Competitive paddleboarder Charlie Verco was paddling past a popular beach in Sydney, Australia, on June 13 when he heard swimmers yell “shark.” Instead of...

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...

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....

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...

.video-container-first{display:none !important;} Choice in tripmate can make or break even a weekend canoe trip in Algonquin Park, let alone a multiweek expedition in a remote...

Every paddler learns to avoid low-head dams, but to the uninitiated drifting above, this river hazard can look like smooth water. Such is the case...

.video-container-first{display:none !important;} Extreme kayaker Nouria Newman says the Indus had been on her mind ever since she saw Aniol Serrasolses paddle it in the film...

Three days after Matt Wappett finished a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon, he landed in the emergency room with a massive knee infection....

Nikki Bettis, a single mom of 15 biological children, laughs now about the detour. Three days into her family's 1,175-mile trek across North Carolina's...

When I want to laugh, truly laugh, I go to rapids well within my comfort zone—the ones I’ve started to lazily drift through—and hunt...

.video-container-first{display:none !important;} Created In Partnership with Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Whitewater paddling is the bedrock of adventure tourism in East Tennessee, thanks to the Southern...

Athlete Arseni Mashko moved to the United States at 16 on an athletic scholarship and just one year later won the U.S. Sprint &...

It doesn’t seem to matter where you choose to wet a blade throughout North America—on rivers, lakes, urban canals, backcountry streams, tidal routes or...

As convenient as inflatable kayaks can be, they aren’t exactly praised for performance. That’s because almost every model out there hits certain limitations known...

.video-container-first{display:none !important;} Created In Partnership with Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Scheduled dam releases, a close river community, and five miles of punchy class III—the Pigeon...

.video-container-first{display:none !important;} Created In Partnership with Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Along the jigsawed border between North Carolina and Tennessee, the Nolichucky River cuts a nearly...

Not everyone is programmed to chill when the time comes to slip out on the water. Some of us are on the hunt to...

There’s a glaring statistic in recreational boating: According to the U.S. Coast Guard, in 87 percent of boating-related drownings in 2024, the victim wasn’t...

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...

Inflatable standup paddleboards have revolutionized the sport of SUP. They store in oversized luggage bags to transport, often include a pump and breakdown paddle,...

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...

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....

Among the checklist of what to wear paddling, solid footwear is not to be overlooked. The best pair of water shoes will keep you...

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 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...

It was the sound of two boats bumping together that made me sit bolt upright in my tent. Kayaks, as a rule, are supposed...

Sport scientist and performance coach Matty Graham gives you six exercises to help you strength train for kayaking.

John Fullbright got the call just as his family was walking in the door. He’d been in the kitchen all afternoon, preparing homemade chicken...

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...

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...

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 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...

Created In Partnership With Columbus, Georgia Whitewater was the last thing on my mind when I first heard of Columbus, Georgia. The southeastern United States...