The Safer Paddling Campaign

As a United Stated Coast Guard nonprofit grant recipient, the Water Sports Sports Foundation produces paddling safety outreach materials and distributes them through boating and paddling media providers. Paddlesports currently has an inordinately high rate of accidents and deaths that for the past five years has been increasing, while power boating stats have been decreasing during the same period. The goal is to create heightened public awareness of safer paddling making paddlesports safer and to ultimately reduce the total number of paddlesports related deaths annually.

What To Wear Kayaking: The Complete Guide

The world of kayaking is as wild as you choose to make it. My kayak...

What To Wear Kayaking: The Complete Guide

The world of kayaking is as wild as you choose to make it. My kayak...
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Striper Madness Nearly Turns Deadly For Kayak Angler

Ambrose Salmini was going through a rough patch in April 2022 and like many of...

Fake Life Jackets For Kids Flood Amazon

Looking forward to another season of boating with her young family, Allie Wojciak went online...

New Rhode Island Law Requires Paddlers To Always Wear PFDs

Rhode Island has joined a short list of U.S. states requiring a life jacket be...

Reader’s Digest Publishes Paddling Safety Article Written For Water Sports Foundation Program

October 25, 2022, ORLANDO, Fla - The world’s largest paid-circulation magazine, Reader’s Digest, recently published...
00:04:09

Striper Madness Nearly Turns Deadly For Kayak Angler

Ambrose Salmini was going through a rough patch in April 2022 and like many of us he...

Fake Life Jackets For Kids Flood Amazon

Looking forward to another season of boating with her young family, Allie Wojciak went online and bought...

New Rhode Island Law Requires Paddlers To Always Wear PFDs

Rhode Island has joined a short list of U.S. states requiring a life jacket be worn by...

Reader’s Digest Publishes Paddling Safety Article Written For Water Sports Foundation Program

October 25, 2022, ORLANDO, Fla - The world’s largest paid-circulation magazine, Reader’s Digest, recently published a paddling...

Paddler Risks All To Save Kayaker From Freezing Lake

Anyone who has helped a fellow paddler recover from a swim in deep water knows how difficult...
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What To Wear Kayaking: The Complete Guide

The world of kayaking is as wild as you choose to make it. My kayak adventures have taken me from Lake Superior to the...

How To Plan A Safe Kayak Trip

In partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Water Sports Foundation, instructors Paul and Kate Kuthe of the American Canoeing Association explain how...

How Paddlesports Retailers Can Help Keep Paddlers Safer

The Water Sports Foundation, a U.S. Coast Guard non-profit boating safety grant recipient, just released a new video featuring Paddling Business publisher Scott MacGregor....

Learning To Use A SUP Leash—The Hard Way

As a United Stated Coast Guard nonprofit grant recipient, the Water Sports Sports Foundation produces paddling safety outreach materials and distributes them through boating...

Learning To Wear A Life Jacket—The Hard Way

As a United Stated Coast Guard nonprofit grant recipient, the Water Sports Sports Foundation produces paddling safety outreach materials and distributes them through boating...

How To Paddle A SUP Safer: The Buddy System

It may seem adventurous to go out on the water alone, but this leaves you without help when something does go wrong. Having a...