When I was 16, I started my first season as a safety kayaker for whitewater rafting trips. Each trip I crammed myself into my snug-fitting whitewater kayak, spending hours a day in the uncomfortable, ...

For a long time, skiers have battled the question of how to spend their off-season. We can't all go running to Chile or Mt. Hood every summer to keep our turns going, so we find other ways to ...

“You want to Rochambeau on it?” My paddling partner and I were scouting the first of the S-Bend rapids on Washington’s Skagit River, and while not the rowdiest water, my kayak was full to the brim ...

Paddling down whitewater rapids in kayaks and rafts is one of the nation's fastest growing outdoor sports. More than 10 million people participate, double the number that paddled whitewater just a ...