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6 days ago | 
steamboatpilot.com | Eugene Buchanan
Just like its crew members do during their trail work in the field, locally based Rocky Mountain Youth Corps is putting one foot ahead of the other as it gears up for its upcoming season providing outdoor service opportunities for area youth. And like its trail crews, this year it’s having to negotiate a few obstacles.
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6 days ago | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
Get your tide-pooling and paddling passion on with this new 4-minute short film from NRS showcasing the beauty of Scotland’s West Coast through the eyes of longtime sea kayak guide Matt Waterston and his wife Hannah. Tide Life offers an intimate look at Scotland’s West Coast and explores how landscapes can shape our lives. Matt first fell in love with the outdoors on childhood holidays to the West Coast, and this passion for adventure eventually led back to where it all began.
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2 weeks ago | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
There are 208 national wild and scenic rivers in 40 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, totaling more than 12,700 miles (0.25 percent of the nation’s rivers). And a lot of them are paddleable.
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3 weeks ago | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
Pelican International, which owns Confluence Watersports brands Wilderness Systems, Dagger, Perception, Advanced Elements, Boardworks, Mad River Canoe, and GSI Outdoors, is filing—and fighting—to keep its head above water financially. On February 28, 2025, Pelican International Inc. filed a notice of intention to make a proposal pursuant to Section 50.4 (1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA“) in Canada and KPMG Inc. has consented to act as Trustee.
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1 month ago | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
Showcasing the trailblazing dory women of Grand Canyon, outfitter OARS and conservation organization American Rivers have released a new film, “About Damn Time,” highlighting the badass women dory rowers of the Grand Canyon. “Don’t let anybody tell you that you’re too little or that you’re a girl, or you can’t do what you set your life to do,” says veteran OARS Grand Canyon dory guide, Cindell Dale, in the new short film, About Damn Time.
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2 months ago | 
steamboatmagazine.com | Eugene Buchanan
Photo: Riley Jacobs in Kitzsteinhorn, Austria, at a training camp in 2023. Courtesy of Riley Jacobs/Griffin Gledinning. While most of us spent the summer on the river, local lakes, trails, and hitting the links, some locals in town spent it chasing snow. In a winter version of “Endless Summer,” these athletes eschewed Steamboat Springs’ conventional summertime pastimes in favor of hitting the slopes to train, traipsing from Oregon to Europe to Argentina and even New Zealand.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
Hoo-boy, what a year. From the tragic death of a paddling legend to environmental milestones, there was plenty to write about this year in the world of paddlesports, and we wouldn’t have been able to were it not for you, our beloved readers (and advertiser product buyers, smiley face emoji). Didn’t get to click through as much you wanted to (boss or spouse monitoring your web time?) Don’t worry. Below we bring you our Top Stories List of 2024, putting our most popular news in a nutshell.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
We’re scouting a Class IV rapid called Robin Hood on Costa Rica’s Rio Naranjo and Arnaldo pin-points our next safety spot as we leapfrog our way down. Sure enough, we catch an eddy just below a creature straight out of Jurassic Park to boat scout the next drop. Eyeing our line, we then peel out again one by one, but not before one more word of encouragement. “Buenas lineas,” he says.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
Halfway across the three-mile crossing from Danzante Island back to the mainland of Baja, Ginni Callahan, founder of outfitter Sea Kayak Baja Mexico, has us hop out of our sea kayaks to practice our re-entry. We’re happy to, as it’s gotten hot. One by one, we pop our skirts and cannonball off into the aquamarine water, either climbing back in by ourselves or with someone else stabilizing our boat.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
paddlinglife.com | Eugene Buchanan
More than 200 Colorado-Based Businesses Join Forces to Advocate for Permanent Protections for Dolores Canyons In a show of statewide support for conserving Colorado’s public lands, 200 businesses from across the state have joined forces to advocate for protections for the Dolores Canyons on the state’s Western Slope. Their number includes agricultural producers, museums, outdoor outfitters and manufacturers, sporting retailers, breweries, local eateries, and other Colorado-based businesses.
