Submissions Open For 2026 Paddling Kids Story Contest
Following a successful debut year, Paddling Magazine is thrilled to announce submissions are open for the 2026 Paddling Kids Story Contest! We are once...
Two Dead And 15 Potentially Missing After Grand Canyon Flash Flooding
At least two people are dead after a flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon on Saturday. National Park Service officials say search and...
Paddler Shares Escape From Wildfire in Wabakimi Provincial Park
Seventy-year-old Murray Muir has had a lot of experiences in the backcountry, but he’s never come face-to-face with a raging wildfire before this summer.
Muir...
Oregon Paddleboard Accident Underscores Risk Of Leash Mismatch On Rivers
On a recent July day, a 26-year-old man drowned on Oregon’s Willamette River when a submerged tree knocked him off his standup paddleboard and...
Paddleboarder Saves Woman Critically Injured In Shark Attack
Competitive paddleboarder Charlie Verco was paddling past a popular beach in Sydney, Australia, on June 13 when he heard swimmers yell “shark.” Instead of...
Eight-Year-Old Helps Save Grandfather After Kayak Capsizes
An eight-year-old helped save his grandfather after the pair capsized while kayaking on the Vale coastline in South Wales. As strong currents swept Marley...
Boundary Waters Closes As Wildfires Spread Across Northern Minnesota
The U.S. Forest Service closed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) on Tuesday as wildfires surge across northern Minnesota and dry, windy weather persists....
Grand Canyon River Guide Shatters Records On Solo Row From California To Hawaii
When Kelsey Pfendler pushed off from California, she hoped to reach Hawaii in under 70 days. Her solo row across the mid-Pacific over the...
A Baffin Vacation, Love On Ice: Inside The Best Adventure Film Of 2026
Choice in tripmate can make or break even a weekend canoe trip in Algonquin Park, let alone a multiweek expedition in a remote location....
Is Making Whitewater More Accessible Killing Its Appeal?
Megan is a bartender at The Den, the newest restaurant in the mountain town of Revelstoke. Sometimes I wander down with my laptop and...
Expedition Canoeist Stephan Kesting Is Giving Death The Finger
On the first day of a six-week solo expedition through the Canadian subarctic, Stephan Kesting capsized. The spill soaked his gear. It wasn’t until...
Inside Yak Van Dam’s Radical Return To River
Before the accident, Yak Van Dam built his life around whitewater. Growing up in rural New Zealand, he discovered river running through an outdoor...
Crowded Canoe Country Isn’t A Crisis
Should I have written all those canoe guidebooks? It’s a question that popped into my mind last summer, waiting for my turn to land...
8 Essentials In Editor Brenna Kelly’s River Guiding Kit
Being a whitewater paddler may give outsiders the impression you are smelly, risky and low-budget. In other words, a river rat. A river god,...
Author Spotlight
Best Touring Kayaks For 2026
Originating in the tidal waters of the Far North, the first kayaks were both works of creative ingenuity and tools of surgical precision. Fast...
Kayak Review: Melker Värmdö
Fair warning: This Melker kayak may not be for you if your preference is to get to the launch and slip into the water...
Guide to Canoe Tripping in Québec’s Kipawa Region
Created In Partnership With Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Just across the Ottawa River lies a sprawling labyrinth of deep bays, wild islands, hidden passages, interconnected lakes and spectacular...
Trail Salads Are The Best Tripping Lunch You Don’t Know About
For many backcountry paddlers, lunch is little more than fast fuel. Midday meals provide vital calories between breakfast and dinner, but they’re rarely the...
Best Base Layers For 2026
I spent the first half of my life believing a cotton tee and flannel workshirt with a denim jacket thrown over top constituted all-weather...
Best Kayaks For 2025
The number of kayaks available today is astonishing. The kayak is at least 4,000 years old and was invented as a productive means to...
Best Inflatable Paddleboards For 2026
Inflatable standup paddleboards have revolutionized the sport of SUP. They store in oversized luggage bags to transport, often include a pump and breakdown paddle,...
Best Kayak Paddles For 2026
Only once in nearly 30 years of paddling have I found myself facing a familiar adage in real life. I couldn’t help but chuckle...
Best SUP Paddles For 2026
Just like paddleboards themselves, paddle technology continues to evolve to the point that it’s nearly impossible to only have one paddle in your arsenal....
Best Water Shoes For 2026
When it comes to the question of what to wear kayaking, solid footwear cannot be overlooked. The right pair of water shoes will keep...
Behind The Rescue: Kayakers Save Family After Car Plunges Into River
It was a miracle Jeff Landers was there at all. He’d just finished a slicey lap on the South Fork Payette River when Micah...
How To Thread A Quick-Release Rescue Belt
As a whitewater rescue instructor, I have seen both the power and the dangers of attaching to a rope with a quick-release harness. When...
Trail Salads Are The Best Tripping Lunch You Don’t Know About
For many backcountry paddlers, lunch is little more than fast fuel. Midday meals provide vital calories between breakfast and dinner, but they’re rarely the...
In Defense Of The Goon Stroke
In recent years,a wave of YouTube videos and articles has declared the goon stroke—or river-J—to be a poor or even so-called “wrong” stroke. Critics...
How To Read A Tide Table
It was the sound of two boats bumping together that made me sit bolt upright in my tent. Kayaks, as a rule, are supposed...
Rafting The Wildest River In East Tennessee (Video)
Created In Partnership with Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
Along the jigsawed border between North Carolina and Tennessee, the Nolichucky River cuts a nearly 3,000-foot...
Guide to Canoe Tripping in Québec’s Kipawa Region
Created In Partnership With Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Just across the Ottawa River lies a sprawling labyrinth of deep bays, wild islands, hidden passages, interconnected lakes and spectacular...
Kayaking Washington’s San Juan Islands Is The Digital Detox Retreat Of The Summer
Created In Partnership With Outdoor Odysseys
The pings arrive before morning coffee: work emails, news headlines, social notifications. Thirty minutes later, you’re thumbing through suggested...
Join Our Upcoming Webinar: How To Find & Photograph Wildlife In Algonquin Park
Dreaming of capturing iconic Canadian wildlife through your lens? Join us for an inspiring and practical webinar focused on finding and photographing wildlife in...
Join Our Upcoming Webinar On Kayak Expeditions In Portugal
Join Paddling Magazine for a free, live webinar with Douro Kayak Expeditions, where we’ll explore what it’s really like to kayak through Portugal’s legendary...
