different continents gathered to compete and celebrate the start of the 2008 world cup in Prague. read more... written by: Ingi und Seppi |
![]() | Opening party, August 14 Big nation convention… or nation conversion… and nation conversation. read more... written by: Ingi und Seppi |
![]() | Worldcup 2008 about to start This year’s kayak freestyle competition highlight is probably the Worldcup serious in Europe, consisting of three events in Prague (CZE), Augsburg (GER) and Thun (SUI) from mid untill the end of August read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | 2008 Freestyle kayaking Worldcup: RULES Your chance to be part of it! read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | REGISTRATIONS of each event are online NOW Check out the starting lists of each event. Detailed time schedules will be online soon. read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | Saar-Splash 2008 wrap-up German Big Air Kanu Freestyle Championchips read more... written by: Markus Leppänen |
![]() | European Champs, final wrap-up Saturday was the day of the finals and due to the tight program an early start in the morning was inevitable. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | FINAL REGISTRATION 08 WORLDCUP We have an average of 200 participants for each of the three Worldcups. read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | Big Air Contest Saar-Splash 2008 if you´re in Germany on the weekend of the 01-03 of August or travelling back to the north of Europe after a paddling trip to the Alps check out this event in Saarbrücken, a town situated in the middle-west of Germany. read more... written by: Markus Leppänen |
![]() | 2008 Euro Champs Final results here are the final results for the 2008 Freestyle Euro Championships. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | World Cup 08 Spots available The ICF Just comminicated that there are some free spots to enter the 2008 Freestyle World Cup read more... written by: Ingrid Schlott |
![]() | Europeans, Prelims Wednesday was the first official competition day of the Europeans covering the prelims of K1 men and women. read more... written by: Casper van Kalmthout, Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | European Champs, team training Today, the official team trainings for the 2008 European Freestyle Championships in Ourense, Spain, took place. read more... written by: Casper van Kalmthout |
![]() | Nenana River Festival (Alaska) For 31-years, the Nenana River Festival has filled Denali with boaters from all over the state to race and surf down the icy waters of one of Alaska's greatest rivers. read more... written by: Allan Warren |
![]() | Peak UK Himalayan Challenge Whitewater Festival - November 28-30th (14th Himalayan Rodeo) - Trisuli River. Near Kathmandu. Nepal read more... written by: Pete Astle |
![]() | Swiss Boater Cross Masters On the 9./10th of August the valley of Lauterbrunnen close to Interlaken/ Switzerland will be once again the host of a specatcular Kayaking event: The Swiss Boater Cross Masters 2008! read more... written by: Simon Hirter |
![]() | Outdoor Games, Interlaken 2008 It’s been already the fourth time that the Summer Outdoor Games took place in Interlaken, Switzerland, this year. read more... written by: Seppi Strohmeier |
![]() | Natural Games – France, July08 The city of Millau, France, is the location of a large-scale supernatural festival of the outdoor sport scene, where climbers, kayakers, paraglider pilots and mountain bikers come together every year. read more... written by: Yoann Amouriq |
![]() | adidas World Championship 2008 Between 1 and 5 October 2008, the best slalom kayakers on the globe will meet the world’s best whitewater kayakers for a special kind of challenge on Austria’s legendary “Wellerbrücke” section read more... written by: Sonja Güldner-Hamel |
![]() | 2008 Charnay Beach Contest After an excellent 2007 edition , the Burgundy Canoeing Committee is delighted to announce the 2008 Charnay Beach Contest edition on September the 6th and the 7th. read more... written by: Stephane Pion |
![]() | Graz Freestyle 28.06.2008 On Saturday June 28th the second Kayak Freestyle Graz Competition took place. After a few days of really hot weather it looked like it would be possible to hold the competition at the New Terminator III spot. read more... written by: Zach Tom |
![]() | Devils Extreme Race 2008 Czech Eextreme Kayaking Open Championship read more... written by: Stepan Rybin |




