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Teen Rescues Deer From Frozen Pond With Canoe and Rake (Video)
In Vermont on a partially frozen pond, a 19-year-old took to frigid waters armed with a canoe, rake, shovel and life jacket to rescue...
Inside The Daring Night Rescue Mission To Save Two Paddlers In New Mexico’s Taos...
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...
Kayaker’s Consecutive Capsizes Alone At Sea Caught On Camera
On a dark and stormy morning off the coast of Pompano, Florida, Sean Lawless was kayak fishing in a tournament when the weather turned,...
IPhone Feature Sends False Alarm For Canoeist On Fire In Minnesota
On August 27, 2025 a search and rescue effort began on Seagull Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) after a 911...
The Bomb-Proof Roll Controversy (Video)
It’s a familiar pattern: paddler shares a rescue video on the internet. Others leap to the comment section to share their thoughts. Controversy ensues.
When...
Kayakers Rescue Couple In Flipped Car On The Payette (Video)
On the most deadly road in Idaho, a group of whitewater kayakers were in the right place at the right time on Sunday, August...
Watch A Dramatic Kayak Rescue Caught On Body Cam Footage (Video)
Body cam footage from a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Officer shows a dramatic rescue of a kayaker clinging to his overturned...
Kayaker Engages Dad-mode to Save Young Boy From Drowning
Kayak angler David “D.J.” Jones Jr. nearly broke the internet when he posted this video of himself rescuing a young boy from the St....
Canoeist Rescued After Treading Water For 12 Hours (Video)
A Florida woman was rescued in Charlotte County after her canoe capsized around nine in the evening and she was left to tread water...
Inside The Whitewater Accident That Led To An Underwater Amputation (Video)
On Nov 22, 2024, a Lithuanian whitewater rafter with 50 years of experience was scouting rapids on the remote Franklin River in Tasmania when...
Massive Storms Rattle Backcountry Campers In Algonquin Provincial Park (Video)
It’s every paddler and backcountry camper’s worst nightmare: you’re snuggled to your sleeping bag after a long day of paddling when you wake to...
Accident Debrief: Inside A Veteran Boater’s Scary Swim
Shane McManus reckons he’s run Big Splat on the Lower Big Sandy 500 times. Almost every time he runs the West Virginia classic, he...
How To Kayak Tow Your Friends Out Of Trouble
Sometimes the best way to assist another paddler is to give them a helping hand in the form of a tow. Towing a weaker...
Two Kayakers Rescued From Dock Street Dam In Harrisburg (Video)
Two kayakers are considered “lucky to be alive” after they went over the Dock Street Dam in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
A...
Paddleboarder Rescues Man Who Fell Through Ice On Jet Ski (Video)
On December 26, 2024, on Long Island, New York, a man rode his jetski onto a semi-frozen part of Poopspastuck Creek, and broke through...
Paddler’s Leg Amputated In Harrowing Rescue In Tasmania (Video)
On Friday Nov 22, 2024 a rafting adventure turned into a nightmare scenario when a Lithuanian paddler in his sixties fell and became entrapped...
The Beginner’s Guide To Kayaking
It's been more than 30 years since I learned how to kayak. The first boat I sat in was an Aquaterra Spectrum, on loan...
Hawaii Teen Rescued After Night At Sea Clinging to Kayak (Video)
Seventeen-year-old Kahiau Kawai was found treading water and clinging to his surfski kayak in the ocean, 11.5 hours after becoming separated from his high...
Inspiring Rescue Of Kayaker Pulled From A Siphon (Video)
The Linville Gorge is one of the most impressive stretches of whitewater in the eastern United States. Seventeen miles of class V falling down...
Kayaker Survives By Clinging To Bucket (Video)
Two fishermen were on a boat preparing their rods for walleye during the morning of September 11, on Lake Erie, when they heard a...
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...
Terrifying Moment A Motorboat Runs Over Father And Son’s Kayak (Video)
Looking at the severed Perception Tribe kayak, the first thought that comes to mind is Phillip and Anthony Hill are lucky to be alive....
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 took comfort in fishing. But that wasn’t...
Heroic Canoeist Rescues Dog From River (Video)
Call it destiny the day Tom Hudson paddled through the town of The Pas on the Saskatchewan River, some 8,000 miles from his home...
Kayakers Rescue Rafter From Churning Hydraulic
Wade Harrison was cruising down the swollen Eagle River in Colorado when he spotted a raft being surfed in a sticky hole at the...
Kayak Fishing Instruction Takes Off
Kayak fishing has been the fastest-growing segment of paddlesports for years, and today there are somewhere between five and 15 million kayak anglers in...
Paddleboarder’s Bold Rescue Saves Kayaker’s Life (Video)
A day down a familiar class III-IV creek took a nearly fatal turn for a group of three paddlers in North Carolina. When kayaker...
Cruise Ship Rescues Men In Kayak Stranded At Sea (Video)
Passengers aboard the 1,100-foot Carnival Jubilee were in for a surprise when their cruise ship traveling from Texas to Honduras made an unexpected stop...
Classic Paddling Films: The Uncalculated Risk (Video)
The 1970s were a decade known for some fine filmmaking. The Godfather, Jaws, and the canoe tripping classic, Deliverance. In this era, even a...
The Essential Rescue Skill Outdoor Programs Stopped Teaching
I was not much of a reader as a kid. In third grade, I won the Most Improved Reader award, which makes me think...
Epic Rescue: Kayaker Trapped Behind 35-Foot Waterfall (Video)
A run down Mexico's cascades on the Agua Azul turned into a life-saving rescue when kayaker Curtis May became trapped behind the curtain of...
Kayaker Rescues Eagle Stranded On Ice
One of the greatest rewards of spending time on the water is the chance to watch bald eagles and other birds of prey. When...
Kayakers Rescue Pilot From Ice Covered Creek (Video)
When residents along Beards Creek in Maryland witnessed a single-engine plane crash into the icy waters, a father-son duo quickly jumped into action. John...
3 Backcountry Blunders That Will Get You In Real Trouble
Nobody heads out on their local lake or dream paddling trip expecting a rescue. Yet anyone who has spent enough time on the water...
How Drones Are Revolutionizing The Search For Missing Paddlers
Search and rescue veterans could never have imagined the day would come when first responders could use a drone to light up a rescue...
SUP Leashes: Explaining The Most Controversial Piece of River Gear
ASUP leash is a plastic cord connecting paddleboard to paddler. It’s an essential piece of safety equipment for flatwater paddling and ocean surfing, ensuring...
