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.

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...

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...

Paddler Risks All To Save Kayaker From Freezing Lake

Anyone who has helped a fellow paddler recover from a swim in deep water knows...

Who Do You Call When Your Kayak Sinks?

Christian Nelson didn’t know the trouble he was in. He was three miles out from...

Paddlesports Deaths Remained High In 2021, Coast Guard Data Shows

The U.S. Coast Guard has released its 2021 boating accident data. “The good news is that...

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...

Who Do You Call When Your Kayak Sinks?

Christian Nelson didn’t know the trouble he was in. He was three miles out from Gulf Shores...

Paddlesports Deaths Remained High In 2021, Coast Guard Data Shows

The U.S. Coast Guard has released its 2021 boating accident data. “The good news is that after the...

Lone Kayaker Saves Two Men From Sinking Motorboat

Allen Hutto was having one of those days. He’d loaded his sea kayak for an early morning paddle,...
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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...

How To Paddle A SUP Safer: Don’t Paddle Impaired

There are few things better than relaxing after a long day and having a few drinks with friends. But paddling impaired is dangerous. Take...